It's looking good for Boca Juniors so far, with the 1st place in the Superliga table and welcoming Independiente (who are in 14th).
- Boca Juniors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Independiente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These are hectic days for the host team, as they had a match only three days ago in the Superliga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Gimnasia La Plata.
Boca Juniors form and stats
Boca Juniors have performed here at Estadio Alberto José Armando this season with 9 wins from 13 Superliga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio Alberto José Armando.
A good away victory last time out for Juniors, who won 2-1 against Gimnasia La Plata (placed 7th). Defender Fabra got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.82/10. Fabra scored one goal and won 6 of 7 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Boca Juniors lost 0-2 at Newell's Old Boys's place.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Juniors home games with this odds we find 6 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Boca Juniors as they are travelling to their away game against Patronato in the Copa Argentina. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Boca Juniors in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 13 league matches.
Independiente form and stats
Playing away, Independiente have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 6 defeats in the Superliga this season.
Independiente are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Banfield (placed 23rd). Those three points felt sweet as this team had gone three league matches without victory. Álvarez was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.24. The agile goalkeeper Álvarez topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Barracas Central.Independiente find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Independiente have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Independiente - Juniors 2-2 was the score in these participants' last h2h game, played this season. Data for the last ten meetings involving these two contenders are: three wins for Boca Juniors, five draws and two wins for Independiente. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 8 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Benedetto 12 goals |   L. Benegas 9 goals | S. Villa Cano 8 goals |
Boca Juniors missing players
Independiente missing players
| Boca Juniors | Independiente | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 43 | 23 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 20 | 40 |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 56 | 34 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 22 | 46 |
| 37 | 20 | 4 | Conceded | C | 9 | 28 | 47 |
| 88% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | 95% |
| 63% | 70% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 70% | 68% |
| 44% | 48% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 55% | 48% |
| 12% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| 2% | 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | 2% |
| 44% | 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 60% | 57% |
| 42% | 39% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 26% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.4 | 11.6 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.9 | 12.1 |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 29% | 31% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 34% | 31% |
| 10.1 | 9.4 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 11.8 | 10.8 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
- Boca Juniors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Independiente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Boca Juniors | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 51 |
| 2 | Racing Club | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 50 |
| 3 | Huracan | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 47 |
| 4 | Atletico Tucuman | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 46 |
| 5 | River Plate | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 20 | 44 |
| 6 | Tigre | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 43 |
| 7 | Gimnasia La Plata | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 41 |
| 8 | San Lorenzo | 26 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 40 |
| 9 | Argentinos Juniors | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 39 |
| 10 | Newell's Old Boys | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 39 |
| 11 | Patronato | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 37 |
| 12 | Defensa y Justicia | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 37 |
| 13 | Godoy Cruz | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -2 | 35 |
| 14 | Independiente | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 34 |
| 15 | Barracas Central | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -6 | 33 |
| 16 | Talleres Córdoba | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 32 |
| 17 | Union Santa Fe | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -5 | 32 |
| 18 | Platense | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -2 | 31 |
| 19 | Central Cordoba SdE | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | -4 | 31 |
| 20 | Rosario Central | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 31 |
| 21 | Sarmiento | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 31 |
| 22 | Estudiantes | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 40 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 26 | -14 | 30 |
| 23 | Banfield | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | -6 | 29 |
| 24 | Colon | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -12 | 28 |
| 25 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -4 | 27 |
| 26 | Velez Sarsfield | 25 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -3 | 25 |
| 27 | Lanus | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -18 | 20 |
| 28 | Aldosivi | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 25 | -29 | 16 |
