Football match preview: San Lorenzo vs Lanús

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Wed 20.October
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)

Both San Lorenzo and Lanús are longing for points in this match, in spite of the visitors having a 10 point edge in the league table.

Insights:
  • San Lorenzo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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San Lorenzo form and stats

San Lorenzo have played 7 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Lorenzo faced defeat in their previous match, away at River Plate (1-3). Nicolás Fernández, defender, was given a rating of 7.42/10 in that game, top of the team. Fernández served one assist and won 12 of 18 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Colon (1-2).

The manager R. Montero Iglesias will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Huracan in only four days.

San Lorenzo has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Lorenzo are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.

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Lanús form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 4 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. Lanús has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Lanús delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Banfield (placed 23rd) in their previous match; a Superliga game. Midfielder Victor Malcorra was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.14. Malcorra hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game, the 2-4 loss visiting Boca Juniors's place.

Lanús has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Lanús have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding seven meetings): Lorenzo won four games, two matches ended with a tie and Lanús got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / three

Top Goalscorers

LanúsJ. Sand
J. Sand
16 goals
LanúsJ. López
J. López
9 goals
LorenzoF. Di Santo
F. Di Santo
6 goals

San Lorenzo missing players

Lanús missing players

San Lorenzo Lanús
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 2 Played P 4 14 29
10 6 1 Won W 1 6 14
8 4 0 Drew D 0 1 4
11 4 1 Lost L 3 7 11
30 17 3 Scored S 3 19 45
36 15 3 Conceded C 6 22 43
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
79% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 72%
34% 43% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 43% 55%
14% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 43% 34%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 43% 28%
45% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 25% 43% 62%
28% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 21%
34% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 36% 21%
 
4.7 5.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.2 4.3
5.2 5.1 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.8 4.9
2.4 1.9 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.9 2.6
5 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
8.3 9.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 8.1 8.6
3.1 3.5 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.1 3.9
33% 35% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 44% 40%
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.

  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 16 11 3 2 32 12 9 6 2 1 17 6 7 5 1 1 15 6 20 36
2 Talleres Cordoba 16 10 2 4 24 14 7 6 1 0 14 2 9 4 1 4 10 12 10 32
3 Boca Juniors 16 7 6 3 19 12 7 3 3 1 7 5 9 4 3 2 12 7 7 27
4 Lanús 16 8 3 5 27 25 9 4 3 2 15 12 7 4 0 3 12 13 2 27
5 Estudiantes 16 7 5 4 25 17 7 3 3 1 11 5 9 4 2 3 14 12 8 26
6 Colon 16 7 5 4 13 16 8 4 3 1 7 6 8 3 2 3 6 10 -3 26
7 Velez Sarsfield 16 6 7 3 22 12 9 4 4 1 18 7 7 2 3 2 4 5 10 25
8 Defensa y Justicia 16 6 6 4 20 13 8 5 2 1 16 8 8 1 4 3 4 5 7 24
9 Independiente 16 6 6 4 17 15 8 3 3 2 8 6 8 3 3 2 9 9 2 24
10 Godoy Cruz 16 6 5 5 25 20 9 3 4 2 14 10 7 3 1 3 11 10 5 23
11 Racing Club 16 5 7 4 13 9 8 2 4 2 5 4 8 3 3 2 8 5 4 22
12 Huracan 16 5 7 4 12 12 9 3 3 3 7 8 7 2 4 1 5 4 0 22
13 Argentinos Juniors 16 5 6 5 15 14 7 3 2 2 8 6 9 2 4 3 7 8 1 21
14 Gimnasia La Plata 16 5 6 5 13 16 9 4 4 1 7 4 7 1 2 4 6 12 -3 21
15 Union Santa Fe 16 6 3 7 19 23 8 3 1 4 10 8 8 3 2 3 9 15 -4 21
16 Rosario Central 16 6 2 8 23 23 8 4 0 4 12 9 8 2 2 4 11 14 0 20
17 Platense 16 4 7 5 18 19 7 1 4 2 5 7 9 3 3 3 13 12 -1 19
18 Sarmiento 16 5 4 7 18 20 9 4 1 4 12 10 7 1 3 3 6 10 -2 19
19 Atlético Tucumán 16 5 4 7 16 23 8 3 4 1 10 7 8 2 0 6 6 16 -7 19
20 San Lorenzo 16 4 5 7 14 20 7 3 2 2 9 6 9 1 3 5 5 14 -6 17
21 Newell's Old Boys 16 4 4 8 17 24 8 3 1 4 12 14 8 1 3 4 5 10 -7 16
22 Aldosivi 16 5 1 10 17 29 9 3 0 6 10 16 7 2 1 4 7 13 -12 16
23 Banfield 16 2 9 5 11 15 7 1 2 4 6 9 9 1 7 1 5 6 -4 15
24 Patronato 16 3 6 7 13 19 7 2 3 2 6 5 9 1 3 5 7 14 -6 15
25 Arsenal de Sarandi 16 2 7 7 6 20 8 2 5 1 5 6 8 0 2 6 1 14 -14 13
26 Central Cordoba SdE 16 2 6 8 15 22 8 2 2 4 12 15 8 0 4 4 3 7 -7 12

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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.