23rd- against 13th position might not sound all that steamy. But: We have the knowledge that makes Independiente - Sarmiento (even) more intriguing!
- Independiente have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Superliga
- Sarmiento have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Superliga
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Independiente form and stats
When playing at home in the Superliga, Independiente, who have the most conceded goals (13) at home in Superliga, have managed 2 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games.
No payout for Independiente in their previous match, an away game at Godoy Cruz that ended in defeat 1-2. Rey had a busy but productive day in the Godoy Cruz match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.
Before that, Independiente drew at home versus Lanus.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Independiente handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats.
Both teams to score! That has happened in 5 league games in a row for this club. Could it happen again?
Independiente are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. 13 goals have been conceded.
Sarmiento form and stats
As the visiting team in Superliga matches, Sarmiento have produced an overall stat of 3-4-3 so far. The last three matches for Sarmiento have all ended in a draw.
Sarmiento aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 306 league minutes without a goal. Toledo was the last player to find the net. 479 minutes! That's how long the Sarmiento goalkeeper Sebastian Tomas Meza and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Sarmiento delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Newell's Old Boys (placed 11th) in their previous match. Weird, but true: this team has played three consecutive league matches with the score 0-0! Midfielder Quinteros was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.44. Quinteros dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
A 0-0 draw at Gimnasia La Plata's stadium before that.We have checked recent matches where Sarmiento have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were 2 victories, 5 draws and 9 defeats.
Low on goals? 12 of this side's most recent 13 league rounds have contained two goals or less.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sarmiento as they have only managed to score 7 times from 10 away games in the league. Sarmiento are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Independiente have avoided defeat in the last 5 matches (3-2-0) facing Sarmiento.The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last seven encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Cauteruccio Rodríguez 10 goals |  L. Gondou 6 goals |  J. Toledo 4 goals |
Independiente missing players
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| Independiente | Sarmiento | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 18 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 23 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 84% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 70% | 74% |
| 74% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 40% | 47% |
| 42% | 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 10% | 16% |
| 16% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 58% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 26% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | 53% |
| 32% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.6 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10.2 | 7.6 | 6.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.4 | 12.6 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 11.1 | 12.7 |
| 3.3 | 4.1 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4 |
| 29% | 32% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 25% | 24% |
| 11.6 | 10.6 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21.8 | 18.7 | 18.1 |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
- All of Independiente's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Independiente have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Independiente have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Superliga
- Independiente have the most conceded goals (13) at home in Superliga
- Independiente have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Superliga
- Independiente haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sarmiento have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sarmiento have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Superliga
- Sarmiento have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Superliga
- Sarmiento have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | River Plate | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 41 |
| 2 | Talleres Cordoba | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 37 |
| 3 | San Lorenzo | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 36 |
| 4 | Estudiantes | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 35 |
| 5 | Rosario Central | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 33 |
| 6 | Lanus | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 32 |
| 7 | Belgrano | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | Defensa y Justicia | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 30 |
| 9 | Godoy Cruz | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 29 |
| 10 | Boca Juniors | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 27 |
| 11 | Newell's Old Boys | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 27 |
| 12 | Argentinos Juniors | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 26 |
| 13 | Sarmiento | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 |
| 14 | Platense | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 23 |
| 15 | Central Cordoba SdE | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 23 |
| 16 | Tigre | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 22 |
| 17 | Racing Club | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 22 |
| 18 | Barracas Central | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 22 |
| 19 | Gimnasia La Plata | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -11 | 22 |
| 20 | Instituto | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 21 |
| 21 | Colon | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 20 |
| 22 | Velez Sarsfield | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 23 | Independiente | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 18 |
| 24 | Atletico Tucuman | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 18 |
| 25 | Huracan | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 26 | Union Santa Fe | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 18 |
| 27 | Banfield | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 18 |
| 28 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 17 |
