Central Norte supporters put their faith in manager Acuña to deliver victory against Sol de Mayo

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Competition: Argentina Torneo Federal A
Competition: Sun 23.October
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena (20000 seats)

It's the Torneo Federal A opening game for these teams, whom look forward to battling for points again. Will Central Norte or Sol de Mayo get that important first win?

Insights:
  • Central Norte have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Central Norte have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sol de Mayo have scored away.

It's quite the trip for Sol de Mayo when visiting Central Norte as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.

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.

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Central Norte form and stats

In the previous season, Central Norte's league statistics were 12 wins, 13 draws and 3 losses, leading to 3rd spot in the Torneo Federal A. Over these 28 matches they scored {40 goals} and conceded 22. Appearing as the host team in the former season Central Norte produced 9-5-0 (win-draw-lost) with {26 goals} and 8 conceded.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Central handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 13 league games, 10 have produced zero, one or two goals.

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Sol de Mayo form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sol de Mayo performed last season in the Torneo Federal A: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 11 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded {24 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 5 with 14/14 goals scored/conceded.

We have checked recent matches where Sol de Mayo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 1 victory, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

A tale of few goals? 8 of this side's last 10 league matches have had two goals or less.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Central NorteD. Magno
D. Magno
12 goals
Central NorteG. Lesman
G. Lesman
9 goals
Central NorteG. Ríos
G. Ríos
6 goals

Central Norte missing players

Sol de Mayo missing players

Central Norte Sol de Mayo
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
33 17 0 Played P 0 17 33
15 10 0 Won W 0 4 12
13 5 0 Drew D 0 6 11
5 2 0 Lost L 0 7 10
44 29 0 Scored S 0 9 32
25 13 0 Conceded C 0 14 26
82% 88% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 76% 82%
55% 65% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 41% 52%
30% 35% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 18% 24%
24% 35% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
12% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
42% 47% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 33%
45% 41% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 35% 39%
30% 24% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 59% 45%
 
4.6 4.6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.2 4.4
3.8 3.1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.5 5.6
2.3 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 2.5
5 3 0 Red cards R C 0 4 4
 
10.5 12.1 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6.2 6.3
4.1 4.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.3 2.4
33% 36% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 23% 30%
 
8.3 6.2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8.2 8.2
3.2 2.6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.9 2.8
Key stats in Torneo Federal A this season:
  • Central Norte have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Central Norte have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Central Norte have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sol de Mayo have scored away.

Read more about Torneo Federal A

The Torneo Federal A is, together with the league Primera B Metropolitana, the third level of football in Argentina. The division has 36 teams who are divided into four zones who play two fixtures against each other for the main league table. The top four teams in each zone move into a multi-staged promotion playoff, the remaining teams into a multi-phase relegation playoff. It’s complicated.