This could be yet another engaging battle at Estadio Islas Malvinas in the Superliga. Vélez Sarsfield is in 6th position and host Independiente in 8th position. Learn more about the game here!
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.
Vélez Sarsfield form and stats
When playing at home in the Superliga, Vélez Sarsfield have managed 1 win, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 1 games.
Sarsfield faced defeat in their previous match, away at Rosario Central (0-1). Defender los Santos got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.51/10. Santos won 9 of 10 duels.
Ahead of that match, Vélez Sarsfield won a home game hosting Aldosivi (2-0).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vélez Sarsfield handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, three draws and three defeats.
Early season league goal statistics from Vélez Sarsfield's 1 home game: 2 goals, 0 conceded.
Independiente form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Superliga ended in defeat. Last season Independiente had these away match statistics: Played 1; won 1, drew 0 and lost 0.
Independiente go into this game after a win, the home game against Arsenal de Sarandi that ended 1-0. Midfielder Romero was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.82. Romero hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 71 successful passes (of 81 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Estudiantes wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Independiente 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 two defeats. From a total of eight matches.
1 goal so far away for Independiente, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: two - two - four (Vélez Sarsfield wins - draws - Independiente wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Orellano 1 goals |  L. Janson 1 goals |  J. Laso 1 goals |
Vélez Sarsfield missing players
Independiente missing players
| Vélez Sarsfield | Independiente | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 10.5 |
| 4.5 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 11 | 12 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 3.5 |
| Vélez Sarsfield | Last season | Independiente | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 13 | 7 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | ||
| 15 | 11 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 69% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | ||
| 54% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | ||
| 38% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | ||
| 23% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 62% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | ||
| 31% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 15% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 2.5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.2 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | ||
| 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 50% | ||
| 10.1 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Central Cordoba SdE | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Boca Juniors | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Rosario Central | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Lanus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Vélez Sarsfield | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Huracan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Independiente | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Tigre | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Colon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Godoy Cruz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Aldosivi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Barracas Central | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | San Lorenzo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Independiente | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Talleres Cordoba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
