In a weekend match in week 17, on Saturday Sep 3rd, Independiente and Gimnasia La Plata will play a match in La Plata in a meeting of these two Superliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Gimnasia La Plata sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Sarmiento. Sarmiento had 11 on net, and Gimnasia La Plata had 10, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Gimnasia La Plata is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 25th placed Independiente, recorded a 1-1 draw against Vélez Sarsfield. Sonora scored the first goal for Independiente in the 12th minute, then Lucas Pratto tied it up for Vélez Sarsfield in the 90th minute on a feed from Walter Bou squeezing out at least the one point for Vélez Sarsfield. Independiente looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Independiente won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Leandro Benegas and Leandro Fernández are the top scorers for Independiente in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Gimnasia La Plata’s most prolific scorer has been Leonardo Morales. He has netted two goals over the last five matches.