Barracas Central vs Independiente Prediction: Independiente looking to maintain their invincibility away

In the upcoming fixture of Argentina Primera División, Barracas Central will face Independiente at the Estadio Claudio Fabian Tapia in Barracas Central. The home side arrives here after a loss (1-0) away against Newell’s Old Boys, while the visitors come after another draw (2-2) against Instituto.

Continue reading to find out more about the competing sides and their overall statistics in terms of goals scored and conceded.

Barracas Central arrives at this matchup after a loss (1-0) against Newell's Old Boys away. Newell's Old Boys took an early lead on a corner kick. They dominated the whole of the game and had numerous scoring opportunities. Thanks to Barracas Central goalie Desabato, who made numerous outstanding saves, the outcome did not worsen. In the latter period of the second half, Barracas Central regained control of the game, but they were only able to create one scoring opportunity, which they failed to take advantage of. Barracas is expecting a better performance against Independiente. At home, Barracas Central is becoming a strong team. They have now drawn with Union Santa Fe and defeated Gimnasia La Plata, making 4 of their 7 points at home after losing their first game. Barracas Central will want to gain the three points and go back to winning ways by capitalizing on the home advantage.

Independiente enters this game after their second straight draw. Against Instituto, they conceded a great turnaround. After having a 2-0 advantage, they allowed them to draw. Independiente started the game really well, scoring in the 2 chances they had. On the conversion of a corner kick, Instituto reduced the home advantage to 2-1 and maintained their offensive pressing. Then, on the conversion of another corner kick, Independiente allowed Instituto to draw 2-2. Near the end of the game, Instituto still sent a ball to the post, but the result remained unchanged. Despite this bad game, Independiente comes to this match as one of the few unbeatable teams in away games. With 1 victory and 2 draws, Independiente has made 5 of their 6 points at away games. Independiente will fight once again to maintain their invincibility and snatch at least one point.

There are just 2 recent matchups between those 2 teams, with a 2-2 draw, and a victory by Independiente. In all of these matches, goals were scored.

Barracas Central is a quite unpredictable team, yet at home they tend to show themselves as a good team. But Independiente got their best results in away games. It is quite hard to predict a winner, but both teams are expected to score in this matchup.