Having a home game feels comfortable and good for Vélez Sarsfield, but Gimnasia La Plata are fully intent and qualified to win. Who wins the prize?
- Vélez Sarsfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gimnasia La Plata have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Superliga
The hosts Vélez Sarsfield saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Copa Libertadores. That game was an away game at Talleres Cordoba, so at least Vélez Sarsfield are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Vélez Sarsfield form and stats
Vélez Sarsfield have collected 5 points from their Superliga home games so far after 1-2-2.
Sarsfield are returning here after visiting Talleres Cordoba in a Copa Libertadores fixture and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten through four league rounds. Gómez was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.6 out of 10. The defender Gómez won 3 of 4 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Vélez Sarsfield lost 1-2 at Union Santa Fe's place.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 Vélez Sarsfield have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 2 and lost 4.
Betting people might want to know that 12 of the latest 16 league matches from these players have seen goals scored by both teams.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Vélez Sarsfield as they are travelling to their away game against Aldosivi in the Superliga. That match is four days after this one.
Vélez Sarsfield has scored 5 goals so far and conceded 5 goals from 5 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Gimnasia La Plata form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Gimnasia La Plata playing as the away team in the Superliga this season.
317 minutes! That's how long the Gimnasia goalkeeper Rodrigo Francisco Jesus Rey and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Copa Argentina home loss versus Patronato with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Godoy Cruz in the Superliga.We have checked recent matches where Gimnasia La Plata have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 2 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
Low-scoring game? 11 of this team's last 12 league rounds have seen two goals or less.
The schedule is very tough for Gimnasia now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Superliga game at Union Santa Fe is waiting in only four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gimnasia La Plata as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Gimnasia La Plata as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Sarsfield wins - draws - Gimnasia La Plata wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Tarragona 10 goals | B. Alemán Athaydes 9 goals |  L. Janson 8 goals |
Vélez Sarsfield missing players
Gimnasia La Plata missing players
| Vélez Sarsfield | Gimnasia La Plata | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 25 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 17 | 37 |
| 28 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 26 |
| 85% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 69% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 69% | 65% |
| 31% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 46% | 42% |
| 15% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 31% | 31% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 15% | 8% |
| 54% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 31% | 38% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | 46% |
| 38% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 23% |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.8 | 5.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 4.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.3 | 12 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10.6 | 12.3 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 25% | 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 30% | 28% |
| 10.5 | 11.4 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 11.7 | 10.8 |
| 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
- Gimnasia La Plata have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gimnasia La Plata have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Superliga
- Gimnasia La Plata have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Superliga
- Gimnasia La Plata have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vélez Sarsfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | 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 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Godoy Cruz | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | Union Santa Fe | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Racing Club | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Argentinos Juniors | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Huracan | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | River Plate | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 9 | Patronato | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Platense | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Boca Juniors | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 12 | San Lorenzo | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 13 | Newell's Old Boys | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 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 | Sarmiento | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| 16 | Tigre | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 16 |
| 17 | Banfield | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 18 | Colon | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 15 |
| 19 | Defensa y Justicia | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 20 | Barracas Central | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 14 |
| 21 | Central Cordoba SdE | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -4 | 14 |
| 22 | Rosario Central | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| 23 | Estudiantes | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 24 | Talleres Cordoba | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 25 | Independiente | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 26 | Vélez Sarsfield | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 9 |
| 27 | Aldosivi | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -14 | 8 |
| 28 | Lanus | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 6 |
