Most people believe in Argentinos Juniors in this game against Independiente, but the guests will battle to the finish. Here's our match guide!
- Argentinos Juniors have the most scored goals (15) at home in Superliga
- Argentinos Juniors have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Independiente have scored away.
The hosts Argentinos Juniors saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Copa Libertadores. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Liverpool.
Argentinos Juniors form and stats
13 points is a decent return from 6 Superliga games here at Estadio Diego Armando Maradona for Argentinos Juniors. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
The Argentinos manager Milito and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Liverpool in the Copa Libertadores. Torren, defender, was given a rating of 7.62/10 in that game, top of the team. Torren scored one goal and won 2 of 4 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Newell's Old Boys that finished 0-0.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (15 in 6 games), Argentinos Juniors's attacking play is working.
Independiente form and stats
Independiente have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 1-4-2 (7 played). Independiente seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The supporters enjoyed Independiente's previous fixture versus Belgrano (placed 6th), a 2-0 win played at home. That win was so crucial for this club, after a terrible period of twelve league matches in a row not winning. The attacker Cauteruccio got a match rating of 8.32 in that game. Cauteruccio scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against River Plate wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.Lacking goals? 9 of this side's latest 12 league matches have had two goals or less.
Independiente are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {2 goals} from 7 away games. Independiente are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Argentinos Juniors three wins, four draws and Independiente three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Ávalos Stumpfs 7 goals |  M. Cauteruccio Rodríguez 7 goals | K. Mac Allister 3 goals |
Argentinos Juniors missing players
Independiente missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | 15 | 8 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 12 | 6 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 79% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 57% | 79% |
| 50% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 29% | 64% |
| 36% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 14% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 33% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 43% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 57% | 36% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 71% | 43% |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 14.9 | 18.3 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.4 | 10.8 |
| 5.3 | 6.5 | 7.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.7 | 2.7 |
| 23% | 38% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| 9.4 | 9.2 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 12.4 | 11.9 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
- Argentinos Juniors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Argentinos Juniors have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Argentinos Juniors have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Independiente have scored away.
- Argentinos Juniors have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Argentinos Juniors have the most scored goals (15) at home in Superliga
- Argentinos Juniors haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | River Plate | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 34 |
| 2 | San Lorenzo | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Defensa y Justicia | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 27 |
| 4 | Talleres Cordoba | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 24 |
| 5 | Estudiantes | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Belgrano | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 7 | Rosario Central | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Lanús | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 22 |
| 9 | Godoy Cruz | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 10 | Tigre | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Argentinos Juniors | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 12 | Newell's Old Boys | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 13 | Boca Juniors | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 14 | Racing Club | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 15 | Central Cordoba SdE | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 18 |
| 16 | Platense | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 17 |
| 17 | Instituto | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 18 | Velez Sarsfield | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 19 | Sarmiento | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 20 | Huracán | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 21 | Banfield | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 22 | Gimnasia La Plata | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -9 | 15 |
| 23 | Colon | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 24 | Atletico Tucuman | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 25 | Barracas Central | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 14 |
| 26 | Independiente | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 13 |
| 27 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 11 |
| 28 | Union Santa Fe | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -12 | 8 |
