The home advantage belongs to Argentinos Juniors in this fixture against Instituto, but the away side will fight to the bitter end. Here's our complete match guide!
- Argentinos Juniors have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Superliga
- Instituto have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Superliga
It's no vacation for neither Argentinos Juniors nor Instituto as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Argentinos Juniors form and stats
Argentinos Juniors are steadily winning Superliga games and points here at Estadio Diego Armando Maradona. 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games. Two home wins in a row for Argentinos Juniors bring valid hopes of a third.
Argentinos faced defeat in their previous match, away at Banfield (0-1). The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated through three league games. Allister, defender, was given a rating of 7.35/10 in that game, top of the team. Allister won 7 of 12 duels.
Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against Independiente del Valle in the Copa Libertadores. The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Argentinos Juniors's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 6 matches, drawn 0 and lost 0.
There will be little rest for Argentinos after this match as they are travelling to Barracas Central for a Superliga game in only four days.
The Argentinos Juniors manager Milito has got the team scoring with 21 from 10 home games in the league.
Instituto form and stats
There's been little loot from Instituto's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the Superliga. Instituto only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw. A depressing six defeats in a row for Instituto in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Boca Juniors.
Instituto are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against Belgrano (placed 8th). That victory felt good as this side had gone five league games without winning. Goalkeeper Roffo was absolutely vital in the Instituto victory against Belgrano, making six saves. Roffo (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.41. Roffo topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 1-3 defeat away at River Plate before that.Low on goals? 10 of this club's most recent 13 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Tigre in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Instituto as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Argentinos Juniors victory, two draws and two Instituto wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Ávalos Stumpfs 11 goals |  A. Martínez 8 goals | K. Mac Allister 4 goals |
Argentinos Juniors missing players
Instituto missing players
| Argentinos Juniors | Instituto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 26 | 21 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 20 | 29 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 45% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | 64% |
| 36% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 32% |
| 18% | 40% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 40% | 23% |
| 9% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 9% |
| 32% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | 36% |
| 41% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 32% |
| 41% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 50% | 45% |
| 5 | 6.2 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.4 | 5 |
| 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6 | 4.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | 18.2 | 20.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.8 | 12.9 |
| 5 | 5.7 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| 24% | 37% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 25% | 23% |
| 9.9 | 9.3 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.8 | 16.7 | 12.4 |
| 3 | 2.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 6.9 | 5.3 |
- Argentinos Juniors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Argentinos Juniors have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Argentinos Juniors have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Instituto have scored away.
- Argentinos Juniors have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Superliga
- Argentinos Juniors have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Argentinos Juniors haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Instituto have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Instituto have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Instituto have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Superliga
- Instituto haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | River Plate | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 25 | 50 |
| 2 | Talleres Córdoba | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 17 | 41 |
| 3 | San Lorenzo | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 41 |
| 4 | Lanus | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 40 |
| 5 | Estudiantes | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 37 |
| 6 | Defensa y Justicia | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 36 |
| 7 | Rosario Central | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 35 |
| 8 | Belgrano | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 34 |
| 9 | Godoy Cruz | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 33 |
| 10 | Argentinos Juniors | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 32 |
| 11 | Boca Juniors | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 31 |
| 12 | Newell's Old Boys | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 30 |
| 13 | Racing Club | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 30 |
| 14 | Platense | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 29 |
| 15 | Sarmiento | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 28 |
| 16 | Barracas Central | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 27 |
| 17 | Gimnasia La Plata | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -10 | 27 |
| 18 | Central Cordoba SdE | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 26 |
| 19 | Tigre | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 25 |
| 20 | Instituto | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 25 |
| 21 | Velez Sarsfield | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 22 | Independiente | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -5 | 24 |
| 23 | Colón | 22 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 24 |
| 24 | Atletico Tucuman | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 24 |
| 25 | Unión Santa Fe | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 23 |
| 26 | Banfield | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -14 | 21 |
| 27 | Huracan | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 19 |
| 28 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 17 | -15 | 17 |
