Independiente will visit Estadio Presbítero Bartolomé Grella on Monday for the Superliga clash with home side Patronato.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Patronato v Independiente, scroll down - plus the latest betting odds.
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Form Guide
Patronato
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Patronato will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 3-1 Superliga defeat in their last game at the hands of Sarmiento.
In that match, Patronato had 54% possession and 8 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For Patronato, goals were scored by Diego García (42') and Raúl Lozano (52' Own goal). For their opponents, Sarmiento had 23 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Franco Quinteros (26') and Javier Toledo (90') scored for Sarmiento.
Patronato have struggled with their forward play in recent times. Their goals record equals just 3 against opponents over their last six outings. In those games, Patronato have also seen the number of goals scored against them come to 13.
Coming into this fixture, Patronato are undefeated in their last 3 home league matches.
Independiente
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Independiente head into the encounter following on from a 2-1 Superliga win over Estudiantes de La Plata in their previous match.
In that game, Independiente had 47% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For Independiente, goals were scored by Leandro Benegas (52') and Leandro Fernández (57'). Estudiantes de La Plata had 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Leonardo Godoy (81') scored for Estudiantes de La Plata.
During their 6 previous matches, Eduardo Domínguez's Independiente have turned their attacks into goals a total of 9 times - yielding them a goals per game average of 1.5.
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Head to head
Looking at their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 09/04/2017 shows that Patronato have won 1 of these and Independiente 4, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.
A total of 14 goals were produced between them in these games, with 3 for El Patrón and 11 coming from El Diablo Rojo. The average goals per game has been 2.33.
The previous league contest featuring the two was Superliga match day 3 on 28/07/2021 and the score finished Independiente 2-0 Patronato.
In that match, Independiente had 62% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The scorers were Andrés Roa (53') and Silvio Romero (70').
On the other side, Patronato had 14 shots on goal with 3 on target.
The referee was Yael Falcón Pérez.
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Team News: Patronato
The Patronato boss Facundo Sava has no fitness concerns at all before this game owing to a completely healthy squad available for selection.
It looks as if El Patrón look set to go for a 4-4-2 system, utilising Facundo Altamirano, Raúl Lozano, Francisco Álvarez, Carlos Quintana, Facundo Cobos, Nicolas Castro, Tiago Banega, Franco Leys, Sebastián Medina, Axel Rodriguez and Jonathan Herrera.
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Team News: Independiente
With a completely healthy squad to pick from, the Independiente manager Eduardo Domínguez doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this game.
We reckon that El Diablo Rojo appear most likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 lineup, giving starts to Sebastian Sosa, Alex Vigo, Sergio Barreto, J. M. Insaurralde, Lucas Rodriguez, Lucas Romero, Gerónimo Poblete, Leandro Fernandez, Lucas González, Juan Cazares and Leandro Benegas.
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Prediction
We’re inclined to think that Patronato may not find it easy to find the net against this Independiente outfit who we think will get the vital goal that wins it.
We’re therefore anticipating a very even contest with a 0-1 winning margin for Independiente at the end of this game.
A close call.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura,
23:33 22/06/2022
🏟️ Team Focus:
Patronato
Formed: 1914
Stadium: Estadio Presbítero Bartolomé Grella (22,000)
Captain: Carlos Quintana
Chairman: Oscar Lenzi
Manager: Facundo Sava
Competitions: Superliga position 21, Copa de la Liga Profesional (Parent)