Crucial shoot-out in the bottom section of the Superliga, with both Independiente and Aldosivi experiencing more angst than bliss. This game is a typical "six-pointer" with the home team at 25th and the visiting team in 26th spot.
- Aldosivi have the fewest scored goals (11) in Superliga
Both contenders have had enough rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's trust this will be an active match!
Independiente form and stats
The story so far in the Superliga for Independiente at their home stadium (Estadio Libertadores de América) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. When Independiente hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Central Cordoba SdE, Talleres Cordoba, Lanus, Independiente, Defensa y Justicia, Colon, Arsenal de Sarandi, Velez Sarsfield and Banfield), they have won 2 of 4 matches! Two draws in a row at home now for Independiente.
No payout for Independiente in their previous match, an away game at Gimnasia La Plata that ended in defeat 1-3. The first defeat after going unbeaten through four league games. The forward Fernández bested all the other players in that game and was awarded a match rating of 7.43 out of 10. Fernández scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Velez Sarsfield that ended 1-1.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Independiente matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats (from 5 games).
Both teams on the scoresheet! That has happened in 5 league fixtures in a row for this club. Could it happen again?
Independiente aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Libertadores de América in the league, with only 6 goals from 8 games. Independiente has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.
Aldosivi form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Aldosivi so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-5 (win-draw-lose). Visiting Aldosivi has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Home advantage was not enough for Aldosivi in their previous game as they lost hosting Sarmiento, 1-2. That loss was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points. Midfielder Martínez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.22. Martínez hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Before that, Aldosivi travelled to Union Santa Fe and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Aldosivi playing away, we found 8 games. Results were 3 away wins, 4 draws and 1 home win.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Aldosivi as they have only managed to score 5 times from 9 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Aldosivi struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Independiente - Aldosivi 1-1 was the scoreline in these participants' latest h2h game, earlier this season. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's one Independiente victory, five draws and two Aldosivi wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less. The matches between these sides have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last eight encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Cauteruccio Rodríguez 13 goals |  L. Benegas 8 goals | L. Fernández 5 goals |
Independiente missing players
Aldosivi missing players
| Independiente | Aldosivi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 17 | 32 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 33 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 9 | 15 | 28 |
| 40 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 28 | 46 |
| 94% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 71% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | 66% |
| 45% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 47% | 47% |
| 19% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | 19% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 18% | 12% |
| 61% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 47% | 44% |
| 23% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | 25% |
| 23% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 41% | 44% |
| 5.7 | 5.7 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.2 | 6.3 |
| 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 11.2 | 11.3 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 9.3 | 9.3 |
| 3.5 | 3.7 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 31% | 29% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 31% | 29% |
| 11.1 | 10.7 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.7 | 13.9 | 13.5 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
- Aldosivi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Aldosivi have the fewest scored goals (11) in Superliga
- Aldosivi have the the worst goal difference (-14) 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 | Gimnasia La Plata | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 33 |
| 2 | Atletico Tucuman | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Huracan | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | Racing Club | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 28 |
| 5 | Godoy Cruz | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Argentinos Juniors | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | River Plate | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 26 |
| 8 | Boca Juniors | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 9 | Platense | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | San Lorenzo | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 11 | Patronato | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 23 |
| 12 | Newell's Old Boys | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 13 | Tigre | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 22 |
| 14 | Estudiantes | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 22 |
| 15 | Union Santa Fe | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 22 |
| 16 | Sarmiento | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 17 | Rosario Central | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 18 | Barracas Central | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 19 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 16 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 19 |
| 20 | Banfield | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 18 |
| 21 | Defensa y Justicia | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
| 22 | Colon | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 18 |
| 23 | Central Cordoba SdE | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 24 | Talleres Cordoba | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 25 | Independiente | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 15 |
| 26 | Aldosivi | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -14 | 13 |
| 27 | Velez Sarsfield | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 12 |
| 28 | Lanus | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 11 |
