Soccer betting preview: San Lorenzo welcomes Godoy Cruz in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)

San Lorenzo have some points to catch up on from their 23rd position, and the job starts versus Godoy Cruz. Read more!

Insights:
  • San Lorenzo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Godoy Cruz have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Superliga

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!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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San Lorenzo form and stats

San Lorenzo have collected 11 points from their Superliga home games so far after 3-2-3. It's trouble wherever San Lorenzo are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

In their previous game, the manager D. Monarriz led his San Lorenzo to a defeat in the Superliga match away at Huracán. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Defender Marcelo Herrera got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.65/10. Herrera hit two key passes and won 7 of 11 duels.

Preceding that match was the home game against Lanús that was lost 1-3.

This is expected to be a close game, with Lorenzo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with San Lorenzo as a small favourite), we find 13 games. San Lorenzo has won four of these, drawn four and lost five.

The Lorenzo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. 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 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Godoy Cruz form and stats

Playing away, Godoy Cruz, who have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Superliga, have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Superliga this season.

Godoy won their last game, 2-1 versus Banfield played at home. Gonzalo Abrego got a match rating of 8.83 in that game, top player of the team. Abrego scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Boca Juniors wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Godoy in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Godoy Cruz, four draws and one defeat.

Godoy Cruz are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 8 away games so far. As for defending, Godoy rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also encountered each other before this campaign: Lorenzo - Godoy Cruz 1-0. Lorenzo-Godoy Cruz H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: San Lorenzo four wins, Godoy Cruz three wins, one draw. three of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Godoy CruzM. Ojeda
M. Ojeda
13 goals
Godoy CruzE. Bullaude
E. Bullaude
9 goals
LorenzoF. Di Santo
F. Di Santo
7 goals

San Lorenzo missing players

Godoy Cruz missing players

San Lorenzo Godoy Cruz
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 3 15 31
10 6 1 Won W 2 5 11
8 4 2 Drew D 1 4 8
13 5 1 Lost L 0 6 12
32 18 4 Scored S 6 23 46
41 18 3 Conceded C 2 23 47
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 93% 94%
81% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 81%
39% 47% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 65%
16% 13% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 35%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 16%
48% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 68%
26% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 7% 13%
32% 13% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 26%
 
4.5 5.1 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.7 5.4
5.2 5 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.1 5.1
2.5 2.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.3 2.1
5 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.2 8.9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.3 11.4
3.2 3.5 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 4.2 4.5
33% 35% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 37% 33%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Godoy Cruz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Godoy Cruz have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Superliga
  • Godoy Cruz have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Superliga
  • Godoy Cruz have the most matches over the total-line (20) in Superliga
  • 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.

  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 18 13 3 2 37 12 10 7 2 1 20 6 8 6 1 1 17 6 25 42
2 Talleres Córdoba 18 10 3 5 27 19 8 6 1 1 14 4 10 4 2 4 13 15 8 33
3 Vélez Sarsfield 18 8 7 3 26 13 10 5 4 1 20 7 8 3 3 2 6 6 13 31
4 Lanús 18 9 4 5 33 29 10 4 4 2 18 15 8 5 0 3 15 14 4 31
5 Boca Juniors 18 8 6 4 21 15 8 4 3 1 9 6 10 4 3 3 12 9 6 30
6 Colon 18 8 5 5 16 20 9 5 3 1 9 7 9 3 2 4 7 13 -4 29
7 Defensa y Justicia 18 7 7 4 25 17 9 6 2 1 18 9 9 1 5 3 7 8 8 28
8 Huracán 18 7 7 4 18 14 10 4 3 3 9 9 8 3 4 1 9 5 4 28
9 Independiente 18 7 7 4 19 16 10 4 4 2 10 7 8 3 3 2 9 9 3 28
10 Estudiantes 18 7 6 5 27 20 8 3 4 1 12 6 10 4 2 4 15 14 7 27
11 Godoy Cruz 18 7 5 6 28 23 10 4 4 2 16 11 8 3 1 4 12 12 5 26
12 Gimnasia La Plata 18 6 7 5 16 18 10 4 5 1 9 6 8 2 2 4 7 12 -2 25
13 Rosario Central 18 7 3 8 26 25 9 5 0 4 14 10 9 2 3 4 12 15 1 24
14 Argentinos Juniors 18 6 6 6 18 18 8 4 2 2 11 7 10 2 4 4 7 11 0 24
15 Racing Club 18 5 8 5 15 12 8 2 4 2 5 4 10 3 4 3 10 8 3 23
16 Sarmiento 18 6 5 7 21 22 10 5 1 4 14 11 8 1 4 3 7 11 -1 23
17 Union Santa Fe 18 6 4 8 20 25 9 3 2 4 11 9 9 3 2 4 9 16 -5 22
18 Atlético Tucumán 18 5 6 7 19 26 9 3 5 1 12 9 9 2 1 6 7 17 -7 21
19 Platense 18 4 8 6 20 22 8 1 5 2 6 8 10 3 3 4 14 14 -2 20
20 Aldosivi 18 6 2 10 19 30 10 4 0 6 12 17 8 2 2 4 7 13 -11 20
21 Patronato 18 3 8 7 18 24 8 2 4 2 9 8 10 1 4 5 9 16 -6 17
22 Newell's Old Boys 18 4 5 9 18 26 9 3 2 4 12 14 9 1 3 5 6 12 -8 17
23 San Lorenzo 18 4 5 9 16 25 8 3 2 3 10 9 10 1 3 6 6 16 -9 17
24 Banfield 18 2 9 7 13 21 8 1 2 5 7 13 10 1 7 2 6 8 -8 15
25 Central Cordoba SdE 18 2 7 9 18 26 9 2 2 5 13 17 9 0 5 4 5 9 -8 13
26 Arsenal de Sarandi 18 2 7 9 7 23 9 2 5 2 5 7 9 0 2 7 2 16 -16 13

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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.