This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Independiente Medellín at Estadio Atanasio Girardot when the Copa Libertadores tournament arrives in town and Boca Juniors with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Independiente Medellín form and stats
Independiente participated in Copa Libertadores the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.The story so far in the Liga BetPlay for Independiente Medellín at their home stadium (Estadio Atanasio Girardot) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. This match is a Copa Libertadores match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses in this competition.
Independiente Medellín are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Alianza Petrolera. Ahead of that match, Independiente lost 2-3 at home to Caracas.
The defeat against Alianza Petrolera was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by C. Hinestroza).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Deportivo Pereira are coming to town in three days.
Independiente Medellín have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Atanasio Girardot with 7 goals in 4 league matches. On the other hand, Independiente have conceded 5 goals.
Boca Juniors form and stats
Juniors was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the semi-finals last season.Boca Juniors have an excellent away record in the Superliga so far with 7-2-2 from 11 games. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Libertadores stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away. Juniors have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena. It’s been three wins in a row for Boca Juniors on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The Juniors goalkeeper Esteban Andrada is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 460 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Boca Juniors play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Libertad. Before that, Juniors secured a home win against Independiente Medellín with the score 3-0.
Boca Juniors are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 11 away games so far. Juniors's manager M. Russo has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 4 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Boca Juniors - Independiente Medellín 3-0.Top Goalscorers
  C. Tevez 9 goals |  E. Salvio 6 goals |  R. Ábila 5 goals |
Independiente Medellín missing players
Boca Juniors missing players
| Independiente Medellín | Boca Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 35 | 26 | Scored | S | 17 | 42 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Conceded | C | 7 | 12 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 8 | ||
| 154 | 100 | Total Shots | T S | 119 | 293 | ||
| 68 | 44 | Shots on Target | S O | 62 | 136 | ||
| 51% | 59% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Boca Juniors | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Libertad | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Caracas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Independiente Medellín | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 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 Pasto | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Deportes Tolima | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Santa Fe | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Alianza Petrolera | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Junior | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Atlético Nacional | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | Once Caldas | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | América de Cali | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 9 | Deportivo Cali | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | La Equidad | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 11 | Envigado | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 | Deportivo Pereira | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Independiente Medellín | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 14 | Rionegro Águilas | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 10 |
| 15 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 9 |
| 16 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 17 | Millonarios | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 18 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
| 19 | Boyacá Chicó | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 5 |
| 20 | Patriotas Boyacá | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Boca Juniors | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 27 | 48 |
| 2 | River Plate | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 23 | 47 |
| 3 | Velez Sarsfield | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 39 |
| 4 | Racing Club | 23 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 28 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 39 |
| 5 | Argentinos Juniors | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | Defensa y Justicia | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 36 |
| 7 | Lanus | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 36 |
| 8 | San Lorenzo | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 36 |
| 9 | Rosario Central | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 36 |
| 10 | Newell's Old Boys | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 35 |
| 11 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 34 |
| 12 | Talleres Cordoba | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 34 |
| 13 | Estudiantes | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 30 |
| 14 | Independiente | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 29 |
| 15 | Atletico Tucuman | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 29 |
| 16 | Union Santa Fe | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -9 | 27 |
| 17 | Banfield | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | -4 | 26 |
| 18 | Central Cordoba SdE | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -8 | 26 |
| 19 | Gimnasia La Plata | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 12 | -1 | 23 |
| 20 | Patronato | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -12 | 23 |
| 21 | Huracan | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 22 |
| 22 | Aldosivi | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -15 | 22 |
| 23 | Colon | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 22 | -22 | 18 |
| 24 | Godoy Cruz | 23 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 22 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -24 | 18 |