Copa Libertadores betting and spectator preview: Argentinos Juniors and Nacional meet at Estadio Diego Armando Maradona to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Superliga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at San Lorenzo.
Argentinos Juniors form and stats
With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Argentinos.
Argentinos manager G. Milito and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus San Lorenzo in the Superliga. Before that, Argentinos Juniors drew at home versus Central Cordoba SdE.
The hometeam coach G. Milito made a successful contribution in the game against San Lorenzo, bringing on Gabriel Hauche who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Argentinos Juniors have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won seven times, drawn three and lost zero.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Argentinos as they have a new game in only four days, a Superliga match thankfully also at home. Banfield are visiting.
Nacional form and stats
Nacional's mission in Copa Libertadores last season failed in the quarter-finals.Nacional have an excellent away record in the Primera Division so far with 4-2-1 from 7 games. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Nacional, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Two travels in a row for Nacional, whose manager A. Capuccio Díaz could celebrate last time after the Primera Division win against Rentistas. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Rentistas.
Nacional are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, zero draws and one defeat. From a total of one match.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Nacional have scored 7 goals in 7 league games away. Nacional are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Argentinos Juniors-Nacional H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Argentinos zero wins, Nacional zero wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  G. Bergessio 20 goals |
Argentinos Juniors missing players
Nacional missing players
| Argentinos Juniors | Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Scored | S | 11 | 28 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Conceded | C | 9 | 29 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 42% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 28% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 7 | ||
| 9.1 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 26% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 21 | 34 |
| 2 | Penarol | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Torque | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 26 |
| 4 | Nacional | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 |
| 5 | Plaza Colonia | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 25 |
| 6 | Boston River | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 22 |
| 7 | Fenix | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | River Plate | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 21 |
| 9 | Deportivo Maldonado | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 10 | Wanderers | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -9 | 18 |
| 11 | Cerro Largo | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Progreso | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 13 | Danubio | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -6 | 15 |
| 14 | Cerro | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 14 |
| 15 | Defensor Sporting | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Rentistas | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 10 |