Another engrossing fixture in the Superliga. River Plate is in the 12th place after playing two fixtures. They receive Argentinos Juniors who are placed 17th after two matches.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
River Plate and Argentinos Juniors should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
River Plate form and stats
In their previous game, the manager Demichelis led his River Plate to a defeat away at Belgrano. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti. Midfielder Fernández was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.34 (out of ten) in that game. Fernández scored one goal and hit two key passes.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Central Cordoba SdE with a 2-0 scoreline.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier River Plate matches with similar probabilities have ended with 5 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats (from 8 games).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Copa Argentina game versus Racing Cordoba in only two days. This game is also played here at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti.
Argentinos Juniors form and stats
As the visiting team in Superliga matches, Argentinos Juniors have produced an overall stat of 0-0-1 so far.
The club members enjoyed Argentinos Juniors's previous game versus Racing Club (placed 21st), a 1-0 win played at home. Cabral got a match rating of 8.33 in that game, top player of the team. Cabral scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
A 0-1 defeat away at Rosario Central before that.After this away game Argentinos return home for a Copa Argentina game against Deportivo Armenio. That game is only two sleeps after this.
{0 goals} so far away for Argentinos Juniors, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
River Plate have been victorious in all of the 4 latest duels against this team. Can they do it again?Top Goalscorers
  I. Fernández 2 goals |  P. Solari 1 goals |  R. Cabral 1 goals |
River Plate missing players
Argentinos Juniors missing players
| River Plate | Argentinos Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 3.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 9 | 7 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 3 |
