Superliga match prediction and preview for Union Santa Fe vs Argentinos Juniors clash

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Date: Sat 25.January
Match begins: 00:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio 15 de Abril (22852 seats)

The visiting Argentinos Juniors side should be favourites in this visit to Union Santa Fe, as the away team holds a 10 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.

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Unión Santa Fe form and stats

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

The Unión Santa Fe goalkeeper Sebastian Emanuel Moyano is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 214 minutes without conceding a goal in the Superliga.

Unión Santa Fe manager L. Madelón and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Talleres Córdoba (placed 12th) in the Superliga. Ahead of that match, Unión Santa Fe won a home game hosting Huracán (1-0).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Unión Santa Fe have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won 5 Drawn 3 Lost 2.

Unión Santa Fe are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 7 games. Unión Santa Fe are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio 15 de Abril in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.

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Argentinos Juniors form and stats

Playing away, Argentinos Juniors have won 2 games, drawn 4 and suffered 2 defeats in the Superliga this season.

There were no winners in Argentinos Juniors's previous match, a Superliga home game that ended 1-1 vs Estudiantes (placed 13th). A 1-1 draw at Boca Juniors's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Argentinos Juniors playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were 3 Argentinos Juniors wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Argentinos Juniors's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 8 matches. Argentinos Juniors are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last three meetings: 2 - 0 - 1 (Unión Santa Fe wins - draws - Argentinos Juniors wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Argentinos JuniorsG. Hauche
G. Hauche
5 goals
Unión Santa FeW. Bou
W. Bou
4 goals
Argentinos JuniorsS. Silva Olivera
S. Silva Olivera
3 goals

Unión Santa Fe missing players

Argentinos Juniors missing players

Unión Santa Fe Argentinos Juniors
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 7 2 Played P 4 8 16
5 3 0 Won W 1 2 8
5 2 1 Drew D 2 4 6
6 2 1 Lost L 1 2 2
15 7 1 Scored S 1 3 16
20 6 2 Conceded C 1 5 11
81% 86% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 62% 81%
56% 43% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 25% 44%
44% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 12% 25%
19% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
44% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 12% 38%
38% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 75% 62% 50%
38% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 75% 62% 31%
 
4.1 6 6.5 Corners For (avg) C F 5 5.1 5
5.1 3.9 5.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.5 5 5.1
2.4 2.4 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 3.2 2.6
3 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
179 103 26 Total Shots T S 39 77 170
63 31 9 Shots on Target S O 12 19 51
24% 23% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 16% 31%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Unión Santa Fe have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Argentinos Juniors have scored away.
  • Unión Santa Fe have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 9 3 4 31 15 8 3 1 4 8 6 8 6 2 0 23 9 16 30
2 Argentinos Juniors 16 8 6 2 16 11 8 6 2 0 13 6 8 2 4 2 3 5 5 30
3 Boca Juniors 16 8 5 3 19 7 8 4 3 1 12 4 8 4 2 2 7 3 12 29
4 Lanús 16 8 5 3 23 19 8 5 2 1 12 7 8 3 3 2 11 12 4 29
5 Vélez Sarsfield 16 8 4 4 17 11 8 4 3 1 11 5 8 4 1 3 6 6 6 28
6 Arsenal de Sarandi 16 8 3 5 27 20 8 4 3 1 16 10 8 4 0 4 11 10 7 27
7 Rosario Central 16 6 8 2 23 16 8 4 3 1 15 7 8 2 5 1 8 9 7 26
8 Racing Club 16 6 8 2 20 18 8 4 3 1 10 9 8 2 5 1 10 9 2 26
9 San Lorenzo 16 8 2 6 23 22 8 4 1 3 14 14 8 4 1 3 9 8 1 26
10 Newell's Old Boys 16 7 4 5 25 20 8 5 1 2 14 8 8 2 3 3 11 12 5 25
11 Atlético Tucumán 16 7 4 5 17 15 8 4 2 2 11 8 8 3 2 3 6 7 2 25
12 Talleres Córdoba 16 7 3 6 22 18 8 4 3 1 12 10 8 3 0 5 10 8 4 24
13 Estudiantes 16 7 3 6 16 13 8 5 2 1 10 2 8 2 1 5 6 11 3 24
14 Defensa y Justicia 16 6 3 7 13 14 8 2 2 4 4 6 8 4 1 3 9 8 -1 21
15 Independiente 16 6 3 7 18 21 8 3 1 4 12 12 8 3 2 3 6 9 -3 21
16 Banfield 16 5 5 6 13 13 8 2 2 4 7 9 8 3 3 2 6 4 0 20
17 Unión Santa Fe 16 5 5 6 15 20 7 3 2 2 7 6 9 2 3 4 8 14 -5 20
18 Central Cordoba SdE 16 4 6 6 17 19 8 3 3 2 7 6 8 1 3 4 10 13 -2 18
19 Colón 16 5 1 10 16 26 9 5 1 3 11 11 7 0 0 7 5 15 -10 16
20 Huracán 16 3 6 7 8 16 8 2 3 3 5 8 8 1 3 4 3 8 -8 15
21 Gimnasia La Plata 16 4 2 10 18 19 8 1 0 7 3 10 8 3 2 3 15 9 -1 14
22 Patronato 16 3 4 9 11 23 8 2 2 4 6 11 8 1 2 5 5 12 -12 13
23 Aldosivi 16 3 3 10 13 25 8 2 3 3 7 8 8 1 0 7 6 17 -12 12
24 Godoy Cruz 16 3 0 13 16 36 8 2 0 6 8 19 8 1 0 7 8 17 -20 9

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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.