International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Independiente del Valle and Argentinos Juniors are looking forward to this Copa Libertadores fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
It's quite the trip for Argentinos Juniors when visiting Independiente del Valle as the cities are 5700 kilometers apart.
This has all the signs of an action-packed match with lots of fun and bustle as both participants are well recovered since they last played a game. Get ready!
Independiente del Valle form and stats
Last season their Copa Libertadores adventure ended in the group stage.The Independiente del Valle supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here: A 3-4 defeat against El Nacional. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The defeat against El Nacional was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored eleven minutes into stoppage time (by Quiñónez).
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Orense.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Independiente matches with similar probabilities have ended with 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat (from 7 games).
Argentinos Juniors form and stats
Argentinos Juniors was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the 8th finals last season, when River Plate turned out to be too strong.Playing away, Argentinos Juniors have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the league this season.
Argentinos Juniors won their last game, 3-1 versus Defensa y Justicia played at home. Ávalos, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.65. Ávalos scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Prior to that result Argentinos Juniors won their away game at Vélez Sarsfield in the Superliga. The scoreline was 1-0.Argentinos have another game away from home in just four sleeps, a Superliga game versus Banfield. A back-breaking calendar for the visitors!
Head 2 Head
Argentinos Juniors - Independiente del Valle 1-0 was the story when these two contenders last played each other, some time ago this season.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Ávalos Stumpfs 11 goals |  M. Hoyos 10 goals | K. Mac Allister 4 goals |
Independiente del Valle missing players
Argentinos Juniors missing players
| Independiente del Valle | Argentinos Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 43 | 28 | Scored | S | 8 | 34 | ||
| 21 | 8 | Conceded | C | 9 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 77% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 32% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 3 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 13.9 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 14.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 34% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 28% | ||
| 8.7 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Argentinos Juniors | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | Independiente del Valle | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Corinthians | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Argentinos Juniors | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | Independiente del Valle | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Corinthians | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 4 |
