Godoy Cruz vs Vélez Sarsfield Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Godoy Cruz

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Godoy Cruz will be hoping to bounce back here after the 1-0 Copa de la Liga Profesional loss in their previous game against Boca Juniors.

In that match, Godoy Cruz had 57% possession and 9 shots at goal with 4 on target. Boca Juniors had 11 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Edinson Cavani (40') was the scorer for Boca Juniors.

Their latest results shine a light on the fact that much respect should be given to the Godoy Cruz backline. Godoy Cruz have been miserly, seeing the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their past 6 clashes standing at 4. However, we will just have to wait and see if such a trend might be sustained in this game or not.

Vélez Sarsfield

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Vélez Sarsfield will go into this encounter following on from a 0-1 Copa de la Liga Profesional win in the defeat of Independiente Rivadavia in their previous match.

A run of reliable performances by the Vélez Sarsfield defensive unit has seen their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 2 from their past 6 outings combined. Over that same period of time, their own attack force has managed to score 5.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their past head to head clashes going back to 04/03/2020 shows that Godoy Cruz have won 1 of these & Vélez Sarsfield 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 3.

A total of 13 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them from Tomba and 8 created by El Fortín. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.17.

The previous league encounter between the two was Superliga match day 24 on 09/07/2023 when the final score was Vélez Sarsfield 1-1 Godoy Cruz.

That time, Vélez Sarsfield had 50% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Their only player to score was Lautaro Gianetti (56').

Godoy Cruz got 4 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Thomas Galdames (74') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Sebastían Zunino.

📰 Team News: Godoy Cruz

Braian Salvareschi (Broken fibula), Juan Andrada (Achilles tendon problems) and Tomás Pozzo (Cruciate ligament tear) are not available for Godoy Cruz gaffer Daniel Oldrá.

📋 Team News: Vélez Sarsfield

Vélez Sarsfield boss Gustavo Quinteros has some current player fitness concerns. Ricardo Centurión (Knee problems), Matías Pellegrini (Muscle injury) and Yeison Gordillo (Knee injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

✨ Prediction

Our assessment is that Vélez Sarsfield would be disappointed if they were not to score against this Godoy Cruz lineup, although it might not be as many as they will have scored against them.

Our selection here is for a narrow 2-1 advantage for Godoy Cruz at full-time. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

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Peter Guest, 23:50 18/04/2024