Estadio Juan Domingo Perón: Instituto vs Tigre Superliga pre-match info

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Instituto form and stats

Instituto have collected 18 points from their Superliga home games so far after 4-6-2. When Instituto hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Huracan, Central Cordoba SdE, Instituto, Independiente, Colon, Arsenal de Sarandi, Velez Sarsfield, Banfield and Union Santa Fe), they have won 2 of 5 matches!

Nothing to worry about in defence for Instituto, as their goalkeeper Manuel Roffo has completely shut out the opponents for 186 minutes in the Superliga.

Instituto travelled for their previous game, a trip to Argentinos Juniors that ended 0-0. Roffo, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.45 out of 10 in that game. Roffo topped it up with a clean sheet.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Instituto have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 6 and lost 1.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this club's last 14 league games, 11 have produced zero, one or two goals.

Instituto aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Juan Domingo Perón in the league, with only {9 goals} from 12 games. Instituto have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Instituto has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 5 of 5 times.

Tigre form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tigre so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-6 (win-draw-lose). A depressing four defeats in a row for Tigre in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Gimnasia La Plata.

Tigre might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Banfield proved too strong as Tigre slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio José Dellagiovanna. Defender Luciatti was the best team player with a rating of 7.4. Luciatti scored one goal and won 5 of 9 duels.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Tigre playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were 3 Tigre wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats.

Tigre have another game away in just four days, a Copa Sudamericana match versus Libertad. A gruelling schedule for the visiting team!

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 14 goals have been conceded by Tigre in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Instituto three wins, zero draws and Tigre zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Retegui 10 goals

A. Martínez 8 goals

S. Rodríguez 3 goals

Instituto missing players

Tigre missing players