Soccer betting preview: Circulo Deportivo welcomes Huracán Las Heras in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Argentina Torneo Federal A
Competition: Sun 28.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Guillermo Trama (13000 seats)

The path has mostly gone uphill for Circulo Deportivo so far, and that also applies to Huracán Las Heras. These students from the school of hard knocks have the opportunity for some important points here.

Insights:
  • Circulo Deportivo have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Torneo Federal A
  • Huracán Las Heras have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Torneo Federal A

It's quite the trip for Huracán Las Heras when visiting Circulo as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Circulo Deportivo and Huracán Las Heras.

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Circulo Deportivo form and stats

The story so far in the Torneo Federal A for Circulo Deportivo at their home stadium (Estadio Guillermo Trama) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Circulo after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The Circulo Deportivo regulars enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Huracán Las Heras and win 1-0.

Heartbreak before that as Circulo Deportivo lost 1-2 at Sportivo Peñarol's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Circulo Deportivo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Circulo Deportivo as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Circulo Deportivo has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Circulo has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Circulo Deportivo have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Huracán Las Heras form and stats

Huracán Las Heras have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Torneo Federal A, after 1-5-7 (13 played). Huracán seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

The attacking players of Huracán Las Heras have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 197 minutes.

There might be some fixture complaints from Huracán Las Heras as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-1 against Circulo Deportivo.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Argentino Monte Maíz.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Huracán playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were 2 Huracán Las Heras wins, 5 draws and 10 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 17 of this side's last 21 league fixtures have had two or less goals.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Huracán Las Heras's away games in the league this season with only 6 goals from 13 matches. Huracán Las Heras have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the sides played each other previously this campaign; Circulo Deportivo - Huracán Las Heras 1-0. These teams fought fiercely when they last met each other. Both Zabaleta (Huracán Las Heras) and Visaguirre (Huracán Las Heras) were each shown a red card. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Circulo one win, two draws and Huracán Las Heras three victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less. The matches between these sides have sometimes been "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last six encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Circulo DeportivoI. Enríquez
I. Enríquez
12 goals
Huracán Las HerasJ. Peñaloza
J. Peñaloza
4 goals
Circulo DeportivoD. Martínez
D. Martínez
3 goals

Circulo Deportivo missing players

Huracán Las Heras missing players

Circulo Deportivo Huracán Las Heras
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 13 3 Played P 4 13 26
7 6 1 Won W 0 1 6
6 5 2 Drew D 4 5 12
12 2 0 Lost L 0 7 8
25 17 5 Scored S 2 6 17
32 12 4 Conceded C 2 15 21
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 85% 69%
56% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 54% 50%
44% 46% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 15% 23%
24% 23% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 4%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 46% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 31%
32% 46% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 23% 46%
32% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 54% 54%
 
4.1 3.9 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.1 4.7
5 3.9 2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 5.3 5
2.9 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.3
5 2 2 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
7.6 7.9 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 7.2 9.8
3.1 3.6 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.5 3
32% 37% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 16% 22%
 
8.9 7.7 8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.3 9.8 8.9
3.3 2.5 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.7 3.2 2.9
Key stats in Torneo Federal A this season:
  • Circulo Deportivo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Circulo Deportivo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Huracán Las Heras have scored away.
  • Circulo Deportivo have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in Torneo Federal A
  • Circulo Deportivo have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Torneo Federal A
  • Huracán Las Heras have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Huracán Las Heras have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Torneo Federal A
  • Huracán Las Heras have won significantly less corners away then 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 Olimpo 26 17 6 3 44 17 13 10 2 1 27 7 13 7 4 2 17 10 27 57
2 Villa Mitre 25 13 6 6 31 17 12 9 1 2 22 7 13 4 5 4 9 10 14 45
3 Juventud Unida Univ. 24 8 13 3 18 11 13 5 8 0 13 6 11 3 5 3 5 5 7 37
4 Sol de Mayo 24 10 7 7 24 19 13 6 4 3 17 11 11 4 3 4 7 8 5 37
5 Estudiantes de San Luis 25 10 6 9 27 23 12 8 2 2 21 9 13 2 4 7 6 14 4 36
6 Ciudad de Bolívar 25 10 6 9 22 22 12 7 3 2 14 8 13 3 3 7 8 14 0 36
7 Argentino Monte Maíz 25 9 8 8 26 26 13 7 1 5 16 9 12 2 7 3 10 17 0 35
8 Independiente Chivilcoy 26 8 10 8 22 19 13 4 7 2 12 7 13 4 3 6 10 12 3 34
9 Sansinena 26 10 4 12 36 35 13 7 2 4 23 15 13 3 2 8 13 20 1 34
10 Cipolletti 24 7 9 8 20 24 11 5 5 1 12 7 13 2 4 7 8 17 -4 30
11 Sportivo Peñarol 25 7 8 10 25 33 12 6 2 4 17 13 13 1 6 6 8 20 -8 29
12 Huracán Las Heras 26 6 12 8 17 21 13 5 7 1 11 6 13 1 5 7 6 15 -4 27
13 Ferro Carril Oeste LP 26 6 9 11 22 27 13 4 4 5 13 11 13 2 5 6 9 16 -5 27
14 Circulo Deportivo 25 7 6 12 25 32 13 6 5 2 17 12 12 1 1 10 8 20 -7 27
15 Liniers Bahía Blanca 25 6 9 10 24 34 13 3 6 4 14 15 12 3 3 6 10 19 -10 27
16 Deportivo Camioneros 25 6 8 11 21 30 12 5 4 3 10 6 13 1 4 8 11 24 -9 26
17 Sportivo Desamparados 24 4 11 9 17 31 12 4 6 2 8 5 12 0 5 7 9 26 -14 23

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.