Independiente vs Boca Juniors Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Independiente

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Independiente will be wanting a better result here after the 1-0 Superliga defeat last time out to Central Córdoba.

Cristian Vega (60') scored for Central Córdoba.

Their most recent results really do illustrate the point that quality has been evident in the Independiente rearguard. Independiente have kept it tight, with the number of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their previous six matches standing at 4.

Their past results show that Independiente:

• have not emerged victorious against Boca Juniors in their last 2 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 4 league matches at home.

Boca Juniors

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Boca Juniors will go into the game following a 2-0 Superliga win against Sarmiento in their most recent game.

In that match, Boca Juniors had 54% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 10 of them on target. For Boca Juniors, the scorers were Luis Vázquez (25') and Frank Fabra (46'). At the other end, Sarmiento got 8 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

A succession of dependable displays from the Boca Juniors defensive unit has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their last 6 clashes in total. During the same period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 10. Still, we will just have to wait and see if the trend will continue on in this next game.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their prior head to head meetings going back to 04/06/2017 shows that Independiente have won 1 of them and Boca Juniors 3, with the tally of draws being 2.

In all, 10 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 3 for El Diablo Rojo and 7 being from Los Xeneizes. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.67.

🗞️ Team News: Independiente

The Independiente manager Julio Falcioni has a full complement, with no fitness concerns at all coming into this game with a completely injury-free group available for selection.

🗞️ Team News: Boca Juniors

Due to a completely injury-free squad ready to go, the Boca Juniors manager Sebastian Battaglia does not have any fitness worries at all ahead of this clash.

🧠 Prediction

Our assessment here is that Independiente could find themselves up against it to get anything against this Boca Juniors outfit who we think will likely get the vital goal that wins it.

That’s why our selection here is for a highly competitive game with a 0-1 winning score for Boca Juniors at the conclusion of the game.

We’ll see what happens.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 11:30 22/11/2021