📏 Form Guide

Independiente

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Independiente will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 1-0 Copa de la Liga Profesional loss in their previous game against Deportivo Riestra.

In that match, Independiente had 74% possession and 10 shots at goal with 1 on target. Deportivo Riestra had 10 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Pedro Ramírez (17') scored for Deportivo Riestra.

It has been all too rare in recent games that Independiente have shown defensive steel. In fact, Independiente have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 6 goals in the process.

Atlético Tucumán

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In the game prior to this, Atlético Tucumán drew 2-2 in the Copa de la Liga Profesional match with Independiente Rivadavia.

In that match, Atlético Tucumán managed 50% possession and 15 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. For Atlético Tucumán, goals were scored by Guillermo Acosta (18') and Renzo Tesuri (33'). On the other side, Independiente Rivadavia had 6 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Luciano Abecasis (71') and Fabrizio Sartori (82') scored for Independiente Rivadavia.

The forward players for Atlético Tucumán have struggled for goals over their last 6 encounters, contributing the poor return of just 3. In those fixtures, El Decano have also seen the collective goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 10. Regardless, it remains to be seen if such a trend shall continue on in this upcoming game or not.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 21/09/2019 tells us that Independiente have won 2 of these & Atlético Tucumán 4, with the number of drawn results being 0.

In all, 9 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 3 of them from El Diablo Rojo and 6 belonging to El Decano. The average goals per game has been 1.5.

The last league encounter featuring these clubs was Copa de la Liga Profesional match day 12 on 05/11/2023 when it ended Atlético Tucumán 1-2 Independiente.

In that game, Atlético Tucumán had 37% possession and 5 shots at goal with 2 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Marcelo Estigarribia (19').

For their opponents, Independiente had 13 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Joaquín Laso (74') and Alexis Canelo (94') scored.

The referee was Andrés Merlos.

📋 Team News: Independiente

Rodrigo Márquez (Fitness) and Matías Giménez (Cruciate ligament tear) are unavailable for Independiente gaffer Carlos Tevez.

📋 Team News: Atlético Tucumán

Atlético Tucumán boss Facundo Sava has multiple availability issues to deal with. Gianluca Ferrari (Broken collarbone) and Lucas Ambrogio (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be making appearances.

🧠 Prediction

We envisage that Independiente will more than likely get a couple of goals in this one against Atlético Tucumán, who will not find it easy finding the net themselves.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a controlled 2-0 win for Independiente at the end of the 90 minutes.

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

Peter Guest, 21:02 31/03/2024