Rosario Central want to fill the stadium for this game even though the season has been gruelling up to now with 8 points and a 14th place in the Superliga table. Visiting Independiente hold 8th place with 13 pts.
- Rosario Central is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Independiente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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
The story so far in the Superliga for Rosario Central, who have the the worst goal difference (-8) in Superliga, at their home stadium (Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa) is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Rosario Central faced defeat in their previous match, away at Lanus (1-3). Midfielder Benítez was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.43 (out of ten) in that game. Benítez scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times and had 75 successful passes (of 88 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Aldosivi.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 as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Rosario Central has won six of these, drawn five and lost three.
Rosario Central have conceded 8 from these games.
Independiente form and stats
Playing away, Independiente have won 1 game, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Superliga this season. With three draws in a row for Independiente the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Independiente played 1-1 against Aldosivi in their previous match. Soñora, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.84. Soñora served one assist, hit two key passes and had 48 successful passes (of 53 total).
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Colon.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Independiente playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were four Independiente wins, four draws and four defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Independiente now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Copa Sudamericana game at Deportivo La Guaira is waiting in only three days.
The visiting Independiente have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. Independiente have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Rosario Central-Independiente H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Rosario Central zero wins, Independiente three wins, three draws. three of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Pozzo 3 goals | L. Benegas 3 goals |   F. Almada 2 goals |
Rosario Central missing players
Independiente missing players
| Rosario Central | Independiente | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 17 | 8 | 7 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 91% |
| 64% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 73% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 45% |
| 27% | 40% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 55% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 73% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 27% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 20% | 9% |
| 5.6 | 7.6 | 8.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.6 | 6.9 |
| 3 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.4 | 8.6 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 12.4 | 12.5 |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 22% | 26% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 29% |
| 8.3 | 7.2 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.4 | 9.3 |
| 3.2 | 2.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
- Independiente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rosario Central have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rosario Central have the the worst goal difference (-8) in Superliga
- Rosario Central have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Rosario Central have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Rosario Central haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rosario Central is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Estudiantes | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | Aldosivi | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | Tigre | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Boca Juniors | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | Colon | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Barracas Central | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -7 | 15 |
| 7 | Central Cordoba SdE | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 14 |
| 8 | Independiente | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Godoy Cruz | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Huracan | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 11 | Velez Sarsfield | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Lanus | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Rosario Central | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
