This has the potential to be an entertaining fixture as Patronato have their expected home advantage, while River Plate have an edge of 7 points in the Superliga standings.
- River Plate have the most scored goals (37) in Superliga
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Patronato and River Plate.
Patronato form and stats
Patronato have performed here at Estadio Presbítero Bartolomé Grella this season with 7 wins from 12 Superliga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1.
No payout for Patronato in their previous match, an away game at Colon that ended in defeat 0-1. Defender Cobos got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.22/10. Cobos won 7 of 11 duels.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Atletico Tucuman.The manager Sava will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Lanus in only two days.
The Patronato fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 12 matches. Patronato are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Presbítero Bartolomé Grella in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 12 matches.
River Plate form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (37) in Superliga, are W5-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga.
180 minutes! That's how long the River Plate goalkeeper Franco Armani and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The fans enjoyed River's previous game versus Estudiantes (placed 20th), a 5-0 win played at home. As you can tell from the results above, River Plate was very dominant against Estudiantes, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Barco, Suárez, Solari and Borja (2) providing the goals. Midfield player la Cruz was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.3/10. Cruz signed up for three assists, hit three key passes and had 59 successful passes (of 67 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Argentinos Juniors with the score of 3-0.Take note: 8 of the latest 10 league fixtures featuring this club have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Platense in just two days.
The travelling fans enjoy River Plate's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 12 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
River Plate have avoided defeat in the last 4 games (3-1-0) versus Patronato.Patronato and River Plate have faced each other before this season: River Plate - Patronato 4-1. Alvarez likes to play against Patronato and have scored 7 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Álvarez 11 goals |  E. Fernández 8 goals |  M. Borja Hernández 6 goals |
Patronato missing players
River Plate missing players
| Patronato | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 37 | 19 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 19 | 38 |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | 20 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 18 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 36 | 19 | 8 | Scored | S | 14 | 32 | 69 |
| 49 | 19 | 11 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 32 |
| 86% | 79% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 89% | 92% |
| 51% | 42% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 43% | 53% | 66% |
| 46% | 37% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 42% | 53% |
| 27% | 21% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 21% | 26% |
| 14% | 16% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | 18% |
| 43% | 32% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 14% | 32% | 42% |
| 24% | 42% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 86% | 47% | 39% |
| 46% | 47% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 32% | 26% |
| 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.7 | 6.1 |
| 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12.7 | 13 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 12.7 | 14.4 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 22% | 20% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 38% | 36% |
| 12.1 | 11 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.1 | 9.6 | 9 |
| 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
- River Plate have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- River Plate have the most scored goals (18) away in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals (37) in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals in the first half (30) in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals in the second half (39) in Superliga
- River Plate have the the best goal difference (+19) in Superliga
- River Plate have the the best goal difference (+9) away in Superliga
- River Plate have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Tucuman | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 44 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 42 |
| 3 | Racing Club | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 41 |
| 4 | River Plate | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 38 |
| 5 | Huracan | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 37 |
| 6 | Gimnasia La Plata | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 37 |
| 7 | Tigre | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 34 |
| 8 | Godoy Cruz | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 34 |
| 9 | Argentinos Juniors | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 33 |
| 10 | Newell's Old Boys | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 33 |
| 11 | San Lorenzo | 23 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 31 |
| 12 | Central Cordoba SdE | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 13 | Patronato | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 31 |
| 14 | Platense | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 31 |
| 15 | Independiente | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 30 |
| 16 | Sarmiento | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 30 |
| 17 | Defensa y Justicia | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 30 |
| 18 | Barracas Central | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -7 | 28 |
| 19 | Union Santa Fe | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -5 | 27 |
| 20 | Estudiantes | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -10 | 27 |
| 21 | Banfield | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -4 | 26 |
| 22 | Rosario Central | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 26 |
| 23 | Talleres Cordoba | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 24 | Colon | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 25 |
| 25 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 23 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 24 |
| 26 | Lanus | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -10 | 20 |
| 27 | Velez Sarsfield | 22 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -7 | 19 |
| 28 | Aldosivi | 23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 23 | -25 | 16 |
