Argentinos Juniors vs Independiente preview

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Thu 16.June
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Diego Armando Maradona (25000 seats)

Argentinos Juniors are ready to clash heads with Independiente in this Superliga game. All you can learn about the game is found here!

Insights:
  • Argentinos Juniors have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Independiente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both participants have had enough rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an in-your-face fixture!

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Argentinos Juniors form and stats

The story so far in the Superliga for Argentinos Juniors at their home stadium (Estadio Diego Armando Maradona) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio Diego Armando Maradona.

Argentinos Juniors lost their last game at Sarmiento (placed 12th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Defender Villalba got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.4/10. Villalba hit three key passes and won 6 of 8 duels.

Ahead of that match, Argentinos won a home game hosting Aldosivi (2-1).

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 Argentinos Juniors have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won 8, drawn 3 and lost 5.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Argentinos as they are travelling to their away game against Newell's Old Boys in the Superliga. That match is four days after this one.

At Estadio Diego Armando Maradona, Argentinos Juniors has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Independiente form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Superliga away game of the season. During their previous season 1 away games resulted in 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

The followers enjoyed Independiente's previous fixture versus Talleres Córdoba (placed 9th), a 1-0 win played at home. Barreto was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.64. The defender Barreto won 3 of 5 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to San Lorenzo.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Independiente in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Independiente, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

A new game in only four days for Independiente, the Superliga home match versus Estudiantes. Busy days.

1 goal so far away for Independiente, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Argentinos Juniors won two games, four matches ended with a tie and Independiente got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight

Top Goalscorers

Argentinos JuniorsG. Ávalos Stumpfs
G. Ávalos Stumpfs
6 goals
IndependienteL. Benegas
L. Benegas
4 goals
Argentinos JuniorsK. Mac Allister
K. Mac Allister
3 goals

Argentinos Juniors missing players

Independiente missing players

Argentinos Juniors Independiente
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 3 8 16
8 5 2 Won W 1 1 4
6 2 0 Drew D 1 4 8
4 1 0 Lost L 1 3 4
25 11 5 Scored S 2 8 19
20 5 1 Conceded C 2 12 19
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
72% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 62% 69%
44% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 44%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 19%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
56% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 56%
28% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 31%
22% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 19%
 
4.9 5.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 5.9 6.2
2.9 3.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.1 4.4
2.2 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3 2.6
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.9 16.1 14 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 11.6 11.7
4.4 6 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 3.8
31% 23% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 29% 32%
 
8.6 8.6 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 10.5 9.8
2.9 2.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.8 3.8
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • 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.
  • Independiente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Gimnasia La Plata 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
2 Tigre 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
3 Estudiantes 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
4 Independiente 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
5 Newell's Old Boys 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
6 Racing Club 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Boca Juniors 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Platense 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Talleres Córdoba 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
10 Argentinos Juniors 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
11 Huracán 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
12 Sarmiento 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
13 Barracas Central 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
14 Atlético Tucumán 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
15 Defensa y Justicia 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
16 Lanús 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
17 San Lorenzo 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
18 River Plate 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
19 Central Cordoba SdE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
20 Colon 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
21 Velez Sarsfield 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
22 Arsenal de Sarandi 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
23 Banfield 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
24 Patronato 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
25 Rosario Central 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
26 Godoy Cruz 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
27 Union Santa Fe 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
28 Aldosivi 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 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 Córdoba 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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The Superliga Argentina, also referred to as the Primera División, is the premier football division in Argentina. It currently holds 26 teams who play 25 fixtures each to form a final league table. The season runs from August to May. Argentina was the first country outside the United Kingdom to create a football league, in 1891.