Rosario Central - Independiente. 6th spot meets 25th spot. Everything can happen - get a full preview here!
- Rosario Central have the most points from losing position (5) in Superliga
- Independiente have not yet lost a game away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Rosario Central form and stats
Rosario Central have collected 13 points from their Superliga home games so far after 4-1-0.
Rosario travelled for their previous game, a trip to Newell's Old Boys that ended 0-0. Attacking player Malcorra edged out all others in that match and managed a match rating of 7.75 out of 10. Malcorra hit six key passes.
Ahead of that match, Rosario Central won a home game hosting Gimnasia La Plata (3-1).This is expected to be a close game, with Rosario Central perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Rosario Central as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Rosario Central has won 6 of these, drawn 7 and lost 3.
The Rosario fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. Rosario Central have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Independiente form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 1 win, 4 draws and 0 defeats. The guesting team now have four uninterrupted draws in a row when taking part in away games.
Home advantage was not enough for Independiente in their previous game as they lost hosting Estudiantes, 1-2. That loss was their first after five consecutive league rounds winning points. Lopez, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.05. Lopez dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to San Lorenzo.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Independiente in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Independiente, 7 draws and 2 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Racing Club in just four days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Independiente's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 5 matches. Independiente's manager Stillitano has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {1 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Previous eight meetings featuring these sides: Rosario Central won one, Independiente were winners in three and we saw four draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals. The matches between these sides have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last eight encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Véliz 4 goals |  M. Cauteruccio Rodríguez 4 goals |  J. Candia Hernández 2 goals |
Rosario Central missing players
Independiente missing players
| Rosario Central | Independiente | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | 8 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 40% | 70% |
| 70% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 20% | 60% |
| 50% | 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 30% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 50% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 80% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 60% | 40% |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 5.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 12.9 | 15.4 | 20.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.8 | 10.9 |
| 5 | 5.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| 26% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 22% | 32% |
| 14.2 | 11 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.4 | 11.4 |
| 5.1 | 3.2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.7 |
- Independiente have not yet lost a game away.
- Rosario Central have not yet lost a game at home.
- Rosario Central have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Rosario Central have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Independiente have scored away.
- Rosario Central have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Rosario Central have the most points from losing position (5) in Superliga
- Rosario Central haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | San Lorenzo | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | Talleres Córdoba | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Defensa y Justicia | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Lanús | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Rosario Central | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Argentinos Juniors | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 8 | Racing Club | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Platense | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Instituto | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 11 | Newell's Old Boys | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 12 | Belgrano | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 15 |
| 13 | Central Cordoba SdE | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 14 | Vélez Sarsfield | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 15 | Boca Juniors | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 16 | Estudiantes | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 17 | Godoy Cruz | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 18 | Sarmiento | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 19 | Huracán | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 20 | Tigre | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 21 | Barracas Central | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 22 | Gimnasia La Plata | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -6 | 11 |
| 23 | Banfield | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 24 | Colón | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 25 | Independiente | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 9 |
| 26 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
| 27 | Atlético Tucumán | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 8 |
| 28 | Union Santa Fe | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 7 |
