San Martín Formosa vs Gimnasia y Tiro: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Argentina Torneo Federal A
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio 17 de Octubre

3rd place in the Torneo Federal A table for San Martín Formosa right now, a strong performance. The home team supporters hope for more joy as 6th-placed Gimnasia y Tiro visit Estadio 17 de Octubre.

Insights:
  • San Martín Formosa have the most scored goals (38) in Torneo Federal A
  • San Martín Formosa have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Gimnasia y Tiro have scored away.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Gimnasia y Tiro, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

It's no vacation for neither San Martín Formosa nor Gimnasia y Tiro 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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San Martín Formosa form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio 17 de Octubre as San Martín Formosa have scored 22 goals to get 25 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Torneo Federal A are 7-4-0 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since San Martín Formosa tasted defeat here at Estadio 17 de Octubre, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.

The Formosa goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 280 minutes without conceding a goal in the Torneo Federal A.

A nice win for San Martín Formosa last time playing, versus Gimnasia y Tiro. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0. As mentioned above, San Martín Formosa "killed" Gimnasia y Tiro in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

Before that match, a win away at Union Sunchales.

This is expected to be a close game, with Formosa perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with San Martín Formosa as a small favourite), we find 6 games. San Martín Formosa has won 2 of these, drawn 0 and lost 4.

San Martín Formosa have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Gimnasia y Tiro form and stats

The visitors are W4-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Torneo Federal A.

There might be some fixture complaints from Gimnasia y Tiro as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-4 against San Martín Formosa. That loss was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against San Martín Formosa was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Central Norte.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gimnasia playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 3 Gimnasia y Tiro wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Look out: 17 of the last 22 league games involving this club have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Gimnasia y Tiro have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the teams met previously this season; San Martín Formosa - Gimnasia y Tiro 4-0. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: three - three - one (Formosa wins - draws - Gimnasia y Tiro wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

San Martín FormosaA. Toledo
A. Toledo
9 goals
San Martín FormosaC. Ibarra
C. Ibarra
8 goals
Gimnasia y TiroJ. Perillo
J. Perillo
7 goals

San Martín Formosa missing players

Gimnasia y Tiro missing players

San Martín Formosa Gimnasia y Tiro
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 11 3 Played P 3 11 22
11 7 1 Won W 0 4 10
5 4 2 Drew D 2 3 4
5 0 0 Lost L 1 4 8
38 22 6 Scored S 0 6 21
21 5 4 Conceded C 2 12 25
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 73% 86%
81% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 45% 64%
52% 36% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 27% 32%
24% 18% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 14%
19% 9% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
48% 36% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 9% 23%
48% 64% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 64% 45%
10% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 55% 45%
 
4.9 5.3 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.6 5
5.1 4.2 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 6.4 5.2
2.2 2.1 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.3 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.2 10.6 12 Shots (avg) S ( 5.3 5.1 9.1
4.3 5 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 1.8 3.1
43% 42% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 28% 30%
 
10.7 6.8 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9.6 9
4.1 2.3 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.7 3.3
Key stats in Torneo Federal A this season:
  • Gimnasia y Tiro have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • San Martín Formosa have not yet lost a game at home.
  • San Martín Formosa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • San Martín Formosa have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Gimnasia y Tiro have scored away.
  • San Martín Formosa have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Torneo Federal A
  • San Martín Formosa have the most scored goals (38) in Torneo Federal A

  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 21 12 8 1 36 11 10 9 1 0 24 6 11 3 7 1 12 5 25 44
2 Sarmiento Resistencia 22 12 8 2 31 11 11 6 5 0 16 6 11 6 3 2 15 5 20 44
3 San Martín Formosa 21 11 5 5 38 21 11 7 4 0 22 5 10 4 1 5 16 16 17 38
4 Central Norte 21 10 8 3 30 17 11 7 2 2 19 9 10 3 6 1 11 8 13 38
5 Gimnasia Concepcion 21 10 5 6 25 19 10 6 3 1 14 6 11 4 2 5 11 13 6 35
6 Gimnasia y Tiro 22 10 4 8 21 25 11 6 1 4 15 13 11 4 3 4 6 12 -4 34
7 Sportivo Las Parejas 21 9 6 6 24 19 11 6 3 2 12 6 10 3 3 4 12 13 5 33
8 Douglas Haig 21 9 5 7 31 20 10 5 3 2 17 9 11 4 2 5 14 11 11 32
9 Sportivo Belgrano 21 8 4 9 27 25 10 4 3 3 14 7 11 4 1 6 13 18 2 28
10 Crucero del Norte 21 7 6 8 17 26 11 5 3 3 8 9 10 2 3 5 9 17 -9 27
11 Juventud Antoniana 22 7 5 10 19 27 11 6 2 3 13 14 11 1 3 7 6 13 -8 26
12 Boca Unidos 20 4 9 7 16 20 10 2 6 2 11 9 10 2 3 5 5 11 -4 21
13 Defensores Belgrano VR 21 6 3 12 18 25 10 3 1 6 10 11 11 3 2 6 8 14 -7 21
14 Atletico Parana 22 4 7 11 18 32 11 2 3 6 10 14 11 2 4 5 8 18 -14 19
15 Union Sunchales 21 5 3 13 21 36 11 4 2 5 13 14 10 1 1 8 8 22 -15 18
16 Def. de Pronunciamiento 20 3 7 10 12 29 10 2 5 3 7 10 10 1 2 7 5 19 -17 16
17 CDJU Gualeguaychu 20 4 3 13 16 37 10 4 1 5 12 15 10 0 2 8 4 22 -21 15

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.