Evenly matched teams: Crucero del Norte vs Central Norte match preview

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Competition: Argentina Torneo Federal A
Competition: Wed 11.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Comandante Andrés Guacurarí (12000 seats)

Crucero del Norte have performed excellent football this season, sitting at 2nd place in the table. Central Norte have a view both ways from their 6th spot.

Insights:
  • Crucero del Norte have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Central Norte have not yet lost a game.

These teams have little in common geographically as Central Norte have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Crucero del Norte form and stats

Perfect Torneo Federal A season at home so far for Crucero del Norte 3 wins from 3 appearances. There’s a good atmosphere here at Estadio Comandante Andrés Guacurarí after three straight home wins.

It's back home for Crucero, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Defensores Belgrano VR away with the result 2-1. Cerdán and Álvarez found the net in that victory.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Douglas Haig in a game that was won 2-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Crucero del Norte have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won five, drawn five and lost two.

A decent goal production from Crucero del Norte in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. Defensively Crucero have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Central Norte form and stats

Central Norte are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Torneo Federal A, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).

Ríos, Ramírez and Rosales scored in Central Norte's previous match, the home game against Sportivo Las Parejas that ended 3-1.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Atlético Paraná at their stadium, the result 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Central Norte in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Central Norte, four draws and three defeats.

Goals are few and far between in Central Norte's away league games. Only 1 goal from 3 travels.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Crucero four wins, three draws and Central Norte three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Crucero del NorteE. Álvarez Fleitas
E. Álvarez Fleitas
4 goals
Central NorteF. Reyes
F. Reyes
2 goals
Crucero del NorteR. Cerdán
R. Cerdán
1 goals

Crucero del Norte missing players

Central Norte missing players

Crucero del Norte Central Norte
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 2 Played P 1 3 6
5 3 2 Won W 0 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 1 2 3
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
10 5 3 Scored S 0 1 5
7 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 33% 50%
71% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 17%
43% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 17%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 17%
43% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 83%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 50%
 
4.5 5.7 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 4.8
4.3 3.7 2 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.3 4.5
2.5 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.7 3.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8 9.3 10 Shots (avg) S ( 6 9.3 10
3.8 4.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 4.3 3.7
35% 36% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 8% 23%
 
9.8 8 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9.3 10
5.2 3.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 3.3
Key stats in Torneo Federal A this season:
  • Central Norte have not yet lost a game.
  • Central Norte have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Crucero del Norte have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Crucero del Norte have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Crucero del Norte have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Crucero del Norte haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Racing Cordoba 7 6 1 0 16 1 4 4 0 0 9 1 3 2 1 0 7 0 15 19
2 Crucero del Norte 7 5 1 1 10 7 3 3 0 0 5 1 4 2 1 1 5 6 3 16
3 Sarmiento Resistencia 7 4 3 0 8 1 4 1 3 0 3 1 3 3 0 0 5 0 7 15
4 San Martín Formosa 6 4 2 0 8 2 3 1 2 0 3 1 3 3 0 0 5 1 6 14
5 Douglas Haig 7 4 0 3 11 6 4 3 0 1 8 2 3 1 0 2 3 4 5 12
6 Central Norte 6 3 3 0 5 1 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 4 12
7 Sportivo Belgrano 7 3 1 3 8 7 4 1 1 2 4 4 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 10
8 Gimnasia y Tiro 7 3 1 3 4 7 3 1 0 2 2 3 4 2 1 1 2 4 -3 10
9 Gimnasia Concepción 6 2 2 2 5 5 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 0 1 2 0 3 0 8
10 Sportivo Las Parejas 7 2 2 3 7 9 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 6 8 -2 8
11 Juventud Antoniana 7 2 2 3 3 9 3 1 0 2 1 7 4 1 2 1 2 2 -6 8
12 Boca Unidos 6 1 3 2 4 6 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 2 3 -2 6
13 Defensores Belgrano VR 7 1 2 4 7 9 4 1 1 2 6 5 3 0 1 2 1 4 -2 5
14 Union Sunchales 6 1 2 3 3 6 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 0 1 2 0 4 -3 5
15 Atlético Paraná 7 1 2 4 3 9 3 1 0 2 1 2 4 0 2 2 2 7 -6 5
16 Def. de Pronunciamiento 6 0 1 5 1 8 3 0 1 2 1 3 3 0 0 3 0 5 -7 1
17 CDJU Gualeguaychu 6 0 0 6 1 11 3 0 0 3 1 6 3 0 0 3 0 5 -10 0

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.