Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Independiente & Atlético Tucumán face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Sudamericana. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Atlético Tucumán, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.
Independiente form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Copa Sudamericana for Independiente, as the manager L. Pusineri led his troops to eliminate Fortaleza, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season, Independiente's Copa Sudamericana journey ended in the quarter-finals.5-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Superliga numbers at home for Independiente so far this season.
The Independiente supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Central Cordoba SdE in Superliga and win 3-0. A Superliga defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Huracan.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Independiente as they are travelling to their away game against Central Cordoba SdE in the Superliga. That match is three days after this one.
Independiente have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Libertadores de América with 21 goals in 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Independiente have conceded 14 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Atlético Tucumán form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Atlético, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Unión Santa Fe game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. Atlético has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
There were no winners in Atlético's previous match, a Superliga home game that ended 1-1 vs River Plate. A 0-1 defeat away at Gimnasia La Plata before that.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Atlético manager R. Zielinski as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Racing Club.
The attacking power of Atlético Tucumán when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Atlético have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Independiente won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Atlético Tucumán has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / fiveIndependiente missing players
Atlético Tucumán missing players
| Independiente | Atlético Tucumán | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 28 | 20 | Scored | S | 8 | 26 | ||
| 26 | 16 | Conceded | C | 11 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 52% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 36% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | ||
| 240 | 153 | Total Shots | T S | 105 | 248 | ||
| 108 | 70 | Shots on Target | S O | 31 | 78 | ||
| 23% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 33% | ||
| 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 | Vélez 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 | Atlético Tucumán | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 29 |
| 16 | Unión 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 |