Unión Santa Fe will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind Independiente.
- Unión Santa Fe have not yet lost a game at home.
- Independiente have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Superliga
Independiente could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa Sudamericana game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Guabira. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Unión Santa Fe form and stats
When playing at home in the Superliga, Unión Santa Fe have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.
The fans are hoping that Unión Santa Fe will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Superliga game against Talleres Cordoba (placed 4th). Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Boca Juniors.
Unión Santa Fe are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. Unión's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Independiente form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Superliga, on their Superliga travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Independiente are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Independiente play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Guabira. Before that, Independiente secured a home win against Defensa y Justicia with the score 1-0.
J. Herrera certainly enjoyed Independiente's last game versus Guabira, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 3-1 victory.
After this away game Independiente return home for a Copa Sudamericana game against Torque. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Independiente as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. 6 goals have been conceded by Independiente in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: one - four - two (Unión Santa Fe wins - draws - Independiente wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Palacios 4 goals |  J. García 3 goals | E. Cañete 3 goals |
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 40% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.6 | 11 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 9.1 |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
| 27% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 39% |
- Independiente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Independiente have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Superliga
- Independiente have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Superliga
- Independiente haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Unión Santa Fe have not yet lost a 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 | Velez Sarsfield | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | Independiente | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Talleres Cordoba | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Lanus | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | Unión Santa Fe | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 7 | Defensa y Justicia | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Huracan | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Atletico Tucuman | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Gimnasia La Plata | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Newell's Old Boys | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Sarmiento | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 13 | Patronato | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 6 |