📏 Form Guide

Boca Juniors

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Boca Juniors will play in this fixture after a 0-0 Torneo Apertura tied result versus Lanús.

In that game, Boca Juniors managed 55% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. On the other side, Lanus got 16 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Boca Juniors won the match 4-2 in a dramatic penalty shootout.

Their more recent scorelines shine a light on the fact that quality has been evident in the Boca Juniors rearguard. Boca Juniors have kept it tight, seeing the number of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their last 6 outings standing at 4.

Independiente

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Independiente go into this match after a 1-0 Copa Sudamericana win vs Guaraní in their previous outing.

Independiente have seen their goal attempts be successful 7 times throughout their latest 6 matches. The aggregate of goals that have been scored against them during the equivalent period adds up to 6.

↔️ Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings dating back to 29/03/2021, there has been little between the sides with Boca Juniors winning 1 of those games, Independiente 1 and 4 being draws in regulation time.

In all, 13 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 from Los Xeneizes and 6 coming from El Diablo Rojo. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.

The previous league match featuring these clubs was Primera División match day 27 on 14/12/2024 when it finished Boca Juniors 0-0 Independiente.

In that game, Boca Juniors had 50% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

Independiente got 14 attempts on goal with 5 on target.

The referee was Nazareno Arasa.

📰 Team News: Boca Juniors

The Boca Juniors manager has a full complement, with no fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this match owing to a completely injury-free squad available to select from.

We are thinking that Los Xeneizes look set to use a 4-1-2-1-2 formation for the game and select Agustín Marchesín, Lucas Blondel, Rodrigo Battaglia, Marcos Rojo, Lautaro Blanco, Milton Delgado, Tomás Belmonte, Kevin Zenon, Carlos Palacios, Miguel Merentiel and Milton Giménez.

🗞️ Team News: Independiente

Owing to a completely healthy group available to choose from, the Independiente manager has zero fitness worries to speak of ahead of this game.

We reckon that El Diablo Rojo appear most likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup, settling for Rodrigo Rey, Federico Vera, Kevin Lomonaco, Sebastián Valdéz, Alvaro Angulo, Rodrigo Fernández, Felipe Loyola, Santiago Montiel, Luciano Cabral, Diego Tarzia and M. Giménez Rojas.

✨ Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Independiente certainly have the ability to breach the defence of this Boca Juniors team, although that probably shouldn’t be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re going for a close game with a 2-1 advantage for Boca Juniors by the conclusion of the game. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

Lucas Pereira, 00:00 20/05/2025