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Independiente and River Plate play in the Estadio Libertadores de América, in a duel of the 12th round of the Argentine Championship. The record of recent direct clashes favors the visiting team, which in the last 5 matches has won 4 and lost 1. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 01-03-2016, ended with River Plate’s victory by (1-0 ). Special attention is required for the home / off condition, since both teams present significantly different results in their home and away games.
Independiente
After 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses, the home team is in 15th place, having won 16 points. In the last match, they lost with Racing away by (3-0), after in the previous game to have lost at home, in a game against San Lorenzo, by (1-2). This is a team that curiously shows more positive results than at home, since in the last 30 matches it has 7 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats as a visitor, with 17 goals scored and 9 conceded, against 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 Defeats at home, with 16 goals scored and 11 conceded. In the last 5 home games for the championship, Independiente has recorded 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats, having won 5 points out of 15.
In this competition, you have not won any of the last 4 games in your stadium. In 11 games in this competition, suffered the first goal 5 times and never managed to turn the score. In the last 17 home games in all competitions there are 2 highlights: he scored 8 of his 17 goals in minutes (76′-90 ‘); Suffered 5 of his 13 goals in the minutes (46’-60 ‘).
The Independiente has been doing a medium-size Argentine Championship and is in the middle of the qualifying table with 48% of the points played so far. The team scored 8 goals, being the eighth worst attack of the competition, and conceded 9 goals, with the eighth defense being the least leaked among the 30 national teams, and these figures demonstrate the great imbalance between the offensive and defensive sectors. Attack to score more goals, since the defense has been carried out in a solid and efficient way. Playing at home, as the match that will do this Sunday, Independiente has 33% and averages of 0.80 goals scored 1 goal conceded per game, which shows that in their stadiums the placars are usually low. Overall, the team tends to score more often in the second half, as 6 of the 8 goals came in the second stage, especially between the 75 and 90 minutes where there were 4 goals.
River Plate
After 5 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses, the visiting team is in 6th place, having won 19 points. In the last match, he beat Huracán at home (1-0), after losing to Newell s Old Boys (1-0) in the previous match. This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when played with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games has recorded 2 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses as a visitor, with a total of 14 goals scored and 23 conceded. Already inside the home, he won 12 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, with a total of 27 goals scored and 8 conceded. In the last game he played for the Copa Argentina, he won the Gimnasia y Esgrima at home for (2-0). In the last 5 away games for the championship, River Plate has recorded 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats, having won 5 points out of 15.
For this competition, you have not won any of the last 4 games outside of your stadium. His attack has marked regularly, since he has managed to achieve in 9 of the last 10 games in this competition. This is a team that scores often first: it opened the scoring in 9 of its last 11 games for the Argentine Championship, of these 9 reached the interval in advantage in 5 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘in 5.
River Plate has been campaigning lower than expected, although they appear at the top of the qualifying table with 57% of the points played, it was expected that the team was fighting among the first placed. The team scored 18 goals, being the fifth best attack of the competition, and conceded 11 goals, having the 14th defense less leaked and these figures demonstrate the imbalance between the offensive and defensive sectors, being necessary to adjust defensively to suffer less goals, since That the attack has been in good shape. Playing away from home, as his match on Sunday, River Plate has a 33% advantage and averages of 1.40 goals scored and 1.60 goals conceded per game. Overall, the team tends to score more often in the second half, as 10 of the 18 goals took place in the second stage, especially in the 60-75 minutes with 5 goals.
Prediction: River Plate x2 @ 1.72