This is a vital battle in the lower section of the Superliga, with both Arsenal de Sarandi and Independiente enduring more worry than pleasure. This fixture is a classic "six-pointer" with the hosts placed 27th and the visitors in 19th position.
- Arsenal de Sarandi have the most conceded goals (24) in Superliga
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Arsenal de Sarandi form and stats
Arsenal de Sarandi's struggle is real here at Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona with only 7 points collected from 7 Superliga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Arsenal to get some points in this home game.
Stress levels are on the rise for Arsenal de Sarandi's attacking players as they have now played 256 minutes without scoring in a league game. Toloza was their last goal scorer.
Arsenal de Sarandi lost their last game at Newell's Old Boys (placed 11th) after a 0-2 scoreline. The attacking player Pons was announced as "man of the match" for Arsenal with a rating of 6.83/10. Pons hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match, Arsenal de Sarandi lost 0-1 at home to Gimnasia La Plata.Arsenal have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Independiente form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Independiente so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-2 (win-draw-lose).
Independiente are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against Tigre (placed 12th). Late drama in the previous game, when Cauteruccio scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage time to defeat Tigre. Giménez, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.43. Giménez served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A 2-2 draw at Argentinos Juniors's stadium before that.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Independiente's away games in the league this season with only {4 goals} from 8 matches. It's not easy to score on Independiente as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Arsenal de Sarandi-Independiente H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Arsenal de Sarandi one win, Independiente seven wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Cauteruccio Rodríguez 9 goals |  S. Toloza 4 goals | L. Leal dos Anjos 3 goals |
Arsenal de Sarandi missing players
Independiente missing players
| Arsenal de Sarandi | Independiente | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 24 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 62% | 81% |
| 69% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 38% | 69% |
| 44% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 38% |
| 6% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 6% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 25% | 50% |
| 6% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 31% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 62% | 38% |
| 3.9 | 3.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 5 | 4.7 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 2.8 | 3.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 9.6 | 9.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 10 | 11.2 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
| 26% | 33% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 32% |
| 16.7 | 17.3 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 13.2 | 12.2 |
| 5.9 | 5.6 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
- Arsenal de Sarandi have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Superliga
- Arsenal de Sarandi have the most conceded goals (24) in Superliga
- Arsenal de Sarandi have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Superliga
- Arsenal de Sarandi have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Superliga
- Arsenal de Sarandi have the most points from losing position (7) in Superliga
- Arsenal de Sarandi have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Arsenal de Sarandi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 20 | 37 |
| 2 | San Lorenzo | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Defensa y Justicia | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 28 |
| 4 | Talleres Cordoba | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 27 |
| 5 | Estudiantes | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | Belgrano | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | Rosario Central | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Lanus | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 25 |
| 9 | Argentinos Juniors | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 10 | Godoy Cruz | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Newell's Old Boys | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 23 |
| 12 | Tigre | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 21 |
| 13 | Instituto | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 14 | Sarmiento | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 |
| 15 | Boca Juniors | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 16 | Racing Club | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 17 | Central Cordoba SdE | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 18 |
| 18 | Gimnasia La Plata | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 19 | Independiente | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 17 |
| 20 | Colon | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 21 | Huracan | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 17 |
| 22 | Barracas Central | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 17 |
| 23 | Platense | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 24 | Velez Sarsfield | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 25 | Banfield | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 15 |
| 26 | Atletico Tucuman | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 14 |
| 27 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 28 | Union Santa Fe | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -12 | 9 |
