CA Velez Sarsfield vs CA Independiente, Superliga Argentina 2026 CLAUSURA

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Liga Profesional · 2026

CA Velez Sarsfield

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CA Independiente

Mon 3 Aug 2026 · 22:00 UTC Estadio Jose Amalfitani HT 45' · FT 45'

Thiago Aguirre 70' 1–0

Dilan Godoy 42' Y

Y 45' Maximiliano Gutierrez

Gustavo Barros Schelotto 47' Y

Y 53' Santiago Gabriel Montiel

Matias Pellegrini 72' Y

Simon Escobar 85' Y

Overview

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CA Velez Sarsfield vs CA Independiente — Superliga Argentina at Estadio Jose Amalfitani.

CA Velez Sarsfield 27 games · 51 pts (2026/26)
CA Independiente 27 games · 40 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Leandro Rey Hilfer

17 games this season 🟨 2.4/game ⚽ 4.2 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	CA Velez Sarsfield	27	51
2	CA Talleres	27	48
3	Racing Club	27	46
4	CA Huracan	27	46
5	CA River Plate	27	43
6	CA Boca Juniors	27	42
7	CA Independiente	27	40
8	CA Tucuman	27	40
9	CA Union	27	40
10	CA Platense	27	39
11	CS Independiente Rivadavia	27	38
12	Estudiantes de La Plata	27	36
13	Instituto AC Cordoba	27	36
14	CA Lanus	27	36
15	CD Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba	27	35
16	CA Belgrano	27	35
17	CD Riestra	27	35
18	CA Tigre	27	34
19	Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata	27	32
20	CA Rosario Central	27	32
21	CSyD Defensa y Justicia	27	32
22	CA Central Cordoba	27	31
23	AA Argentinos Juniors	27	30
24	CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	27	29
25	CA Newell's Old Boys	27	28
26	CA Sarmiento de Junin	27	26
27	CA Banfield	27	24
28	CA Barracas Central	27	23

Head-to-Head

CA Velez Sarsfield 8 games · Avg 2.3 goals CA Independiente

Last 5 meetings

2026-08-03 CA Velez Sarsfield 1–0 CA Independiente 2026-01-31 CA Independiente 1–1 CA Velez Sarsfield 2024-05-26 CA Independiente 1–1 CA Velez Sarsfield 2023-02-12 CA Velez Sarsfield 0–0 CA Independiente 2022-08-28 CA Independiente 1–1 CA Velez Sarsfield

Recent Form

CA Velez Sarsfield

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Aug	CA Independiente	H	1–0	W
30 Jul	CA Talleres	A	3–1	W
24 Jul	Instituto AC Cordoba	H	1–0	W
11 May	Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata	H	0–1	L
04 May	CA Newell's Old Boys	H	1–1	D
27 Apr	CA Union	H	2–2	D

CA Independiente

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Aug	CA Velez Sarsfield	A	0–1	L
31 Jul	CA Newell's Old Boys	H	1–0	W
26 Jul	Estudiantes de La Plata	A	2–0	W
10 May	CA Rosario Central	A	1–3	L
02 May	CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	A	2–1	W
24 Apr	CD Riestra	A	0–2	L

Season Stats

CA Velez Sarsfield		CA Independiente
#1	Position	#7
51	Points	40
27	Played	27
14 / 9 / 4	W / D / L	9 / 13 / 5
38	Scored	25
16	Conceded	17
+22	GD	+8
1.89	PPG	1.48
52%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)

25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

38% Clean Sheets
CA Velez Sarsfield this season

31% Clean Sheets
CA Independiente this season

CA Velez Sarsfield are 1st (51 pts). CA Independiente are 7th (40 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

CA Velez Sarsfield

0-15

6/2

16-30

1/2

31-45

4/3

46-60

1/2

61-75

2/1

76+

4/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

CA Independiente

0-15

3/2

16-30

2/–

31-45

3/3

46-60

3/4

61-75

–/3

76+

5/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

CA Velez Sarsfield

Ronaldo Martinez	6 G	1 A
Manuel Lanzini	6 G
Florian Monzon	6 G
Matias Pellegrini	3 G	2 A

CA Independiente

Gabriel Avalos	11 G	5 A
Matias Abaldo	5 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Estadio Jose Amalfitani. CA Velez Sarsfield are looking to make home advantage count against CA Independiente.
5' A quiet spell here at Estadio Jose Amalfitani. CA Independiente seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
10' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. CA Independiente needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
20' It’s high time Gustavo Quinteros made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
25' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with CA Velez Sarsfield winning 50% of all matches.
27' Santiago Arias has so much to prove this time. He replaces Leonardo Godoy on 27 minute.
32' CA Velez Sarsfield has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
37' CA Velez Sarsfield is showing some good football. However, CA Velez Sarsfield are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
42' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Dilan Godoy on 42 minutes.
45' Maximiliano Gutierrez is having his name booked by the referee on 45.
46' The CA Velez Sarsfield manager makes a substitution. Lisandro Magallan departs to be replaced by Emanuel Mammana.
47' A moment of madness from Gustavo Barros Schelotto on 47 minutes earns him a card. CA Velez Sarsfield will be frustrated.
52' CA Independiente fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
53' That looks like a foul for a card for Santiago Gabriel Montiel.
57' Simon Escobar is replacing Manuel Lanzini for the CA Velez Sarsfield side.
62' Gabriel Avalos has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 4 goals this season.
67' With 0 assists to his name this season, Facundo Valdez is clearly more than just a goal scorer for CA Independiente.
70' The deadlock is broken! Thiago Aguirre gets on the scoresheet on 70 minutes.
72' That looks like a foul for a card for Matias Pellegrini.
76' It is a substitution in CA Independiente team. Mateo Perez Curci is replaced by Maximiliano Meza on 76 minute.
81' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
85' That is a card for CA Velez Sarsfield. Simon Escobar will be fuming at that decision.
86' CA Velez Sarsfield manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Luca Feler is hanging Matias Pellegrini on the field on 86 minute.
88' The CA Velez Sarsfield manager makes a substitution. Lucas Robertone departs to be replaced by Claudio Baeza.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for CA Velez Sarsfield players.

Lineups

CA Velez Sarsfield Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gustavo Barros Schelotto

CA Independiente Lineups

Starting XI

33
Rodrigo Rey
29
Leonardo Godoy ↓ Santiago Arias 27'
9
Gabriel Avalos
23
Ivan Marcone
26
Kevin Lomonaco
7
Santiago Gabriel Montiel
22
Facundo Zabala
28
Maximiliano Gutierrez ↓ Lautaro Millan 76'
19
Matias Abaldo ↓ Facundo Valdez 46'
13
Juan Fedorco
16
Mateo Perez Curci ↓ Maximiliano Meza 76'

Bench

Coach Gustavo Quinteros

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Silvio Romero	3
Thiago Almada	2
Lucas Pratto	1
Alan Sonora	1
Leandro Fernandez	1
Thiago Aguirre	1
Pablo Perez	1
Claudio Aquino	1

Head to Head

CA Velez Sarsfield Form

2026-08-03 CA Velez Sarsfield 1–0 CA Independiente W 2026-07-30 CA Talleres 1–3 CA Velez Sarsfield W 2026-07-24 CA Velez Sarsfield 1–0 Instituto AC Cordoba W 2026-05-11 CA Velez Sarsfield 0–1 Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata L 2026-05-04 CA Velez Sarsfield 1–1 CA Newell's Old Boys D 2026-04-27 CA Velez Sarsfield 2–2 CA Union D

CA Independiente Form

2026-08-03 CA Velez Sarsfield 1–0 CA Independiente L 2026-07-31 CA Independiente 1–0 CA Newell's Old Boys W 2026-07-26 Estudiantes de La Plata 0–2 CA Independiente W 2026-05-10 CA Rosario Central 3–1 CA Independiente L 2026-05-02 CA San Lorenzo de Almagro 1–2 CA Independiente W 2026-04-24 CD Riestra 2–0 CA Independiente L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.02 CA Velez Sarsfield xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.63 CA Independiente xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 77% + Under — clean sheet likely 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct

CA Velez Sarsfield46% Draw33% CA Independiente21%

Actual: CA Velez Sarsfield win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes32% 0% No68%

Avg goals/match: 1.65

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	78%	22%
± 1.5	50%	50%
± 2.5	23%	77%
± 3.5	9%	91%
± 4.5	3%	97%

Double Chance

CA Velez Sarsfield or Draw

79%

Draw or CA Independiente

54%

CA Velez Sarsfield or CA Independiente

67%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

CA Velez Sarsfield27% Draw59% CA Independiente14%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

21.7%

1 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

13.3%

0 – 1

10.6%

2 – 0

9.4%

2 – 1

6.3%

1 – 2

3.8%

0 – 2

3.5%

3 – 0

3.2%

3 – 1

2.2%

2 – 2

2.1%

4 – 0

0.8%

Asian Handicap — CA Velez Sarsfield

Handicap	CA Velez Sarsfield covers	Push	CA Independiente covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	12%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	25%	58%
-0.5	42%	—	58%
+0.5	80%	—	20%
+1	80%	15%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

CA Velez Sarsfield keeps clean sheet

54% ✓

CA Independiente keeps clean sheet

37% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.