Superliga match prediction: Little separates Vélez Sarsfield and Estudiantes in quality

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Mon 07.March
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Islas Malvinas (45540 seats)

Vélez Sarsfield get ready to host Estudiantes for another absorbing Superliga match here at Estadio Islas Malvinas.

Insights:
  • Estudiantes have the most scored goals (10) in Superliga

The visiting Estudiantes played their last game only four days ago, a Copa Libertadores match.

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Vélez Sarsfield form and stats

Only two Superliga home games for Vélez Sarsfield so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

Janson was the last player to score a league goal for Vélez Sarsfield and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Vélez Sarsfield haven't scored in 287 minutes.

Prior to that, an away loss at Huracan in the Superliga.

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 Vélez Sarsfield have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost two.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Vélez Sarsfield at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Estudiantes form and stats

Playing away, Estudiantes, who have the most scored goals (10) in Superliga, have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the Superliga this season. The fact that Estudiantes have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

The attacker Díaz got a match rating of 8.21 in that game. Díaz scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Arsenal de Sarandi in the Superliga.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Estudiantes playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were four Estudiantes wins, two draws and four defeats.

After this away game Estudiantes return home for a Copa Libertadores game against Everton. That game is only two sleeps after this.

Estudiantes have the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Vélez Sarsfield three wins, one draw and Estudiantes four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

EstudiantesM. Boselli
M. Boselli
4 goals
EstudiantesL. Díaz
L. Díaz
3 goals
SarsfieldL. Orellano
L. Orellano
1 goals

Vélez Sarsfield missing players

Estudiantes missing players

Vélez Sarsfield Estudiantes
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 1 4
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 4
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 2 0 Scored S 0 3 10
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 6
75% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
75% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.2 6.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8 6
4.5 5.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 7
2.8 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.5 11.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 10.2
3.8 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 4.2
13% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 60% 59%
 
9 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13 8
2.8 2.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 2.8
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Estudiantes have the most conceded goals in the second half (5) in Superliga
  • Estudiantes have the most scored goals (10) in Superliga
  • Estudiantes have the most scored goals in the second half (8) in Superliga
  • Estudiantes is in the best form (4-0-0) in Superliga
Vélez Sarsfield Last season Estudiantes
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
13 7   Played P   6 11
7 3   Won W   1 1
3 1   Drew D   1 3
3 3   Lost L   4 7
21 11   Scored S   3 5
15 11   Conceded C   7 12
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 82%
69% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   33% 36%
54% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   17% 18%
38% 43%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 9%
23% 43%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 9%
62% 71%   BTTS BTTS   17% 27%
31% 14%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 18%
15% 14%   Failed to Score F T   83% 73%
 
3.9 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   6 5.8
3.8 2.9   Corners against (avg) C A   3 3.9
2.3 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.2
3 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
10.2 11.1   Shots (avg) S (   11.5 11.1
4.5 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 3.5
36% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   18% 13%
 
10.1 8.4   Shots against (avg) S A   8 8.3
3.8 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 3.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Estudiantes 4 4 0 0 10 6 3 3 0 0 7 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 4 12
2 Colon 4 3 1 0 8 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 5 10
3 Boca Juniors 4 2 2 0 7 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 8
4 Tigre 4 1 3 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 3 1 2 6
5 Huracan 4 2 0 2 6 5 3 2 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 6
6 Central Cordoba SdE 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 5
7 Independiente 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
8 Lanus 4 1 1 2 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 4
9 Arsenal de Sarandi 4 1 1 2 5 6 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -1 4
10 Rosario Central 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 4
11 Aldosivi 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 -1 4
12 Vélez Sarsfield 4 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 -1 4
13 Godoy Cruz 4 1 1 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 3 4 -3 4
14 Barracas Central 4 0 0 4 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 3 2 7 -7 0

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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.