Rosario Central vs Boca Juniors match preview

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 04.September
Match begins: 23:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre (41654 seats)

Catching up with the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table teams duel. Both are aiming to better their league position, Rosario Central in 16th and Boca Juniors in 12th spot.

Insights:
  • Rosario Central have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Boca Juniors have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Rosario Central form and stats

2-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Superliga numbers at home for Rosario Central so far this season.

Happy days for Rosario in their previous game, a Superliga match away at Central Cordoba SdE (placed 25th) that ended with a 4-2 victory. Defender Facundo Almada got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.41/10. Almada scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 8 of 11 duels. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Rosario goalkeeper Jorge Broun did an outstanding job against Central Cordoba SdE with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory.

Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Arsenal de Sarandi.

Rosario Central have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre with 7 goals in 4 league matches. 4 goals have been conceded.

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Boca Juniors form and stats

1-3-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Boca Juniors in their Superliga matches away.

Boca Juniors's last game was the home draw against Racing Club (0-0). Midfielder Aaron Molinas was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.94. Molinas hit four key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 67 successful passes (of 74 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Platense at their stadium, the result 3-1.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rosario five wins, three draws and Boca Juniors two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RosarioL. Gamba
L. Gamba
6 goals
Rosario CentralM. Ruben Rodríguez
M. Ruben Rodríguez
6 goals
Boca JuniorsS. Villa Cano
S. Villa Cano
4 goals

Rosario Central missing players

Boca Juniors missing players

Rosario Central Boca Juniors
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 12 24
8 6 3 Won W 2 4 8
4 2 0 Drew D 0 5 11
10 3 0 Lost L 1 3 5
29 21 6 Scored S 8 15 29
29 12 1 Conceded C 2 7 19
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 83%
68% 82% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 42% 58%
59% 82% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 17% 25%
27% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 17%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 8% 4%
50% 64% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 50%
23% 27% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 42% 33%
32% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 33%
 
5.6 5.6 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.1 4.3
4.5 4.9 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.6 3.5
3 2.7 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.8 2.6
6 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.1 10.5 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 7.9 9.2
3.6 4.3 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 2.9 3.4
36% 45% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 43% 36%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Boca Juniors have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Rosario Central have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rosario Central haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lanus 9 6 1 2 19 15 5 3 1 1 10 7 4 3 0 1 9 8 4 19
2 Independiente 9 5 3 1 10 4 5 3 2 0 6 0 4 2 1 1 4 4 6 18
3 Estudiantes 8 5 1 2 15 7 4 3 0 1 7 1 4 2 1 1 8 6 8 16
4 Racing Club 9 4 4 1 8 1 4 2 2 0 3 0 5 2 2 1 5 1 7 16
5 Talleres Cordoba 8 5 1 2 12 7 3 2 1 0 4 0 5 3 0 2 8 7 5 16
6 River Plate 8 4 2 2 15 6 5 3 1 1 10 3 3 1 1 1 5 3 9 14
7 Colon 9 4 2 3 8 13 4 2 1 1 4 5 5 2 1 2 4 8 -5 14
8 Aldosivi 9 4 1 4 11 12 5 2 0 3 6 7 4 2 1 1 5 5 -1 13
9 Defensa y Justicia 9 3 3 3 11 9 4 3 0 1 10 6 5 0 3 2 1 3 2 12
10 Patronato 8 3 3 2 8 6 4 2 2 0 4 1 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 12
11 Argentinos Juniors 8 3 3 2 7 5 4 2 1 1 5 3 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 12
12 Boca Juniors 9 2 5 2 6 6 4 1 2 1 2 3 5 1 3 1 4 3 0 11
13 Newell's Old Boys 8 3 2 3 9 10 4 3 1 0 9 5 4 0 1 3 0 5 -1 11
14 Atletico Tucuman 8 3 2 3 9 11 4 2 2 0 5 2 4 1 0 3 4 9 -2 11
15 Velez Sarsfield 9 2 4 3 9 6 5 2 2 1 8 2 4 0 2 2 1 4 3 10
16 Rosario Central 9 3 1 5 13 11 4 2 0 2 7 4 5 1 1 3 6 7 2 10
17 Gimnasia La Plata 9 2 4 3 7 9 5 2 3 0 5 3 4 0 1 3 2 6 -2 10
18 Sarmiento 8 3 1 4 8 11 4 3 0 1 5 3 4 0 1 3 3 8 -3 10
19 Godoy Cruz 9 3 1 5 10 15 5 2 1 2 7 7 4 1 0 3 3 8 -5 10
20 Union Santa Fe 8 2 3 3 9 10 4 1 1 2 6 4 4 1 2 1 3 6 -1 9
21 Huracán 9 1 6 2 6 7 5 1 3 1 4 4 4 0 3 1 2 3 -1 9
22 Platense 9 2 3 4 12 14 4 1 1 2 4 6 5 1 2 2 8 8 -2 9
23 Banfield 9 1 5 3 7 11 4 0 2 2 3 6 5 1 3 1 4 5 -4 8
24 San Lorenzo 8 2 2 4 5 11 3 1 1 1 2 2 5 1 1 3 3 9 -6 8
25 Central Cordoba SdE 9 1 4 4 9 13 5 1 2 2 8 10 4 0 2 2 1 3 -4 7
26 Arsenal de Sarandi 9 1 3 5 5 18 5 1 3 1 4 6 4 0 0 4 1 12 -13 6

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The Superliga Argentina, also referred to as the Primera División, is the premier football division in Argentina. It currently holds 26 teams who play 25 fixtures each to form a final league table. The season runs from August to May. Argentina was the first country outside the United Kingdom to create a football league, in 1891.