A victory to the home team is expected from this game if the league table is to be trusted. The Godoy Cruz club members are positive that the difference between 4th and Independiente's 24th spot in the table will be revealed on the ground.
- Independiente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Godoy Cruz and Independiente should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Godoy Cruz form and stats
Godoy Cruz have been very solid at home in the Superliga so far, with 16 points collected from 6 matches (5-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 4th position in the table.
It's back home for Godoy, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sarmiento away with the result 2-1. Ojeda and Rodríguez found the net in that victory. Bullaude, a forward, was the highest rated player for the side in that game, collecting a rating of 8.43 (out of 10). Bullaude signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Aldosivi in a game that was won 2-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Godoy Cruz have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 6 and lost 1.
The Godoy fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. Godoy Cruz are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Feliciano Gambarte in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 6 matches.
Independiente form and stats
There's been little loot from Independiente's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the Superliga. Independiente only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
Independiente's last game was the home draw against Huracan (1-1). Attacker Batallini got a player rating of 7.35 in the game. "Man of the match" Batallini hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
A 1-1 draw at Lanus's stadium before that.We have checked recent matches where Independiente have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 2 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Independiente have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away. 10 goals have been conceded by Independiente in these games. Independiente has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Godoy Cruz - Independiente 3-3 was the story when this pair of participants previously did battle, also in this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Godoy three wins, four draws and Independiente two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Rodríguez Lima 11 goals | M. Ojeda 10 goals |  L. Benegas 8 goals |
Godoy Cruz missing players
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| Godoy Cruz | Independiente | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 9 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 10 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 38 | 19 | 12 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 30 |
| 36 | 13 | 9 | Conceded | C | 6 | 21 | 35 |
| 93% | 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 82% | 77% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 68% |
| 46% | 31% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 57% | 46% |
| 21% | 15% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 21% | 18% |
| 11% | 15% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 4% |
| 64% | 54% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 57% |
| 25% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 25% |
| 18% | 15% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 25% |
| 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 5.2 | 3.3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.7 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13.7 | 15.5 | 15.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 11.1 | 11.3 |
| 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 28% | 25% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 33% | 30% |
| 11.4 | 8.3 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 11 | 10.9 |
| 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
- 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 | Atletico Tucuman | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 28 |
| 2 | Gimnasia La Plata | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | Huracan | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Godoy Cruz | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
| 5 | Argentinos Juniors | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | River Plate | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 7 | Racing Club | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 8 | Patronato | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 9 | Platense | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Union Santa Fe | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | San Lorenzo | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| 12 | Boca Juniors | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 13 | Tigre | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 17 |
| 14 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 15 | Central Cordoba SdE | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 16 | Newell's Old Boys | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 17 | Rosario Central | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 17 |
| 18 | Sarmiento | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 19 | Estudiantes | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 20 | Banfield | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 21 | Defensa y Justicia | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 22 | Colon | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 15 |
| 23 | Barracas Central | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 24 | Independiente | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 25 | Talleres Cordoba | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 26 | Velez Sarsfield | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 10 |
| 27 | Aldosivi | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -14 | 8 |
| 28 | Lanus | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 7 |
