Independiente vs Árabe Unido: Match guide and preview

Competition: Panama Lpf
Date: Sun 31.March
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Agustín Muquita Sánchez (3040 seats)

The visiting Árabe Unido side should be favourites in this visit to Independiente, as the away team holds a 8 point advantage from their 18 league games this season.

It's no vacation for neither Independiente nor Árabe Unido as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups. Árabe Unido have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 5800 kilometers in air distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Independiente form and stats

The story so far for Independiente at their home stadium (Estadio Agustín Muquita Sánchez) is 1 win, 7 draws and 1 defeat. In general it's been a long time since Independiente tasted defeat here at Estadio Agustín Muquita Sánchez, as they have taken at least one point from their last 14 home games.

The fans are hoping that Independiente will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Lpf game against Plaza Amador (placed 4th). Preceding that game was the home draw versus San Francisco that ended 2-2.

Independiente has scored 10 goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Independiente's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times.

Last season, Independiente's league statistics were 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the league. Over these two matches they scored 3 goals and conceded 1. Playing at home last season Independiente managed 1-0-0 (win-draw-lost) with 2 goals and 1 conceded.

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Árabe Unido form and stats

As the visiting team Árabe Unido have produced an overall stat of 4-0-5 so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Árabe Unido as they haven't lost any of their last 14 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Tauro game have they lost an away game, meaning Árabe Unido has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

The supporters enjoyed Árabe Unido's previous game versus Santa Gema (placed 7th), a Lpf 2-0 win played at home. A 0-0 draw at Tauro's stadium before that.

Árabe Unido are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 9 games. As opposed to that, Árabe Unido have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Let's have a look at how Árabe Unido performed last season in the league. They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 0 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. In total they scored 1 and conceded 3 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 0 and lost 1 with 0/2 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Árabe Unido - Independiente 3-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Independiente won 2 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Árabe Unido has 4 wins.

Top Goalscorers

O. Browne
9 goals
I. Romeesh
7 goals
José González
6 goals

Independiente missing players

Árabe Unido missing players

Independiente Árabe Unido
Total Home Statistic Away Total
28 15 Played 16 31
86% 73% Over 0.5 88% 87%
75% 73% Over 1.5 62% 61%
43% 33% Over 2.5 31% 26%
18% 20% Over 3.5 19% 16%
4% 0% Over 4.5 12% 10%
54% 53% Both teams to score 38% 39%
32% 47% Clean Sheet 31% 42%
29% 27% Failed To Score 44% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Costa del Este 18 7 8 3 18 12 9 4 3 2 10 7 9 3 5 1 8 5 6 29
2 Árabe Unido 18 8 4 6 18 17 9 4 4 1 9 5 9 4 0 5 9 12 1 28
3 Tauro 18 7 6 5 33 20 9 3 3 3 18 11 9 4 3 2 15 9 13 27
4 Plaza Amador 18 6 7 5 15 14 9 2 4 3 8 10 9 4 3 2 7 4 1 25
5 San Francisco 18 7 4 7 19 19 9 2 2 5 10 13 9 5 2 2 9 6 0 25
6 Alianza 18 5 8 5 16 17 9 4 3 2 9 7 9 1 5 3 7 10 -1 23
7 Santa Gema 18 5 7 6 20 24 9 3 1 5 9 12 9 2 6 1 11 12 -4 22
8 Deportivo Universitario 18 5 6 7 18 23 9 2 3 4 5 12 9 3 3 3 13 11 -5 21
9 Independiente 18 4 8 6 20 22 9 1 7 1 10 9 9 3 1 5 10 13 -2 20
10 Sporting San Miguelito 18 3 8 7 17 26 9 1 3 5 7 13 9 2 5 2 10 13 -9 17