📏 Form Guide

Lanús

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Lanús will be hoping for a better result after a 1-0 Torneo Apertura loss in their previous game against River Plate.

In that game, Lanús had 33% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. River Plate got 17 shots on goal with 4 on target. Miguel Borja (77') was the scorer for River Plate.

Under three goals per match were seen in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Lanús have been involved. Breaking down the goal distribution during that period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 5 and Lanús totted up 4. Even so, we’ll just have to find out whether that trend will be replicated here in this match.

Vélez Sarsfield

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Godoy Cruz in Torneo Apertura action, Vélez Sarsfield will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Vélez Sarsfield managed 69% possession and 16 shots on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Vélez Sarsfield was Francisco Pizzini (18' Own goal). On the other side, Godoy Cruz had 5 shots on goal with 1 on target. Facundo Altamira (28') scored for Godoy Cruz.

Looking at their form, and Vélez Sarsfield have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 11 goals in all. At the back, Vélez Sarsfield have been far from perfect.

👥 Head to head

Checking on past results between these clubs going back to 25/04/2021 reveals that these fixtures have not been happy ones for Lanús. They have not managed to come away with any victories at all whereas Vélez Sarsfield have been the better of the two, beating them in 67% of those matches played.

A total of 18 goals were scored between them in this period, with 5 of them from Granate and 13 netted by El Fortín. The average goals per game has been 3.

The previous league match between these sides was Primera División match day 23 on 20/11/2024 which ended up with the score at Vélez Sarsfield 0-0 Lanús.

On that day, Vélez Sarsfield had 51% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

At the other end, Lanús got 4 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.

The referee was Fernando Echenique.

🗞️ Team News: Lanús

The Lanús boss will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this match owing to a completely healthy group available to select from.

🗞️ Team News: Vélez Sarsfield

Owing to a completely injury-free squad to pick from, the Vélez Sarsfield manager Sebastián Domínguez doesn’t have any fitness concerns to report coming into this clash.

✨ Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Vélez Sarsfield should have enough to put one past this Lanús outfit, but that probably won’t quite be enough to avoid defeat.

Our selection here is for a 2-1 advantage for Lanús after 90 minutes. Should be a good one.

Lucas Pereira, 00:19 22/02/2025