Soccer betting preview: Atlético Tucumán welcomes Independiente in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sun 23.Jul
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Monumental Presidente José Fierro (32700 seats)

Get ready for Atlético Tucumán - Independiente! Even considering the recent results, this game could be great fun!

Insights:
  • Atlético Tucumán have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

This promises to be an appealing fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both teams are well refreshed since they last played a game. Let's go!

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Atlético Tucumán form and stats

When playing at home in the Superliga, Atlético Tucumán have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games. Ever since the Argentinos Juniors game Atlético has been unbeatable here at Estadio Monumental Presidente José Fierro producing four straight wins.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Atlético Tucumán, as their goalkeeper Tomas Ignacio Marchiori Carreno has completely shut out the opponents for 367 minutes in the Superliga.

Atlético Tucumán shared the glory with Newell's Old Boys in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. The goalie Marchiori was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.33 out of ten. Marchiori topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Gimnasia La Plata.

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 Atlético have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 9, drawn 4 and lost 2.

Atlético Tucumán has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Atlético Tucumán have conceded 13 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Independiente form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Independiente so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 2-6-5 (win-draw-lose).

Independiente play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Central Cordoba SdE (placed 18th). Defender Costa was the best team player with a rating of 7.8. Costa won 9 of 9 duels.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Newell's Old Boys.

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 13 relevant matches. Results were 3 Independiente wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

The attacking power of Independiente when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 13 league matches away. As opposed to that, Independiente have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Atlético Tucumán won six games, one match ended in a draw and Independiente have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight.

Top Goalscorers

IndependienteM. Cauteruccio Rodríguez
M. Cauteruccio Rodríguez
11 goals
AtléticoM. Coronel
M. Coronel
7 goals
Atlético TucumánM. Estigarribia
M. Estigarribia
5 goals

Atlético Tucumán missing players

Independiente missing players

Atlético Tucumán Independiente
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 5 Played P 3 13 25
7 5 4 Won W 1 2 6
10 4 1 Drew D 2 6 10
8 3 0 Lost L 0 5 9
22 14 6 Scored S 4 8 23
27 13 1 Conceded C 3 14 29
84% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 77% 88%
60% 75% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 54% 72%
32% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 31% 36%
16% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 8% 12%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
48% 58% 20% BTTS BTTS 67% 38% 48%
36% 33% 80% Clean Sheets C S 33% 38% 32%
32% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 46% 32%
 
4.2 4.7 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.7 4.2
4.8 4.4 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 4.4 4.2
2.5 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.9 2.5
3 3 1 Red cards R C 2 7 8
 
12.5 12.8 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 9.8 11.1
3.6 4.3 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.3 3.1
24% 27% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 27% 30%
 
14.2 12.5 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 11.9 10.8
4.2 3.8 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.6 4
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Atlético Tucumán have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Atlético Tucumán 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 25 18 3 4 45 16 12 11 0 1 24 6 13 7 3 3 21 10 29 57
2 Talleres Cordoba 25 14 6 5 39 20 13 7 3 3 16 8 12 7 3 2 23 12 19 48
3 San Lorenzo 25 12 10 3 23 9 13 8 5 0 12 0 12 4 5 3 11 9 14 46
4 Lanus 25 11 9 5 35 25 12 8 2 2 18 9 13 3 7 3 17 16 10 42
5 Defensa y Justicia 25 11 8 6 33 21 13 6 5 2 18 11 12 5 3 4 15 10 12 41
6 Rosario Central 25 10 10 5 33 26 13 9 4 0 24 8 12 1 6 5 9 18 7 40
7 Estudiantes 25 10 9 6 28 22 13 6 5 2 18 10 12 4 4 4 10 12 6 39
8 Boca Juniors 25 11 5 9 29 23 13 7 3 3 17 9 12 4 2 6 12 14 6 38
9 Godoy Cruz 25 10 8 7 33 28 12 7 4 1 23 11 13 3 4 6 10 17 5 38
10 Argentinos Juniors 25 10 7 8 27 19 12 7 3 2 22 10 13 3 4 6 5 9 8 37
11 Belgrano 25 10 5 10 20 22 12 6 3 3 12 8 13 4 2 7 8 14 -2 35
12 Newell's Old Boys 25 8 10 7 22 21 12 6 5 1 12 4 13 2 5 6 10 17 1 34
13 Barracas Central 25 8 10 7 25 28 13 5 5 3 12 11 12 3 5 4 13 17 -3 34
14 Racing Club 25 8 9 8 32 32 13 5 5 3 17 16 12 3 4 5 15 16 0 33
15 Platense 25 9 6 10 25 27 13 6 4 3 15 11 12 3 2 7 10 16 -2 33
16 Atlético Tucumán 25 7 10 8 22 27 12 5 4 3 14 13 13 2 6 5 8 14 -5 31
17 Sarmiento 25 7 8 10 23 23 12 4 4 4 16 13 13 3 4 6 7 10 0 29
18 Central Cordoba SdE 25 7 8 10 19 25 13 5 2 6 9 9 12 2 6 4 10 16 -6 29
19 Instituto 25 7 8 10 20 30 13 4 6 3 9 10 12 3 2 7 11 20 -10 29
20 Independiente 25 6 10 9 23 29 12 4 4 4 15 15 13 2 6 5 8 14 -6 28
21 Tigre 25 7 7 11 22 28 12 4 3 5 12 14 13 3 4 6 10 14 -6 28
22 Gimnasia La Plata 25 7 7 11 21 35 12 5 4 3 12 11 13 2 3 8 9 24 -14 28
23 Velez Sarsfield 25 5 11 9 24 26 13 3 8 2 16 11 12 2 3 7 8 15 -2 26
24 Union Santa Fe 25 5 11 9 17 25 12 3 5 4 10 12 13 2 6 5 7 13 -8 26
25 Banfield 25 6 8 11 19 32 13 4 5 4 7 11 12 2 3 7 12 21 -13 26
26 Colon 25 4 13 8 19 28 13 3 7 3 13 16 12 1 6 5 6 12 -9 25
27 Huracan 25 4 7 14 16 29 12 3 4 5 9 13 13 1 3 9 7 16 -13 19
28 Arsenal de Sarandi 25 5 3 17 16 34 12 4 1 7 11 17 13 1 2 10 5 17 -18 18

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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.