It's the second chance for points this season as Independiente and Boca Juniors battle it out at Estadio Libertadores de América.
- Independiente have not yet lost a game at home.
- Boca Juniors have not yet lost a game away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Independiente and Boca Juniors.
Independiente form and stats
Independiente's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Lanús. Prior to that, an away loss at Huracan in the Superliga.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Independiente have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won one, drawn zero and lost two.
Last season, Independiente's league statistics were 8 wins, 5 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 14th position in the Superliga. Over these 23 matches they scored 27 goals and conceded 25. Playing at home last season Independiente managed 5-2-5 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 14 conceded.
Boca Juniors form and stats
Two away games in a row for Juniors, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Racing Club in the Copa Libertadores. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Arsenal de Sarandi in the Superliga.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Boca Juniors playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were one Juniors win, zero draws and two defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Racing Club in just three days.
Let's have a look at how Boca Juniors performed last season in the Torneos De Verano: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 35 and conceded 8 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 2 and lost 2 with 17/4 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: one win for Independiente, four draws and two wins for Boca Juniors. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  E. Cardona Bedoya 2 goals | R. Ábila 2 goals |  C. Tevez 2 goals |
Independiente missing players
Boca Juniors missing players
| Independiente | Boca Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 11.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.7 | 11 |
| 2.9 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 35% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 23% |
- Boca Juniors have not yet lost a game away.
- Independiente have not yet lost a game at home.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Huracan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Argentinos Juniors | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Boca Juniors | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | River Plate | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Independiente | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |