This pair of contenders are happy with a quality season so far and games like today could be momentous. Here's the preview for Talleres Córdoba - Rosario Central!
- Rosario Central have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Superliga
This promises to be an exciting game with lots of action and excitement as both squads are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Talleres Córdoba form and stats
3-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Superliga numbers at home for Talleres Córdoba so far this season.
Bustos was the last player to score a league goal for Talleres Córdoba and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Talleres Córdoba haven't scored in 181 minutes.
Talleres Córdoba lost their last game at Estudiantes (placed 9th) after a 0-1 scoreline. The first defeat after going unbeaten in four league matches. Villagra (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.63/10. Villagra hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 48 successful passes (of 57 total).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus San Lorenzo that ended 0-0.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Chacarita Juniors are coming to town in two days.
Talleres has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Talleres Córdoba are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Francisco Cabasés in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.
Rosario Central form and stats
There's been little loot from Rosario Central's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Superliga. Rosario Central only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws. Rosario has drawn their two previous away games.
There were no winners in Rosario Central's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Boca Juniors (placed 17th). Veliz, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.8. Veliz scored one goal and hit one key pass.
A 2-2 draw at Atletico Tucuman's stadium before that.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Rosario Central when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.
A new game in only two days for Rosario, the Copa Argentina home match versus Central Norte. Busy days.
Rosario Central find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. Rosario have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the preceeding seven meetings): Talleres Córdoba won one game, two matches ended in a draw and Rosario Central got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / five. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last seven encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Santos Rosadilla 5 goals |   A. Véliz 5 goals | F. Pizzini 3 goals |
Talleres Córdoba missing players
Rosario Central missing players
| Talleres Córdoba | Rosario Central | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 18 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 16 |
| 92% | 86% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 69% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 69% |
| 46% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 54% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 54% |
| 38% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 31% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 15% |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| 4 | 3.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 7.5 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.2 | 14.7 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 10.8 | 12.8 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 38% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 29% |
| 9.5 | 7.4 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 17 | 14.5 |
| 3.5 | 2.3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.7 | 5 |
- Rosario Central have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rosario Central have the most dropped points from leading position (9) 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 | River Plate | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 33 |
| 2 | San Lorenzo | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Belgrano | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| 4 | Rosario Central | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 23 |
| 5 | Lanús | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 22 |
| 6 | Talleres Córdoba | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
| 7 | Defensa y Justicia | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 21 |
| 8 | Racing Club | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 9 | Estudiantes | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Godoy Cruz | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Argentinos Juniors | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 12 | Newell's Old Boys | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Platense | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 14 | Instituto | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 15 | Tigre | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 16 | Vélez Sarsfield | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 17 | Boca Juniors | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 18 | Sarmiento | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 19 | Central Cordoba SdE | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 15 |
| 20 | Colon | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| 21 | Banfield | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 14 |
| 22 | Huracan | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 23 | Barracas Central | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 24 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 25 | Gimnasia La Plata | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -11 | 11 |
| 26 | Independiente | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 10 |
| 27 | Atletico Tucuman | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 10 |
| 28 | Unión Santa Fe | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -12 | 8 |
