Superliga statistics and pre-match guide: Independiente modest expected to overwhelm Unión Santa Fe

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Tue 26.October
Match begins: 00:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Libertadores de América (48314 seats)

Independiente and Unión Santa Fe have delivered a "par" performance until now, to use a golf phrase. Both reside in mid-table spots in the Superliga.

Insights:
  • Unión Santa Fe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Independiente have less rest than Unión Santa Fe in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Superliga game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Sarmiento, was also a home game here at Estadio Libertadores de América. The away team is better rested.

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Independiente form and stats

3 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Independiente have to build on here at Estadio Libertadores de América in the Superliga. Two draws in a row at home now for Independiente.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Sarmiento in the Superliga last time out and are looking for a win here. Midfielder Lucas Romero was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.82 (out of ten) in that game. Romero scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 43 successful passes (of 50 total).

Heartbreak before that as Independiente lost 0-1 at Aldosivi's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Independiente handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, five draws and five defeats.

Independiente are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 9 games. From these home matches, Independiente have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Unión Santa Fe form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Unión Santa Fe playing as the away team in the Superliga this season. Momentum is building for Unión Santa Fe in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Unión's last game was the home draw against Racing Club (1-1). Fernando Márquez, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.44. Márquez hit one key pass.

Before that one, a nice away victory 4-3 at Sarmiento.

Unión Santa Fe are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, four draws and seven defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

Unión have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Unión rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The squads have played each other before in this season, with the match result Unión Santa Fe - Independiente 0-0 entered in the official records. Previous eight meetings featuring these squads: Independiente won two, Unión Santa Fe triumphed in one and we saw five draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Independiente missing players

Unión Santa Fe missing players

Independiente Unión Santa Fe
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 4 15 30
12 6 2 Won W 1 5 10
10 5 2 Drew D 2 5 11
10 5 1 Lost L 1 5 9
34 18 4 Scored S 3 14 32
28 12 5 Conceded C 3 24 38
88% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 87% 87%
50% 50% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 67%
25% 19% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 47% 40%
16% 12% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 23%
9% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 10%
34% 25% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 47%
41% 50% 60% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 33%
38% 38% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 33%
 
5.1 6.1 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.9 4.8
4.1 4.2 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 3.9 3.9
2.2 2.4 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.9 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
9.6 10.9 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 8.5 9
3.7 4.2 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3 3.3
29% 27% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 31% 32%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Unión Santa Fe 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 River Plate 17 12 3 2 34 12 9 6 2 1 17 6 8 6 1 1 17 6 22 39
2 Talleres Córdoba 17 10 2 5 24 16 8 6 1 1 14 4 9 4 1 4 10 12 8 32
3 Boca Juniors 17 8 6 3 21 13 8 4 3 1 9 6 9 4 3 2 12 7 8 30
4 Lanús 17 9 3 5 30 26 9 4 3 2 15 12 8 5 0 3 15 14 4 30
5 Vélez Sarsfield 17 7 7 3 24 13 9 4 4 1 18 7 8 3 3 2 6 6 11 28
6 Estudiantes 17 7 6 4 26 18 8 3 4 1 12 6 9 4 2 3 14 12 8 27
7 Colón 17 7 5 5 14 19 8 4 3 1 7 6 9 3 2 4 7 13 -5 26
8 Defensa y Justicia 17 6 7 4 23 16 8 5 2 1 16 8 9 1 5 3 7 8 7 25
9 Huracan 17 6 7 4 16 13 9 3 3 3 7 8 8 3 4 1 9 5 3 25
10 Independiente 17 6 7 4 18 16 9 3 4 2 9 7 8 3 3 2 9 9 2 25
11 Argentinos Juniors 17 6 6 5 18 15 8 4 2 2 11 7 9 2 4 3 7 8 3 24
12 Gimnasia La Plata 17 6 6 5 14 16 9 4 4 1 7 4 8 2 2 4 7 12 -2 24
13 Godoy Cruz 17 6 5 6 26 22 9 3 4 2 14 10 8 3 1 4 12 12 4 23
14 Racing Club 17 5 8 4 14 10 8 2 4 2 5 4 9 3 4 2 9 6 4 23
15 Unión Santa Fe 17 6 4 7 20 24 9 3 2 4 11 9 8 3 2 3 9 15 -4 22
16 Rosario Central 17 6 3 8 24 24 8 4 0 4 12 9 9 2 3 4 12 15 0 21
17 Platense 17 4 8 5 19 20 8 1 5 2 6 8 9 3 3 3 13 12 -1 20
18 Sarmiento 17 5 5 7 19 21 9 4 1 4 12 10 8 1 4 3 7 11 -2 20
19 Atletico Tucuman 17 5 5 7 17 24 8 3 4 1 10 7 9 2 1 6 7 17 -7 20
20 Newell's Old Boys 17 4 5 8 17 24 9 3 2 4 12 14 8 1 3 4 5 10 -7 17
21 San Lorenzo 17 4 5 8 15 23 8 3 2 3 10 9 9 1 3 5 5 14 -8 17
22 Aldosivi 17 5 2 10 17 29 9 3 0 6 10 16 8 2 2 4 7 13 -12 17
23 Patronato 17 3 7 7 16 22 8 2 4 2 9 8 9 1 3 5 7 14 -6 16
24 Banfield 17 2 9 6 12 19 8 1 2 5 7 13 9 1 7 1 5 6 -7 15
25 Arsenal de Sarandi 17 2 7 8 6 21 9 2 5 2 5 7 8 0 2 6 1 14 -15 13
26 Central Cordoba SdE 17 2 6 9 16 24 9 2 2 5 13 17 8 0 4 4 3 7 -8 12

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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.