The start of the tournament came with the lowest percentage of goals in five years: who shot more and who less

None of the 28 teams have scored four or more goals in the first two rounds of the Professional Soccer League tournament. Only two clubs have not scored, including River, one of the highest scorers in recent years. Only 19 goals were scored in 14 games between Thursday and Sunday. The target average so far is 1.71, the lowest in the past five years and shortly before the start of the 2016/17 season. There is goal anemia and it shows at the level of matches.

Most of the media agreed to qualify the Santa Fe classic as a “great game”, in line with the fact that so far it is the only game of the 28 played so far in which 4 goals have been scored. In addition, there were 33 shots in total (24 by Colón and 9 by Unión) including 11 on goal (6 by the locals and 5 by the guests). The sequence of results so far is rather sparse: in 5 games there were no goals, in another 5, one; in twelve, 2; and in five, 3.

River hasn’t scored yet, but has made 30 shots, including 10 on goal and therefore it is among those who have generated the most. Against Atlético Tucumán, goalkeeper Lampe was a figure, he made 21 shots and 8 went into the frame “I don’t think we lacked fluidity, we missed the goal. We create 6 or 7 situations, but the games are won with goals and effectiveness, especially when you have such a closed team and it is difficult to enter. We missed the final point, “said Marcelo Gallardo, who for the second time starts a goalless tournament in the first two dates, after the draw with Atlético Tucumán.

Boca scored two goals, both on their first match against Arsenal, a game in which they scored 17 shots, 8 on goal. Xeneize are the team that have finished the most so far, 35. The other 18, but only 2 in goal, were against Central Córdoba on Sunday. “We had situations, even before the scoring opened, with balls on the post. Football has those things, they are games you can’t put it in, they score a goal and it’s difficult to achieve parity, “said Sebastián Battaglia after the defeat.

But the team that scored the most shots on goal in the first two dates was Santiago del Estero’s Central Córdoba, one of those who need to add in order to move away from the bottom positions of the average relegation standings. Sometimes the need to score is associated with speculation, precisely in a tournament where relegation returns after three and a half years. The Sergio Rondina Egg team does not seem to speculate, not even in front of the big names. With Barracas, on the first date, he had 12 shots, 6 on goal. On Sunday he made 14 shots, 7 on goal. But he also has only two goals. “Victory is useless if we don’t stay in the First Division. Let it be used for statistics, for people’s enjoyment. Today you have to have fun and from tomorrow think about Wednesday ”, Rondina explained after the victory.

The contrast of these three teams are San Lorenzo and Rosario Central, with just three shots on goal in 180 minutes. El Canalla also did not score goals. Against the hurricane, in the first half, he didn’t shoot a single shot on goal. So it’s hard to score. According to a figure released through the Twitter account @OptaJavier, there were 251 games that Central had not kicked on goal in the first half, since 27 August 2015, against Ferro in the Argentine Cup.

However, Leandro Somoza’s team is not the one with the lowest number of shots, because it scores 22. Barracas Central with 13 (of which 7 went on goal) and San Lorenzo, also 13 but only 3 in goal, are much lower. brings. The performance of Rubén Darío Insua’s men was better in 1-1 against Independiente (18 shots, 4 on goal), than against Newell’s: only 4 shots, none on goal.

Comparing tournaments since 2015, when teams were promoted to 30 and since then all with different numbers of matches, the 2016/17 season had an average of 1.60 – the lowest – and the previous tournament, First Division 2016 , the highest. : 2.83.

Likewise, nothing so far has managed to overcome the drought of Apertura 93, whose first round only scored 10 goals in 10 games and another 20 in the second. In total 30 goals in 20 games, a low average of 1.50 goals.

Reinforcements are yet to arrive. Many coaches try to improve offensive power. The numbers support the drought.