📏 Form Guide

Vélez Sarsfield

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Vélez Sarsfield will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 2-1 Copa Libertadores loss in their previous game against San Antonio Bulo Bulo.

In that game, Vélez Sarsfield had 63% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For Vélez Sarsfield, the goalscorers were Elias Gómez (26' Own goal), Michael Santos (86' Own goal) and Álvaro Montoro (90'). San Antonio Bulo Bulo had 14 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

In their last six games, Guillermo Barros Schelotto's Vélez Sarsfield have celebrated scoring a combined total of 9 times - an average number of goals scored per match of 1.5.

Gimna ' Plata

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After being beaten in their last game against River Plate in Torneo Apertura action, Gimna ' Plata and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Gimna ' Plata had 44% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target. River Plate got 12 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Sebastián Driussi (35'), Franco Mastantuono (54') and Rodrigo Aliendro (82') scored for River Plate.

The numbers tell their own story, and Gimna ' Plata have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 9 goals in total. At the back, Gimna ' Plata can certainly do much better.

👥 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings dating back to 14/09/2021, there has been little to separate the clubs with Vélez Sarsfield winning 2 of those games, Gimna ' Plata 2 and 2 being draws in regulation time.

A total of 17 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 for El Fortín and 8 coming from El Lobo. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.

The previous league clash between these sides was Primera División match day 1 on 13/05/2024 when the final score was Gimna ' Plata 3-1 Vélez Sarsfield.

In that game, Gimna ' Plata had 41% possession and 15 shots on goal with 5 on target. The scorers were Rodrigo Castillo (39'), Matías Abaldo (50') and Nicolás Colazo (68').

On the other side, Vélez Sarsfield got 15 shots on goal with 4 on target. Matías Pellegrini (82') scored.

The match was refereed by Franco Acita.

📋 Team News: Vélez Sarsfield

The Vélez Sarsfield boss Guillermo Barros Schelotto has a full complement, with no fitness worries at all before this game owing to a fully injury-free squad to choose from.

It’s our opinion that El Fortín may well use the 4-2-3-1 system for this game, handing starts to Tomás Marchiori, Agustín Lagos, Damian Fernandez, Valentin Gomez, Elias Gomez, Christian Ordoñez, Claudio Baeza, Maher Carrizo, Agustin Bouzat, Francisco Pizzini and Braian Romero.

🗞️ Team News: Gimna ' Plata

Thanks to a fully injury-free group to choose from, the Gimna ' Plata manager has no fitness worries at all ahead of this clash.

We reckon that El Lobo appear most likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, choosing Nelson Insfrán, Juan Pintado, Leonardo Morales, Gastón Suso, P. Silva Torrejón, Facundo Di Biasi, Martín Fernández, Manuel Panaro, Lucas Castro, Alejandro Piedrahita and Rodrigo Castillo.

💡 Prediction

We believe that Gimna ' Plata may well find it hard to find the net against this Vélez Sarsfield lineup who should get the vital goal that wins it.

We’re therefore expecting a very even contest with a 1-0 victory for Vélez Sarsfield at the end of the match.

We’re expecting it to be that close.

Lucas Pereira, 00:00 29/04/2025