Week 24 features a match on Sun Oct 9th, where Tigre will host Independiente at Estadio José Dellagiovanna in a meeting of these two Superliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which is great football weather. 7th placed Tigre is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Sarmiento. Javier Toledo struck first for Sarmiento in the 16th minute on a feed from Sergio Alejandro Quiroga Gabutti, but Blas Armoa Núñez got the equalizer for Tigre in the 40th minute . Tigre should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while independiente sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Arsenal de Sarandi. Javier Nicolas Vallejo scored the first goal for Independiente in the 3rd minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Arsenal de Sarandi was frustrated by Independiente’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Independiente ended the match with the shutout victory. Independiente should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 9th of April, Independiente and Tigre battled to a 1-1 draw. Leandro Benegas scored the first goal for Independiente in the 35th minute from the penalty spot, then Mateo Retegui tied it up for Tigre in the 6th minute of the second half’s stoppage time from the penalty spot squeezing out at least the one point for Tigre.
Independiente’s most prolific scorer has been Leandro Fernández. The Argentinian attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Blas Armoa Núñez has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored 5 goals for Tigre.