3rd position in the Superliga table for Boca Juniors so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 15th-placed Independiente visits Alberto Jose Armando.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Boca Juniors form and stats
When playing at home in the Superliga, Boca Juniors, who have the most clean sheets (10) in Superliga, have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 8 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Boca Juniors after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Boca Juniors's last game was hosting Atletico PR and winning 3-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Universitario in a game that was won 2-0.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Boca Juniors's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won 3 matches, drawn 0 and lost 0.
There will be little rest for Boca Juniors after this match as they are travelling to Talleres Córdoba for a Superliga game in only three days.
A decent goal production from Boca Juniors in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. Defensively Boca Juniors have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Independiente form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. It's a growing despair in Independiente as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Superliga home defeat versus River Plate with 1-2 on the scoreboard. The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Newell's Old Boys.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Independiente when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing 1 time, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rosario Central in just four days.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Independiente have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Boca Juniors 2 wins, 3 draws and Independiente 1 victory. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Romero 10 goals |   R. Ábila 3 goals |  C. Tevez 3 goals |
Boca Juniors missing players
Independiente missing players
| Boca Juniors | Independiente | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 19 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 81% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 50% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 50% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 25% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 25% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 6.2 | 7 | 6.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 9 | 6.1 | 6.2 |
| 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 1 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 3.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 177 | 109 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 4 | 70 | 169 |
| 83 | 42 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 29 | 77 |
| 23% | 29% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 23% |
- Boca Juniors has the fewest conceded goals (7)
- Boca Juniors has the fewest matches over the total-line (2)
- Boca Juniors has the most clean sheets (10)
- Boca Juniors have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 16 | 30 |
| 2 | Argentinos Juniors | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 30 |
| 3 | Boca Juniors | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 29 |
| 4 | Lanús | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 29 |
| 5 | Vélez Sarsfield | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| 7 | Rosario Central | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | Racing Club | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | San Lorenzo | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 26 |
| 10 | Newell's Old Boys | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 25 |
| 11 | Atlético Tucumán | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 25 |
| 12 | Talleres Córdoba | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| 13 | Estudiantes | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 14 | Defensa y Justicia | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 21 |
| 15 | Independiente | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 21 |
| 16 | Banfield | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| 17 | Unión Santa Fe | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 20 |
| 18 | Central Cordoba SdE | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 19 | Colón | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 16 |
| 20 | Huracán | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 15 |
| 21 | Gimnasia La Plata | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | -1 | 14 |
| 22 | Patronato | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -12 | 13 |
| 23 | Aldosivi | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -12 | 12 |
| 24 | Godoy Cruz | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -20 | 9 |