Huracán vs Independiente: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 08.May
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó (48314 seats)

Season ticket holders at Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Huracán languishing in the 9th position so far. The guesting Independiente will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Independiente have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Superliga

Independiente could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa Sudamericana game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Bahia, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Independiente.

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Huracán form and stats

Huracán have collected 6 points from their Superliga home games so far after 1-3-1.

Huracán travelled for their previous game, a trip to Talleres Cordoba that ended 1-1. Preceding that match was the home game against Boca Juniors that was lost 0-2.

Huracán has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Huracán are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.

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Independiente form and stats

2-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Independiente, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Superliga, in their Superliga matches away.

Independiente are looking to quickly end their 193 minutes long goal drought in the Superliga.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Bahia in their previous outing. The Copa Sudamericana match ended in a draw 2-2. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Atlético Tucumán.

It looked so good for Independiente vs Bahia, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.

Independiente has another fixture away, a Copa Sudamericana game, against Torque in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 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 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Last nine meetings between the teams: Huracán won three, Independiente won five and one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

IndependienteS. Palacios
S. Palacios
4 goals
HuracánL. Merolla
L. Merolla
2 goals
HuracánJ. Garro
J. Garro
2 goals

Huracán missing players

Independiente missing players

Huracán Independiente
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 5 2 Played P 2 6 12
2 1 0 Won W 2 2 5
7 3 2 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 0 Lost L 0 3 5
13 5 1 Scored S 3 4 13
14 4 1 Conceded C 1 6 9
92% 80% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
83% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 33% 33%
25% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 25%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 17%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
58% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 25%
25% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 42%
25% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 42%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.7 9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 9.3 9.1
2.1 2.4 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3 3.3
48% 42% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 22% 32%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Independiente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Independiente have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Superliga
  • Independiente have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) 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 Vélez Sarsfield 12 9 1 2 18 13 6 5 0 1 10 8 6 4 1 1 8 5 5 28
2 Boca Juniors 12 6 4 2 22 11 7 3 3 1 11 8 5 3 1 1 11 3 11 22
3 Talleres Cordoba 12 5 5 2 19 15 7 3 3 1 11 6 5 2 2 1 8 9 4 20
4 Union Santa Fe 12 4 6 2 11 13 6 2 4 0 7 5 6 2 2 2 4 8 -2 18
5 Independiente 12 5 2 5 13 9 6 3 1 2 9 3 6 2 1 3 4 6 4 17
6 Lanus 12 5 1 6 17 18 5 3 0 2 10 9 7 2 1 4 7 9 -1 16
7 Gimnasia La Plata 12 3 6 3 15 15 5 3 1 1 10 6 7 0 5 2 5 9 0 15
8 Atlético Tucumán 12 4 3 5 19 20 6 2 2 2 12 10 6 2 1 3 7 10 -1 15
9 Huracán 12 2 7 3 13 14 5 1 3 1 5 4 7 1 4 2 8 10 -1 13
10 Defensa y Justicia 12 3 3 6 15 16 7 3 2 2 11 7 5 0 1 4 4 9 -1 12
11 Sarmiento 12 2 5 5 9 18 6 2 2 2 7 6 6 0 3 3 2 12 -9 11
12 Newell's Old Boys 12 2 4 6 13 20 5 1 2 2 5 5 7 1 2 4 8 15 -7 10
13 Patronato 12 3 0 9 11 17 6 3 0 3 7 4 6 0 0 6 4 13 -6 9

Read more about Superliga

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.