Important battle in the bottom part of the Superliga, with both Lanús and Independiente feeling more stress than pleasure. This game is a typical "six-pointer" with the home side positioned 28th and the guests in 25th position.
- Lanús is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Independiente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This is a game between neighbours, usually meaning increased tension and significance.
This could be an action-packed fixture with lots of action and excitement as both squads are well renewed since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!
Lanús form and stats
The story so far in the Superliga for Lanús at their home stadium (Estadio Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez) is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Lanús to get some points in this home game.
Lanús lost their last game at Sarmiento (placed 14th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Midfielder Pérez was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.5 (out of ten) in that game. Pérez hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 46 successful passes (of 55 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Aldosivi (0-1).This is expected to be a close game, with Lanús perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Lanús as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Lanús has won 3 of these, drawn 5 and lost 2.
Lanús are traveling soon after this match as the Superliga match at Newell's Old Boys awaits in four days.
Lanús has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Independiente form and stats
Independiente have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 1-1-4 (6 played).
Independiente failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs River Plate (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Independiente were so close to getting something from the game against River Plate, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime. Midfielder Soñora was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. Soñora hit two key passes and had 34 successful passes (of 39 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Colon at their stadium, the result 3-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Independiente playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 5 Independiente wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Huracan in just three days.
Independiente have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Independiente have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Lanús have been victorious in every one of the 4 latest duels against this opponent. Something to take note of?The former H2H match ended Lanús - Independiente 1-0, earlier this season. Head to head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Lanús won seven games, three matches ended with a draw and Independiente managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight
Top Goalscorers
  L. Benegas 7 goals |   L. Acosta 4 goals | B. Aguirre 3 goals |
Lanús missing players
Independiente missing players
| Lanús | Independiente | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 27 | 14 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| 37 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 33 |
| 92% | 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 92% |
| 69% | 58% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 69% | 65% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 50% |
| 23% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 19% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 54% | 54% |
| 19% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 23% | 27% |
| 27% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 31% | 27% |
| 5.2 | 5.9 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| 4.1 | 2.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.6 | 12 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.5 | 11.7 |
| 3.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 28% | 24% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 32% | 29% |
| 11.8 | 9.3 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 11.1 | 10.7 |
| 4 | 2.8 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
- Independiente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lanús have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Superliga
- Lanús have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Lanús is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Tucuman | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | Gimnasia La Plata | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Union Santa Fe | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Racing Club | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | Argentinos Juniors | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Huracan | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | River Plate | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 8 | Patronato | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Godoy Cruz | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | Platense | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Boca Juniors | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 12 | San Lorenzo | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 13 | Newell's Old Boys | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 14 | Sarmiento | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| 15 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 16 | Banfield | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 17 | Defensa y Justicia | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 18 | Colon | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 14 |
| 19 | Barracas Central | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 14 |
| 20 | Rosario Central | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 14 |
| 21 | Tigre | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 22 | Estudiantes | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 23 | Talleres Cordoba | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 24 | Central Cordoba SdE | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 25 | Independiente | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 26 | Velez Sarsfield | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 9 |
| 27 | Aldosivi | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -12 | 8 |
| 28 | Lanús | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 6 |
