Superliga fixture forecast and stats, news and lineups for the Unión Santa Fe vs Belgrano duel

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 08.April
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio 15 de Abril (22852 seats)

Unión Santa Fe are banking on their home crowd to aid them in this match hosting Belgrano. Who is the winner at Estadio 15 de Abril?

Insights:
  • Unión Santa Fe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Belgrano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Unión Santa Fe form and stats

The story so far in the Superliga for Unión Santa Fe at their home stadium (Estadio 15 de Abril) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

No payout for Unión Santa Fe in their previous match, an away game at River Plate that ended in defeat 0-1. Esquivel, defender, was given a rating of 7.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Esquivel won 13 of 16 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Racing Club (1-3).

This is expected to be a close game, with Unión Santa Fe perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Unión Santa Fe as a small favourite), we find 18 games. Unión Santa Fe has won 6 of these, drawn 5 and lost 7.

Unión Santa Fe are traveling soon after this match as the Superliga match at Argentinos Juniors awaits in three days.

Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.

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Belgrano form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Belgrano's last game was the home draw against Sarmiento (0-0). García got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, top player of the team. García hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 42 successful passes (of 49 total).

A 1-3 defeat away at Godoy Cruz before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Belgrano in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Belgrano, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

A quick return to home after this game, as Belgrano are hosting Independiente Rivadavia in the Copa Argentina only three days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Belgrano as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. Belgrano have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Belgrano have won or drawn the last 11 games (5-6-0) versus Unión Santa Fe.

The matches between these clubs have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 8 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

BelgranoP. Vegetti Pfaffen
P. Vegetti Pfaffen
4 goals
UniónI. Machuca
I. Machuca
2 goals
Unión Santa FeM. Luna Diale
M. Luna Diale
1 goals

Unión Santa Fe missing players

Belgrano missing players

Unión Santa Fe Belgrano
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 2 5 9
1 1 1 Won W 2 2 3
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
4 2 1 Lost L 0 2 3
6 4 2 Scored S 2 3 5
10 6 2 Conceded C 0 6 9
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 67%
67% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 44%
11% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 33%
11% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 22%
22% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 60% 56%
44% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 56%
 
3.9 3.8 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5 4
3.9 3.2 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.2 4.9
2.9 3.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 1.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.8 12.8 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 17.5 12.2 10
3.1 4.2 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.2 2.7
21% 24% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 19% 21%
 
12.9 11.8 13 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 11 12.8
3.9 4.2 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.6 4.3
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • All of Unión Santa Fe's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Belgrano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Belgrano have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Unión Santa Fe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Unión Santa Fe 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 9 7 0 2 15 5 4 3 0 1 7 3 5 4 0 1 8 2 10 21
2 San Lorenzo 9 5 2 2 10 4 5 4 1 0 7 0 4 1 1 2 3 4 6 17
3 Racing Club 9 5 2 2 13 8 5 3 2 0 7 4 4 2 0 2 6 4 5 17
4 Rosario Central 9 5 2 2 13 12 5 4 1 0 8 3 4 1 1 2 5 9 1 17
5 Talleres Cordoba 9 5 1 3 15 8 5 2 0 3 5 5 4 3 1 0 10 3 7 16
6 Defensa y Justicia 9 4 3 2 11 6 5 2 2 1 7 5 4 2 1 1 4 1 5 15
7 Argentinos Juniors 9 4 2 3 10 5 4 3 1 0 8 1 5 1 1 3 2 4 5 14
8 Boca Juniors 9 4 2 3 12 8 5 2 2 1 6 4 4 2 0 2 6 4 4 14
9 Lanus 9 4 2 3 11 8 4 2 1 1 5 3 5 2 1 2 6 5 3 14
10 Newell's Old Boys 9 4 2 3 9 10 4 4 0 0 5 0 5 0 2 3 4 10 -1 14
11 Velez Sarsfield 9 3 4 2 12 7 5 2 2 1 9 4 4 1 2 1 3 3 5 13
12 Platense 9 3 4 2 13 13 5 1 3 1 7 8 4 2 1 1 6 5 0 13
13 Instituto 9 3 4 2 11 11 5 1 3 1 4 5 4 2 1 1 7 6 0 13
14 Huracan 9 3 3 3 13 12 4 2 1 1 6 5 5 1 2 2 7 7 1 12
15 Godoy Cruz 9 4 0 5 7 10 4 3 0 1 6 2 5 1 0 4 1 8 -3 12
16 Estudiantes 9 3 2 4 10 11 5 2 1 2 7 6 4 1 1 2 3 5 -1 11
17 Tigre 9 3 2 4 10 12 4 1 1 2 4 5 5 2 1 2 6 7 -2 11
18 Belgrano 8 3 2 3 5 9 3 1 1 1 2 3 5 2 1 2 3 6 -4 11
19 Independiente 9 1 6 2 7 9 4 0 2 2 5 8 5 1 4 0 2 1 -2 9
20 Barracas Central 9 2 3 4 9 13 5 1 2 2 3 6 4 1 1 2 6 7 -4 9
21 Banfield 9 2 3 4 4 8 5 1 3 1 1 2 4 1 0 3 3 6 -4 9
22 Sarmiento 8 2 2 4 10 11 4 1 0 3 7 9 4 1 2 1 3 2 -1 8
23 Arsenal de Sarandi 8 2 2 4 7 10 4 1 1 2 3 5 4 1 1 2 4 5 -3 8
24 Atletico Tucuman 9 1 5 3 5 10 4 1 2 1 3 4 5 0 3 2 2 6 -5 8
25 Central Cordoba SdE 8 2 2 4 4 10 4 2 0 2 3 3 4 0 2 2 1 7 -6 8
26 Gimnasia La Plata 9 2 2 5 6 14 4 2 1 1 4 3 5 0 1 4 2 11 -8 8
27 Unión Santa Fe 9 1 4 4 6 10 4 1 1 2 4 6 5 0 3 2 2 4 -4 7
28 Colon 9 0 6 3 6 10 5 0 3 2 3 6 4 0 3 1 3 4 -4 6

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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.