Rosario Central vs Vélez Sarsfield Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Rosario Central

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Rosario Central will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 2-1 Superliga loss in their previous game against Godoy Cruz.

In that match, Rosario Central managed 43% possession and 8 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Rosario Central was Milton Caraglio (49'). Godoy Cruz got 21 attempts at goal with 9 on target. Bruno Leyes (64') and Ezequiel Bullaude (80') scored for Godoy Cruz.

Kily González's Rosario Central have seen rewards for their attempts on goal 9 times in their preceding 6 outings. At the other end, the number of goals that they have conceded in that time stands at 8.

Analysis of their past results shows that Rosario Central:

• are winless against Vélez Sarsfield in their last 9 league matches.
• are undefeated in their last 6 home league matches.

Vélez Sarsfield

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After a losing effort in their last game against Barcelona SC in Copa Libertadores action, Vélez Sarsfield and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

It is worth noting that Vélez Sarsfield have suffered from a shortage of goals over their previous 6 clashes, recording the unsatisfactory return of just 4. In those matches, El Fortín have also seen the overall goal aggregate against them equal 4.

Leading up to this clash, Vélez Sarsfield:

• remain unbeaten by Rosario Central when having played them away from home in the previous 8 league matches. What a record that is.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

A quick look at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 10/04/2016 reveals that these fixtures have been disappointments for Rosario Central. They have not been able to register any wins whatsoever while Vélez Sarsfield have simply been better than them, beating them in 83 per cent of those ties.

A combined total of 18 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them for El Canalla and 13 netted by El Fortín. The average goals per game has been 3.

🗞️ Team News: Rosario Central

Rosario Central boss Kily González doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever before this game thanks to a fully injury-free group to pick from.

📋 Team News: Vélez Sarsfield

With a fully injury-free group available to select from, Vélez Sarsfield boss Mauricio Pellegrino doesn’t have any fitness worries at all ahead of this clash.

✨ Prediction

We believe that Vélez Sarsfield and Rosario Central should both be able to find the back of the net here although it’s difficult to select a clear winner.

There should be little in it, and a draw looks to be quite a realistic result. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a tight encounter, finishing with a score draw at the end of the 90 minutes.

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Renata Leite, 23:16 20/07/2021