📏 Form Guide

Vélez Sarsfield

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Vélez Sarsfield will be hoping for a better result following a 4-1 Torneo Apertura loss in their previous game against River Plate.

In that game, Vélez Sarsfield managed 41% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Vélez Sarsfield was Maher Carrizo (37'). River Plate had 17 shots at goal with 8 on target. Sebastián Driussi (14'), Facundo Colidio (28'), Ignacio Fernández (33') and Miguel Borja (100') scored for River Plate.

In their past six games, Guillermo Barros Schelotto's Vélez Sarsfield have hit the target 8 times giving them an average number of goals per match equal to 1.33.

Olimpia

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In their last fixture, Olimpia drew 0-0 in the Copa Libertadores match with Peñarol.

In that match, Olimpia managed 63% possession and 20 shots on goal with 8 on target. For their opponents, Penarol had 8 shots at goal with 3 on target.

The stats don’t lie, and Olimpia have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 13 goals in all. In defence, Olimpia could really do with shoring things up.

↔️ Head to head

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was Copa Libertadores match day 2 on 09/04/2025 when the final score was Olimpia 0-4 Vélez Sarsfield.

In that match, Olimpia had 58% possession and 26 shots on goal with 9 on target.

Vélez Sarsfield had 11 shots at goal with 6 on target. Braian Romero (25', 49'), Maher Carrizo (56') and Francisco Pizzini (93') scored.

📰 Team News: Vélez Sarsfield

The Vélez Sarsfield boss Guillermo Barros Schelotto will be grateful to have no fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash thanks to a completely injury-free squad ready to go.

📋 Team News: Olimpia

Thanks to a fully injury-free squad available for selection, the Olimpia boss Martín Palermo has zero fitness worries at all ahead of this match.

💡 Prediction

Olimpia have the capability to score against this Vélez Sarsfield side, although that probably shouldn’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We’re expecting a close game with a 2-1 winning score for Vélez Sarsfield when the full-time whistle blows. There looks to be little in this one.

Peter Guest, 21:01 08/05/2025