This season has been a rollercoaster for these squads so far, loss and gain leading to mid-table positions so far. Pave the way for Platense - Instituto!
- Platense have scored in all their matches so far.
- Instituto have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Platense form and stats
The complete Superliga stats at home this season for Platense are 1-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Platense goalkeeper Ramiro Jesus Macagno is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 228 minutes without conceding a goal in the Superliga.
A good away victory last time out for Platense, who won 2-0 against Banfield (placed 21st). Taborda (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.81/10. Taborda scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that, Platense had a home game versus Defensa y Justicia which ended with a victory 1-0.There will be little rest for Platense after this match as they are travelling to Barracas Central for a Superliga game in only four days.
Platense are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. Platense have conceded 8 from these games.
Instituto form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Talleres Córdoba with 0-3 on the scoreboard. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league rounds winning points. Attacker Martinez got a player rating of 7.02 in the game. "Man of the match" Martinez hit three key passes and had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).
Prior to that result Instituto won their away game at Boca Juniors. The scoreline was 3-2.A quick return to home after this game, as Instituto are hosting Deportivo Riestra in the Copa Argentina only four days away.
Instituto are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 7 times in 4 away games so far. Instituto struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 6 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Platense one win, two draws and Instituto five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last eight duels.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Servetto 4 goals |  A. Martínez 4 goals | N. Castro 3 goals |
Platense missing players
Instituto missing players
| Platense | Instituto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 78% |
| 89% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 78% |
| 44% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 33% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 78% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 4.3 | 3.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.7 | 13.2 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.8 | 12.6 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| 38% | 33% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 35% |
| 13.9 | 13.6 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16 | 12 |
| 4.1 | 5.2 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 4.6 |
- All of Instituto's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Instituto have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Instituto haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Platense have scored in all their matches so far.
- Platense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | San Lorenzo | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Racing Club | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Rosario Central | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 5 | Talleres Córdoba | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | Defensa y Justicia | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | Argentinos Juniors | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | Boca Juniors | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 9 | Lanus | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | Newell's Old Boys | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Velez Sarsfield | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 12 | Platense | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 | Instituto | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 14 | Huracan | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 15 | Godoy Cruz | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 16 | Estudiantes | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 17 | Tigre | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 18 | Belgrano | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 19 | Independiente | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 9 |
| 20 | Barracas Central | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 21 | Banfield | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 22 | Sarmiento | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
| 23 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 24 | Atletico Tucuman | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 25 | Central Cordoba SdE | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 26 | Gimnasia La Plata | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 27 | Union Santa Fe | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 28 | Colon | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
