It's square one in Torneo Federal A - the first match of the season. Read our full preview and see how Unión Sunchales and El Linqueño did in their pre-season friendlies!
It's no vacation for neither Unión Sunchales nor El Linqueño 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.
Unión Sunchales form and stats
In the previous season, Unión Sunchales's league stats were 8 wins, 6 draws and 18 losses, providing 15th place in the Torneo Federal A. Over these 32 matches they scored {30 goals} and conceded 48. Playing at home in the former season Unión Sunchales managed 7-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with {19 goals} and 17 conceded.
This is expected to be a close game, with Unión Sunchales perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Unión Sunchales as a small favourite), we find 22 games. Unión Sunchales has won 8 of these, drawn 6 and lost 8.
El Linqueño form and stats
Head 2 Head
Unión Sunchales - El Linqueño 1-1 was the story when these two teams previously did battle, some time ago this season.
Unión Sunchales missing players
El Linqueño missing players
| Unión Sunchales | El Linqueño | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unión Sunchales | Last season | El Linqueño | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | 5 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 30 | 19 | Scored | S | 10 | 20 | ||
| 48 | 17 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 91% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 75% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | ||
| 56% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 75% | ||
| 19% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 38% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | ||
| 56% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 38% | ||
| 19% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 62% | ||
| 34% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 18.2 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 7.6 | ||
| 36% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 34% | ||
| 9.8 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Def. de Pronunciamiento | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Defensores Belgrano VR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Douglas Haig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | El Linqueño | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Gimnasia Concepción | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Independiente Chivilcoy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Sportivo Belgrano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Sportivo Las Parejas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Unión Sunchales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 32 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 52 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 36 | 68 |
| 2 | Sarmiento Resistencia | 32 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 44 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 8 | 25 | 64 |
| 3 | San Martín Formosa | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 56 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 59 |
| 4 | Central Norte | 32 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 44 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 57 |
| 5 | Gimnasia y Tiro | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 54 |
| 6 | Douglas Haig | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 42 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 48 |
| 7 | Sportivo Belgrano | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 41 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 48 |
| 8 | Sportivo Las Parejas | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 46 |
| 9 | Gimnasia Concepción | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 39 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 27 | -6 | 44 |
| 10 | Juventud Antoniana | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 34 | 41 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 23 | -7 | 40 |
| 11 | Crucero del Norte | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 33 | -19 | 40 |
| 12 | Boca Unidos | 32 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 37 |
| 13 | Def. de Pronunciamiento | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 25 | -13 | 31 |
| 14 | Defensores Belgrano VR | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 21 | -13 | 30 |
| 15 | Unión Sunchales | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 30 | 48 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 31 | -18 | 30 |
| 16 | Atletico Parana | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 48 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -23 | 26 |
| 17 | CDJU Gualeguaychu | 32 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 27 | 56 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 35 | -29 | 23 |