Turn on the lights for Godoy Cruz - Independiente! Even considering the recent results, this game should be awesome!
- Independiente have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Superliga
These teams have little in common geographically as Independiente have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
This looks to be an interesting game with lots of action and excitement as both squads are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
Godoy Cruz form and stats
4 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Godoy Cruz have to build on here at Estadio Malvinas Argentinas in the Superliga.
Godoy lost their last game at Newell's Old Boys (placed 10th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Until that defeat this team had gone eight consecutive league matches without being beaten. Midfield player Núñez got a match rating of 7.25 in that game, the max score being 10. Núñez hit one key pass and had 46 successful passes (of 49 total).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Gimnasia La Plata in a game that was won 2-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Godoy Cruz perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Godoy Cruz as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Godoy Cruz has won 5 of these, drawn 6 and lost 4.
Gamblers who enjoy staking for low-scoring matches might like to know that this club have played 5 league rounds in a row with two goals or less (under 2.5).
Godoy have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Malvinas Argentinas with 13 goals in 8 league matches. From these home matches, Godoy Cruz have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Independiente form and stats
Independiente have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 1-5-3 (9 played).
Independiente's last game was the home draw against Lanus (1-1). Attacker Cauteruccio got a player rating of 7.8 in the game. "Man of the match" Cauteruccio scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 1-2 defeat away at Arsenal de Sarandi before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Independiente in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Independiente, 6 draws and 2 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Independiente as they have only managed to score 5 times from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Independiente as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Godoy Cruz three wins, five draws and Independiente two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Cauteruccio Rodríguez 10 goals |  T. Allende 4 goals | G. Abrego 3 goals |
Godoy Cruz missing players
Independiente missing players
| Godoy Cruz | Independiente | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 20 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 20 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| 89% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 61% | 62% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 44% | 72% |
| 28% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 22% | 39% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 11% | 17% |
| 11% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 28% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 56% |
| 39% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | 28% |
| 44% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 56% | 33% |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 3.3 | 3.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 13.1 | 14.2 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.1 | 11.3 |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.3 | 3.2 |
| 29% | 37% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 24% | 29% |
| 11.2 | 12 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 12.6 | 11.6 |
| 3.3 | 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
- Godoy Cruz have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Independiente have scored away.
- Independiente have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Superliga
| 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 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 41 |
| 2 | San Lorenzo | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | Talleres Cordoba | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 34 |
| 4 | Estudiantes | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 32 |
| 5 | Defensa y Justicia | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 30 |
| 6 | Rosario Central | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Lanus | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | Belgrano | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Boca Juniors | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 10 | Newell's Old Boys | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 26 |
| 11 | Godoy Cruz | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 26 |
| 12 | Sarmiento | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 |
| 13 | Argentinos Juniors | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 14 | Platense | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 23 |
| 15 | Tigre | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 22 |
| 16 | Barracas Central | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 22 |
| 17 | Gimnasia La Plata | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -9 | 22 |
| 18 | Instituto | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 21 |
| 19 | Central Cordoba SdE | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 20 |
| 20 | Colón | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 21 | Racing Club | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 22 | Velez Sarsfield | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 23 | Independiente | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 18 |
| 24 | Huracán | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 18 |
| 25 | Atletico Tucuman | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 18 |
| 26 | Banfield | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 27 | Unión Santa Fe | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -12 | 15 |
| 28 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | -12 | 14 |
