Game week two of the Superliga campaign and the sides have taken their learnings from the first game. Here's the ultimate Independiente - Platense preview:
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Independiente form and stats
Last season, Independiente's league stats were 1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss, ending with 2nd spot in the Superliga. In these two matches they scored {3 goals} and gave away 2. Playing at their own stadium in the former season Independiente managed 0-0-1 (win-draw-lost) with {0 goals} and 1 conceded.
A strong away win for Independiente against Talleres Cordoba the last match. Rey, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.4 out of 10 in that game. Rey topped it up with a clean sheet.
2-2 away at Boca Juniors before that.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Independiente handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
Platense form and stats
Let's have a look at how Platense performed last season in the Superliga: They landed a 18th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 10 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded {36 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 5 and lost 5 with 19/22 goals scored/conceded.
Platense's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Newell's Old Boys that finished 2-2. Goalkeeper Arce made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Newell's Old Boys. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Defender Suso was the best team player with a rating of 7.31. Suso won 11 of 14 duels.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Lanús.Platense are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the last two meetings featuring these two contenders are: zero wins for Independiente, one draw and one win for Platense. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Baldassarra 1 goals | N. Morgantini 1 goals |
Independiente missing players
Platense missing players
| Independiente | Platense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Independiente | Last season | Platense | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 2 | 1 | Played | P | 6 | 10 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 9 | 13 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | ||
| 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | ||
| 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 70% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | ||
| 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | ||
| 4.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 7.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 33% | ||
| 7 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9 | ||
| 2.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Huracan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | River Plate | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Tigre | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Banfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Lanús | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Barracas Central | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | San Lorenzo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Boca Juniors | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Rosario Central | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Independiente | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Newell's Old Boys | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Platense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Instituto | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Belgrano | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Gimnasia La Plata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Godoy Cruz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Sarmiento | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Racing Club | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Estudiantes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Colon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Talleres Cordoba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Argentinos Juniors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Atletico Tucuman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 21 | Defensa y Justicia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 22 | Central Cordoba SdE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 27 | Union Santa Fe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Velez Sarsfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | San Lorenzo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Independiente | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Talleres Cordoba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
