Liga Profesional Argentina · Clausura - 15 
Platense’s home resilience faces Central Cordoba’s defensive troubles
Platense’s modest attack meets a Central Cordoba side that has conceded heavily in recent matches. The hosts’ stronger home record gives them the edge in a meeting of two low-scoring teams.
📍 Estadio Ciudad de Vicente Lopez
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All Clausura, matchday 15 matchesFull head-to-head
Match facts
Recent form
Last 5 league games, latest on the right
Goals per game
| · | Scored | Conceded |
|---|---|---|
| Platense | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| Central Cordoba de Santiago | 0.7 | 1.5 |
PreviaXI model
Model confidence: Medium
- Predicted score
- 1-0
- Expected goals (model)
- 1.35 – 0.83
- Double chance
- 1X · 78%12 70% · X2 52%
- Over 2.5 goals
- 37%Over 1.5: 65% · Over 3.5: 18%
- Both teams score
- 43%
- Clean sheet
- 43% – 26%Platense–Central Cordoba de Santiago
- Half-time result
- X · 47%1 34% · 2 19%
- Half-time / full-time
- 1/1 · 29%X/X 20% · X/1 17%
- Expected corners
- 8.45.2 – 3.2 · Over 9.5: 33%
- Expected cards
- 4.52.0 – 2.5 · Over 3.5: 65%
- Most likely scores
- 1-014%
- 1-114%
- 0-012%
- 2-010%
- 2-19%
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG), results and match statistics from the last two seasons. For information only. How our model works →
Why the model leans towards Platense
- Power ratings: Platense -0.08 goals per game (22nd of 30 in Liga Profesional Argentina), Central Cordoba de Santiago -0.35 (28th).
- Platense's attack (0.96 goals per game) meets Central Cordoba de Santiago's defence (1.34 conceded per game).
- Central Cordoba de Santiago's attack (0.99) meets Platense's defence (1.04).
- Home advantage in this competition: home sides score about 29% more goals.
- Put together, the model expects 1.35 – 0.83 goals: Platense 48%, draw 30%, Central Cordoba de Santiago 22%.
Key trends
- Central Cordoba de Santiago have not won in their last 10 matches.
- Central Cordoba de Santiago have not won in their last 5 away matches.
Chance to score
Platense
- B. Sepúlveda2 goals in 8 games24%
- F. Zapiola7 goals in 38 games24%
- T. Nasif3 goals in 15 games21%
Central Cordoba de Santiago
- M. Santos9 goals in 23 games31%
- L. Sequeira3 goals in 10 games21%
- D. Barrera3 goals in 29 games10%
Model estimate: each player’s season goals per minute compared with his team’s, applied to the model’s expected goals for this match and his usual minutes. Players listed as out are left out.
Season stats
| · | Platense | Central Cordoba de Santiago | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| · | All | Home | All | Away |
| Won-drawn-lost | 6-12-12 | 2-6-7 | 6-8-16 | 1-5-9 |
| Goals scored per game | 0.80 | 0.60 | 0.73 | 0.47 |
| Goals conceded per game | 1.17 | 1.27 | 1.47 | 1.47 |
| xG per game | 1.22 | 0.86 | 1.08 | 0.88 |
| xG against per game | 1.25 | 1.05 | 1.72 | 1.54 |
| Scored in | 53% | 47% | 50% | 40% |
| Clean sheets | 23% | 13% | 27% | 20% |
| Failed to score | 47% | 53% | 50% | 60% |
| Both teams scored | 47% | 40% | 37% | 40% |
| Over 1.5 goals | 57% | 60% | 57% | 60% |
| Over 2.5 goals | 33% | 20% | 37% | 33% |
| Over 3.5 goals | 13% | 13% | 23% | 13% |
| Shots per game | 13.2 | 13.5 | 10.9 | 9.1 |
| Shots on target per game | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
| Shots on target | 30% | 30% | 28% | 27% |
| Possession | 51% | 54% | 44% | 43% |
| Passes per game | 380.1 | 399.9 | 334.3 | 327.5 |
| Pass accuracy | 75% | 77% | 75% | 73% |
| Corners per game | 4.8 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 |
| Corners against per game | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| Cards per game | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| Fouls per game | 11.7 | 11.6 | 12.4 | 12.7 |
League matches this season (Liga Profesional Argentina). Per-game averages; % = share of matches.
When goals come
Platense
- 0-152 / 5
- 16-305 / 8
- 31-450 / 2
- 46-603 / 4
- 61-754 / 9
- 76-90+9 / 8
Usual formation: 4-2-3-1
Central Cordoba de Santiago
- 0-150 / 9
- 16-301 / 5
- 31-456 / 7
- 46-605 / 7
- 61-754 / 6
- 76-90+6 / 10
Usual formation: 4-4-2
Goals scored (green) and conceded (orange) by 15-minute period, league matches this season.
Liga Profesional Argentina table
Apertura - Group A
| # | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Estudiantes L.P. | 16 | +12 | 31 |
| 2 |  Boca Juniors | 16 | +13 | 30 |
| 3 |  Velez Sarsfield | 16 | +6 | 28 |
| 4 |  Talleres Cordoba | 16 | +4 | 26 |
| 5 |  Independiente | 16 | +4 | 24 |
| 6 |  Lanus | 16 | +3 | 24 |
| 7 |  San Lorenzo | 16 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 |  Union Santa Fe | 16 | +4 | 21 |
| 9 |  Instituto Cordoba | 16 | 0 | 21 |
| 10 |  Defensa Y Justicia | 16 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 |  Gimnasia M. | 16 | -8 | 19 |
| 12 |  Platense | 16 | -5 | 16 |
| 13 |  Central Cordoba de Santiago | 16 | -10 | 16 |
| 14 |  Newells Old Boys | 16 | -12 | 15 |
| 15 |  Deportivo Riestra | 16 | -7 | 11 |
Clausura - Group A
| # | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Instituto Cordoba | 15 | +11 | 33 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 15 | +9 | 30 |
| 3 | Velez Sarsfield | 15 | +10 | 28 |
| 4 | Defensa Y Justicia | 14 | +7 | 27 |
| 5 | Lanus | 15 | +7 | 25 |
| 6 | Newells Old Boys | 15 | +3 | 22 |
| 7 | Gimnasia M. | 15 | +1 | 21 |
| 8 | Independiente | 14 | -2 | 19 |
| 9 | San Lorenzo | 15 | -5 | 19 |
| 10 | Union Santa Fe | 15 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Estudiantes L.P. | 15 | -1 | 15 |
| 12 | Platense | 14 | -6 | 14 |
| 13 | Talleres Cordoba | 15 | -6 | 12 |
| 14 | Deportivo Riestra | 15 | -7 | 12 |
| 15 | Central Cordoba de Santiago | 14 | -12 | 10 |
Table as of
Next matches
Platense
- Mon 9 NovSan Lorenzo – PlatenseLiga Profesional Argentina
Central Cordoba de Santiago
- Mon 9 NovCentral Cordoba de Santiago – LanusLiga Profesional Argentina
Head-to-head: last 10 meetings
Platense 4 wins · 3 draws · Central Cordoba de Santiago 3 wins
- 20/04/2026Central Cordoba de Santiago4-3PlatenseLiga Profesional Argentina
- 21/07/2024Central Cordoba de Santiago0-2PlatenseLiga Profesional Argentina
- 04/02/2024Platense1-0Central Cordoba de SantiagoCopa de la Liga Profesional
- 02/09/2023Central Cordoba de Santiago3-2PlatenseCopa de la Liga Profesional
- 04/03/2023Platense1-1Central Cordoba de SantiagoLiga Profesional Argentina
- 19/07/2022Platense2-0Central Cordoba de SantiagoLiga Profesional Argentina
- 21/08/2021Central Cordoba de Santiago2-2PlatenseLiga Profesional Argentina
- 03/04/2021Central Cordoba de Santiago0-1PlatenseLiga Profesional Argentina
- 12/05/2019Platense0-1Central Cordoba de SantiagoPrimera Nacional
- 04/05/2019Central Cordoba de Santiago0-0PlatensePrimera Nacional
Platense have the home edge
Platense and Central Cordoba de Santiago return to Liga Profesional Argentina action in Clausura round 15 with both sides needing points. In the Clausura Group A standings, Platense are 12th with 14 points from 14 matches, while Central Cordoba sit 15th on 10 points. Their records highlight the central contrast: Platense have been more reliable at home, while Central Cordoba’s defending has been a persistent weakness.
Across 30 league matches, Platense have lost seven of 15 at home, compared with nine defeats in 15 away games for Central Cordoba. The visitors have also scored just seven times on the road, conceding 22. Platense’s home attack is hardly prolific, with nine goals in 15 matches, but that balance favours the hosts.
Goals remain hard to come by
Platense have scored five goals across their last five matches and conceded six, a relatively even return. Central Cordoba have found the net six times in their past five, but have shipped 12 goals in that span. Their attacking output is slightly better, yet the defensive cost has been steep.
The season-long numbers reinforce the contrast: Platense average 0.8 goals scored per match and concede 1.2, while Central Cordoba average 0.7 scored and 1.5 conceded. Neither side has been consistently productive, but Central Cordoba’s greater vulnerability gives Platense a route to control the game.
A lively recent meeting
The latest head-to-head was a 4-3 Central Cordoba win in April 2026. Before that, Platense won two of the previous three meetings, including a 2-0 away victory in July 2024; the other was a 1-0 home win. The recent history offers contrasting signals, but the latest seven-goal encounter stands out against both teams’ generally modest scoring records.
Platense’s defensive balance
Platense’s limited scoring means they may need patience, but their home record is less fragile than Central Cordoba’s away form. The visitors have conceded 22 goals in 15 away games, while Platense have scored in only nine overall at home. If the hosts can turn their territorial advantage into an early breakthrough, Central Cordoba’s recent defensive struggles could become decisive.
Our prediction
Platense’s home advantage and Central Cordoba’s 12 goals conceded across their last five point towards a narrow home win. The numbers lean to a low-scoring match, with Platense better placed to create the clearer opportunities.
Platense 1-0 Central Cordoba de Santiago
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