The league table in Superliga tells a story about these teams so far, with Vélez Sarsfield leading Godoy Cruz by 24 points. Match preview to follow:
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Vélez Sarsfield form and stats
Vélez Sarsfield have played 10 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Nothing to worry about in defence for Vélez Sarsfield, as their goalkeeper Lucas Adrian Hoyos has completely shut out the opponents for 241 minutes in the Superliga.
The Vélez Sarsfield supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Argentinos Juniors in Superliga and win 2-0. Before that match, a win away at Arsenal de Sarandi.
Vélez Sarsfield are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found two matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won two, drew zero and lost zero.
Vélez Sarsfield has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. From these home matches, Vélez Sarsfield have conceded only 6 goals.
Godoy Cruz form and stats
Godoy Cruz, who have the most conceded goals (46) in Superliga, have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 1-0-9 (10 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Godoy Cruz's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Godoy Cruz's previous game was their home loss versus Union Santa Fe (1-3). A 0-3 defeat away at Boca Juniors before that.
You'll want to know how Godoy Cruz managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found six similar matches resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and six home wins.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Godoy Cruz as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. The Godoy Cruz manager M. Sciacqua has some worries about the defense as 22 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: one - two - two (Vélez Sarsfield wins - draws - Godoy Cruz wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Romero 6 goals |  S. García Correa 5 goals |  T. Almada 4 goals |
Vélez Sarsfield missing players
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| Vélez Sarsfield | Godoy Cruz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 24 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 13 | 22 | 46 |
| 81% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 43% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 81% |
| 29% | 30% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 57% |
| 24% | 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 24% |
| 29% | 40% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 48% |
| 52% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 38% | 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 48% |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.7 | 6.8 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 218 | 114 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 94 | 204 |
| 87 | 50 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 33 | 66 |
| 28% | 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 24% | 29% |
- Godoy Cruz has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- Godoy Cruz has the most conceded goals (22) away
- Godoy Cruz has the most conceded goals (46)
- Godoy Cruz has the most conceded goals in the first half (23)
- Godoy Cruz has the most conceded goals in the second half (23)
- Godoy Cruz has the the worst goal difference (-27)
- Godoy Cruz have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Godoy Cruz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Godoy Cruz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vélez Sarsfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vélez Sarsfield have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 23 | 46 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 26 | 45 |
| 3 | Vélez Sarsfield | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Lanus | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Racing Club | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 36 |
| 6 | Argentinos Juniors | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 36 |
| 7 | Rosario Central | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 36 |
| 8 | Newell's Old Boys | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 35 |
| 9 | Defensa y Justicia | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 33 |
| 10 | San Lorenzo | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 33 |
| 11 | Talleres Cordoba | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 31 |
| 12 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 31 |
| 13 | Estudiantes | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 30 |
| 14 | Atletico Tucuman | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 28 |
| 15 | Union Santa Fe | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -6 | 27 |
| 16 | Independiente | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 26 |
| 17 | Banfield | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 26 |
| 18 | Central Cordoba SdE | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| 19 | Gimnasia La Plata | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 23 |
| 20 | Aldosivi | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -11 | 22 |
| 21 | Patronato | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 22 | Colon | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 20 | -20 | 18 |
| 23 | Huracan | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -14 | 16 |
| 24 | Godoy Cruz | 21 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 22 | -27 | 12 |