Evenly matched teams: Liniers Bahía Blanca vs Sportivo Peñarol match preview

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Competition: Argentina Torneo Federal A
Competition: Sun 28.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Dr. Alejandro Pérez (12000 seats)

Liniers Bahía Blanca are leaning on their home advantage to aid them to win this match hosting Sportivo Peñarol. Who wins at Estadio Dr. Alejandro Pérez?

Insights:
  • Liniers Bahía Blanca have the fewest points (15) at home in Torneo Federal A
  • Sportivo Peñarol have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Sportivo Peñarol have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

It's no vacation for neither Liniers Bahía Blanca nor Sportivo Peñarol as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Liniers Bahía Blanca form and stats

When playing at home in the Torneo Federal A, Liniers Bahía Blanca, who have the fewest points (15) at home in Torneo Federal A, have managed 3 wins, 6 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 13 games.

A nice win for Liniers Bahía Blanca last time playing, versus Sportivo Peñarol. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Ferro Carril Oeste LP with a 3-1 scoreline.

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 Liniers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Liniers Bahía Blanca are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Liniers Bahía Blanca's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Sportivo Peñarol form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sportivo Peñarol so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-6 (win-draw-lose).

Sportivo Peñarol are travelling again after losing away to Liniers Bahía Blanca in their previous match (0-1).

Before that, Sportivo secured a home win against Circulo Deportivo with the score 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Sportivo Peñarol in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Sportivo Peñarol, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sportivo Peñarol as they have only managed to score 8 times from 13 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Sportivo Peñarol have conceded 20 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent past scoreline featuring both these teams is the Liniers - Sportivo Peñarol 1-0 played earlier this season. Tarasco (Sportivo Peñarol) was sent off by the referee when these teams last played each other. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - zero - one (Liniers Bahía Blanca wins - draws - Sportivo Peñarol wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 2 red cards from the last two duels.

Top Goalscorers

Sportivo PeñarolJ. Martínez
J. Martínez
7 goals
Sportivo PeñarolR. Tarasco
R. Tarasco
4 goals
Sportivo PeñarolI. González
I. González
3 goals

Liniers Bahía Blanca missing players

Sportivo Peñarol missing players

Liniers Bahía Blanca Sportivo Peñarol
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 13 4 Played P 4 13 25
6 3 2 Won W 0 1 7
9 6 1 Drew D 3 6 8
10 4 1 Lost L 1 6 10
24 14 4 Scored S 3 8 25
34 15 3 Conceded C 4 20 33
88% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 77% 88%
64% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 54% 60%
40% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 48%
24% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 28%
12% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 8%
56% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 46% 48%
28% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 31% 28%
28% 23% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 46% 36%
 
4.2 5.1 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.7 4.2
5.3 4.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.7 3.8
2.9 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.8 2.4
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
8.9 9.9 8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.2 6.9 9.5
4.1 4.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.3 3.3
23% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 30% 30%
 
9.8 7 5.8 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 9 8
4 2.6 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.8 3.5 3.4
Key stats in Torneo Federal A this season:
  • Liniers Bahía Blanca have the fewest points (15) at home in Torneo Federal A
  • Liniers Bahía Blanca have the the worst goal difference (-1) at home in Torneo Federal A
  • Liniers Bahía Blanca have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sportivo Peñarol have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Sportivo Peñarol 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.