There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Árabe Unido leading Independiente by 5 points.
Árabe Unido and Independiente should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Árabe Unido form and stats
Árabe Unido have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Lpf. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Happy days for Árabe Unido in their previous game, a Lpf match away at Plaza Amador that ended with a 2-0 victory. Before that game, the home loss against Sporting San Miguelito with the scoreline 1-2.
Árabe Unido are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 games. Árabe have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Independiente form and stats
1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Independiente playing as the away team in the Lpf this season.
The Independiente goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 224 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Independiente play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Tauro. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Costa del Este.
The attacking power of Independiente when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Independiente as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Árabe - Independiente 0-1. Árabe Unido-Independiente H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Árabe four wins, Independiente five wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Árabe Unido missing players
Independiente missing players
| Árabe Unido | Independiente | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 60% | 82% |
| 64% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 40% | 64% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 27% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 18% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 9% |
| 36% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 20% | 45% |
| 45% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 80% | 55% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 80 | 27 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 36 | 89 |
| 32 | 13 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 21 | 43 |
| 44% | 31% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 29% | 30% |
- Independiente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Árabe Unido has the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Lpf
- Árabe Unido has the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Lpf
- Árabe Unido 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 | Deportivo Universitario | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 2 | Tauro | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Árabe Unido | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | San Francisco | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Sporting San Miguelito | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | Alianza | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 7 | Independiente | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Plaza Amador | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 9 |
| 9 | Costa del Este | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 8 |
| 10 | Atletico Chiriqui | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | -11 | 1 |