About Match
4 points and 3 places separate them: Lanús 6th with 24, Vélez Sarsfield 3rd with 28. Vélez Sarsfield have been under-performing their position — 48th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. In league terms the two rates read 1.13/0.94 for Lanús and 1.13/0.75 for Vélez Sarsfield (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.05. If Vélez Sarsfield win, their total rises to 31 and up to 1st, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Vélez Sarsfield arrive off five consecutive draws.
Across 18 recorded meetings, Lanús have 6 wins to Vélez Sarsfield's 8, with 4 draws, at 2.28 goals per meeting. Goals have dried up lately: 1.2 per game across the last five meetings, against 2.28 across the full history.
The match takes place at Estadio Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez in Lanús (capacity 46,619).