Home advantage could prove decisive in Talleres Córdoba - Patronato battle

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Thu 18.August
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes (57000 seats)

Talleres Córdoba have fought quite a few losing battles for points this league season. Will they get some sugar when Patronato come to visit Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes?

Insights:
  • Talleres Córdoba have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Superliga
  • Patronato have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

These are hectic days for the hometeam, as they were in action only four days ago in the Superliga. That game was an away game at Estudiantes, so at least Talleres are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Talleres Córdoba form and stats

The story so far in the Superliga for Talleres Córdoba at their home stadium (Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. When Talleres Córdoba hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Argentinos Juniors, Huracan, River Plate, Gimnasia La Plata, Racing Club, Platense, Godoy Cruz and Atletico Tucuman), they have won 3 of 3 matches!

The club members are hoping that Talleres Córdoba will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Estudiantes (placed 18th). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going undefeated in three league matches. The defeat against Estudiantes was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored four minutes into stoppage time (by Heredia). Midfielder Villagra was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.03 (out of ten) in that game. Villagra hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 36 successful passes (of 43 total).

Erik lost again The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Talleres have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.

Some stats: A review of the 14 latest league games highlights that 11 of them had at least one goal from each side.

There will be little rest for Talleres Córdoba after this match as they are travelling to Platense for a Superliga game in only four days.

Talleres aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes in the league, with only 5 goals from 6 games. From these home matches, Talleres Córdoba have conceded only 5 goals.

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Patronato form and stats

Patronato have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 1-2-3 (6 played).

Impressive finishing from Kruspzky and Giani secured the home win 3-2 against San Lorenzo in their previous game. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Sava when Giani scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute. Midfield player Giani was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.13/10. Giani scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

hometeam won Patronato are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 4 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Patronato have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. As for defending, Patronato rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 10 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Talleres Córdoba and Patronato have played each other previously this season: Patronato - Talleres Córdoba 0-0. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: four - two - three (Talleres wins - draws - Patronato wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last nine encounters.

Top Goalscorers

PatronatoA. Rodríguez
A. Rodríguez
5 goals
Talleres CórdobaF. Girotti
F. Girotti
4 goals
Talleres CórdobaD. Valoyes Ruíz
D. Valoyes Ruíz
3 goals

Talleres Córdoba missing players

Patronato missing players

Talleres Córdoba Patronato
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 5 13 27
6 6 3 Won W 1 3 9
5 1 0 Drew D 1 2 4
15 6 0 Lost L 3 8 14
17 11 5 Scored S 5 13 29
32 14 1 Conceded C 7 22 40
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 92% 93%
54% 54% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 69% 59%
27% 23% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 62% 52%
8% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 38% 33%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 15%
35% 23% 33% BTTS BTTS 60% 62% 48%
27% 46% 67% Clean Sheets C S 20% 8% 19%
46% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 38% 41%
 
4.7 5.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.2 5.5
4.5 3.4 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.2 5.5
2.7 2.5 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3.1 2.9
10 3 0 Red cards R C 3 6 7
 
10.5 12.7 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.6 10.4 12.1
2.9 3.5 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.6 4.5
23% 24% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 28% 24%
 
10.8 8.4 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 13.4 13.2 11.7
4.2 3.5 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 5.8 5
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Patronato have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Talleres Córdoba have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Superliga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Tucuman 13 8 4 1 14 6 7 5 2 0 10 3 6 3 2 1 4 3 8 28
2 Gimnasia La Plata 13 7 4 2 14 7 6 5 1 0 9 1 7 2 3 2 5 6 7 25
3 Huracan 13 6 5 2 16 10 6 3 2 1 9 4 7 3 3 1 7 6 6 23
4 Argentinos Juniors 13 7 2 4 17 12 7 5 1 1 11 5 6 2 1 3 6 7 5 23
5 River Plate 13 6 3 4 21 13 6 3 1 2 8 6 7 3 2 2 13 7 8 21
6 Racing Club 13 5 6 2 19 11 7 4 3 0 14 4 6 1 3 2 5 7 8 21
7 Patronato 13 6 3 4 19 15 7 5 1 1 12 5 6 1 2 3 7 10 4 21
8 Godoy Cruz 13 6 3 4 15 11 6 5 1 0 10 3 7 1 2 4 5 8 4 21
9 Platense 13 5 6 2 15 11 7 3 4 0 9 4 6 2 2 2 6 7 4 21
10 Unión Santa Fe 12 6 3 3 20 19 6 3 1 2 9 9 6 3 2 1 11 10 1 21
11 Boca Juniors 13 6 1 6 18 20 7 5 0 2 14 11 6 1 1 4 4 9 -2 19
12 Tigre 13 4 5 4 20 18 6 3 2 1 10 5 7 1 3 3 10 13 2 17
13 San Lorenzo 13 3 8 2 17 15 7 1 6 0 10 9 6 2 2 2 7 6 2 17
14 Arsenal de Sarandi 13 3 8 2 15 15 6 2 3 1 7 7 7 1 5 1 8 8 0 17
15 Newell's Old Boys 13 4 5 4 11 13 6 1 4 1 4 4 7 3 1 3 7 9 -2 17
16 Sarmiento 13 5 2 6 14 17 6 4 1 1 10 6 7 1 1 5 4 11 -3 17
17 Rosario Central 13 5 2 6 11 14 7 4 1 2 6 5 6 1 1 4 5 9 -3 17
18 Estudiantes 13 4 4 5 14 16 7 3 3 1 9 7 6 1 1 4 5 9 -2 16
19 Banfield 13 3 6 4 13 13 7 1 4 2 8 9 6 2 2 2 5 4 0 15
20 Colon 13 3 6 4 11 13 7 2 3 2 7 9 6 1 3 2 4 4 -2 15
21 Defensa y Justicia 13 3 6 4 11 13 7 2 5 0 7 5 6 1 1 4 4 8 -2 15
22 Central Cordoba SdE 13 4 2 7 14 18 6 2 0 4 5 10 7 2 2 3 9 8 -4 14
23 Barracas Central 13 3 5 5 14 19 7 2 2 3 8 11 6 1 3 2 6 8 -5 14
24 Talleres Córdoba 12 3 3 6 8 11 6 3 0 3 5 5 6 0 3 3 3 6 -3 12
25 Independiente 13 3 3 7 12 16 6 2 1 3 4 6 7 1 2 4 8 10 -4 12
26 Vélez Sarsfield 13 1 7 5 13 17 6 1 3 2 6 6 7 0 4 3 7 11 -4 10
27 Aldosivi 13 2 2 9 7 21 6 1 1 4 2 7 7 1 1 5 5 14 -14 8
28 Lanus 13 1 4 8 11 20 6 1 3 2 7 8 7 0 1 6 4 12 -9 7

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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.