Game preview for Superliga: San Lorenzo - Gimnasia La Plata at Estadio Pedro Bidegaín

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 20.November
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Pedro Bidegaín

Superliga: San Lorenzo are 8 points short of Gimnasia La Plata, but are driven to go all in. Let's get started!

Insights:
  • San Lorenzo is in the worst form (1-0-5)

This could be an entertaining fixture with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

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San Lorenzo form and stats

The story so far in the Superliga for San Lorenzo at their home stadium (Estadio Pedro Bidegaín) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

San Lorenzo faced defeat in their previous match, away at Velez Sarsfield (1-2). Midfielder Yeison Gordillo was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.14 (out of ten) in that game.

Ahead of that match, Lorenzo won a home game hosting Godoy Cruz (1-0).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Lorenzo as they are travelling to their away game against Aldosivi in the Superliga. That match is three days after this one.

Lorenzo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. Lorenzo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Gimnasia La Plata form and stats

3-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Gimnasia La Plata in their Superliga matches away. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Gimnasia, as they have won on their previous two travels.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Superliga home defeat versus Banfield with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Midfield player Matías Miranda was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.74/10. Miranda hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Boca Juniors.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Talleres Cordoba in just three days.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Gimnasia have conceded 12 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

San Lorenzo-Gimnasia La Plata H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: San Lorenzo three wins, Gimnasia La Plata two wins, three draws. two of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

LorenzoF. Di Santo
F. Di Santo
8 goals
San LorenzoN. Fernández
N. Fernández
6 goals
Gimnasia La PlataJ. Carbonero Balanta
J. Carbonero Balanta
6 goals

San Lorenzo missing players

Gimnasia La Plata missing players

San Lorenzo Gimnasia La Plata
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 7 Played P 4 16 33
11 7 3 Won W 2 3 10
8 4 3 Drew D 1 7 13
14 5 1 Lost L 1 6 10
34 19 7 Scored S 5 13 32
43 18 4 Conceded C 5 21 39
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 81% 85%
79% 75% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 55%
39% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 31% 33%
15% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 27%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 12% 12%
48% 56% 43% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 39%
27% 31% 43% Clean Sheets C S 50% 31% 39%
30% 12% 14% Failed to Score F T 25% 44% 36%
 
4.6 5.1 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4.9 4.7
5.2 5.1 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 6.1 6.1
2.6 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2
5 0 0 Red cards R C 0 5 7
 
8.2 9 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 9.4 9.4
3.2 3.4 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.4 3.6
32% 35% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 24% 27%
 
10.1 8.8 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 12.1 11
3.9 3.8 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 4.1 3.9
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • San Lorenzo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • San Lorenzo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • San Lorenzo is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 River Plate 20 14 4 2 43 13 11 8 2 1 25 6 9 6 2 1 18 7 30 46
2 Talleres Cordoba 20 12 3 5 30 19 9 7 1 1 15 4 11 5 2 4 15 15 11 39
3 Lanús 20 10 5 5 35 30 11 4 5 2 19 16 9 6 0 3 16 14 5 35
4 Velez Sarsfield 20 9 7 4 29 16 11 6 4 1 22 8 9 3 3 3 7 8 13 34
5 Defensa y Justicia 20 9 7 4 30 18 10 7 2 1 21 9 10 2 5 3 9 9 12 34
6 Colón 20 9 5 6 19 22 10 6 3 1 12 7 10 3 2 5 7 15 -3 32
7 Independiente 20 8 7 5 22 17 11 5 4 2 13 7 9 3 3 3 9 10 5 31
8 Boca Juniors 19 8 6 5 21 16 9 4 3 2 9 7 10 4 3 3 12 9 5 30
9 Estudiantes 20 7 8 5 29 22 9 3 5 1 13 7 11 4 3 4 16 15 7 29
10 Huracan 19 7 7 5 18 15 10 4 3 3 9 9 9 3 4 2 9 6 3 28
11 Gimnasia La Plata 20 7 7 6 17 19 11 4 5 2 9 7 9 3 2 4 8 12 -2 28
12 Racing Club 20 6 8 6 18 14 9 2 4 3 6 6 11 4 4 3 12 8 4 26
13 Godoy Cruz 20 7 5 8 28 26 11 4 4 3 16 13 9 3 1 5 12 13 2 26
14 Union Santa Fe 19 7 4 8 23 26 10 4 2 4 14 10 9 3 2 4 9 16 -3 25
15 Argentinos Juniors 19 6 6 7 18 19 9 4 2 3 11 8 10 2 4 4 7 11 -1 24
16 Rosario Central 20 7 3 10 27 31 9 5 0 4 14 10 11 2 3 6 13 21 -4 24
17 Platense 20 5 8 7 24 26 9 2 5 2 10 9 11 3 3 5 14 17 -2 23
18 Sarmiento 20 6 5 9 22 26 11 5 1 5 15 14 9 1 4 4 7 12 -4 23
19 Banfield 20 4 9 7 16 22 9 2 2 5 9 14 11 2 7 2 7 8 -6 21
20 Aldosivi 19 6 3 10 19 30 10 4 0 6 12 17 9 2 3 4 7 13 -11 21
21 Atlético Tucumán 20 5 6 9 20 32 10 3 5 2 12 11 10 2 1 7 8 21 -12 21
22 Newell's Old Boys 19 5 5 9 19 26 10 4 2 4 13 14 9 1 3 5 6 12 -7 20
23 Patronato 20 4 8 8 20 29 9 3 4 2 11 8 11 1 4 6 9 21 -9 20
24 San Lorenzo 20 5 5 10 18 27 9 4 2 3 11 9 11 1 3 7 7 18 -9 20
25 Central Cordoba SdE 20 3 8 9 21 27 10 2 3 5 13 17 10 1 5 4 8 10 -6 17
26 Arsenal de Sarandi 20 3 7 10 8 26 10 3 5 2 6 7 10 0 2 8 2 19 -18 16

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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.