High profile San Lorenzo land at Vélez Sarsfield after their 1-0-result vs Platense. Check out our broad match preview!
- Vélez Sarsfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- San Lorenzo have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Superliga
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
This has all the signs of an exciting match with lots of spark and energy as both participants are well revitalized since they last played a game. Game on!
Vélez Sarsfield form and stats
The overall Superliga stats playing at home this season for Vélez Sarsfield are 2-4-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Sarsfield.
In their previous game, the manager Nardi led his Vélez Sarsfield to a defeat away at Colon. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio José Amalfitani. Midfield player Prestianni got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, the max score being 10. Prestianni scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 8 of 13 times.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Barracas Central.This is expected to be a close game, with Vélez Sarsfield perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Vélez Sarsfield as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Sarsfield has won 4 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Vélez Sarsfield as they have a new game in only three days, a Copa Argentina match thankfully also at home. Deportivo Espanol are visiting.
A decent goal production from Sarsfield in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches.
San Lorenzo form and stats
As the visiting team in Superliga matches, San Lorenzo have produced an overall stat of 2-2-2 so far.
San Lorenzo have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Facundo Altamirano. It's been 335 minutes since they last conceded in Superliga.
San Lorenzo won their last game, 1-0 versus Platense played at home. Late drama in the previous game, when Pérez scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Platense. Midfield player Braida was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.02/10. Braida hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times.
The game before that was the Copa Sudamericana-duel against Fortaleza, a home loss (0-2). So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lorenzo playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were 5 San Lorenzo wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats.
Lacking goals? 9 of this club's last 11 league rounds have seen two or less goals.
San Lorenzo have another game away in just four days, a Copa Sudamericana fixture vs Palestino. A gruelling calendar for them!
San Lorenzo are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Last seven meetings with these participants: Sarsfield won one, San Lorenzo triumphed in four and we saw two draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 4 red cards from the last seven duels.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Janson 4 goals |   A. Bareiro Gamarra 3 goals | A. Vombergar 3 goals |
Vélez Sarsfield missing players
San Lorenzo missing players
| Vélez Sarsfield | San Lorenzo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 77% | 71% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 62% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 31% |
| 46% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 23% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 8% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 54% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 23% |
| 31% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 69% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 23% |
| 3.9 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 4.8 | 5.9 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.3 | 4.2 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.8 | 10.6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 11.3 | 11.6 |
| 3.4 | 4.1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 36% | 41% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 32% | 32% |
| 9.5 | 10.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 13.5 | 11 |
| 3.1 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.7 | 3.2 |
- San Lorenzo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- San Lorenzo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- San Lorenzo have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Superliga
- 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 | River Plate | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 33 |
| 2 | San Lorenzo | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Belgrano | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| 4 | Rosario Central | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 23 |
| 5 | Lanus | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 22 |
| 6 | Talleres Cordoba | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
| 7 | Defensa y Justicia | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 21 |
| 8 | Estudiantes | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Godoy Cruz | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | Argentinos Juniors | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 11 | Racing Club | 13 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 12 | Newell's Old Boys | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Platense | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 14 | Instituto | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 15 | Tigre | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 16 | Vélez Sarsfield | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 17 | Boca Juniors | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 18 | Sarmiento | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 19 | Central Cordoba SdE | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 15 |
| 20 | Colon | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| 21 | Banfield | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 14 |
| 22 | Huracan | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 23 | Barracas Central | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 24 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 25 | Gimnasia La Plata | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -11 | 11 |
| 26 | Independiente | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 10 |
| 27 | Atletico Tucuman | 13 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 10 |
| 28 | Union Santa Fe | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -12 | 8 |
