Let's look at this appealing fixture in the Superliga. River Plate is in the 3rd spot from featuring in four games. They welcome Arsenal de Sarandi who are placed 28th from four fixtures.
- Arsenal de Sarandi have the the worst goal difference (-5) in Superliga
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
River Plate form and stats
1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what River Plate have to build on here at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in the Superliga.
A good away victory last time out for River Plate, who won 1-0 against Tigre (placed 14th). Pírez was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.42 out of 10. The defender Pírez scored one goal and won 7 of 9 duels.
Ahead of that match, River won a home game hosting Argentinos Juniors (2-1).River Plate are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 10 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 8, drew 1 and lost 1.
Early season league goal statistics from River Plate's 1 home game: {2 goals}, 1 conceded.
Arsenal de Sarandi form and stats
It's not happening yet for Arsenal de Sarandi on their Superliga travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different?
Arsenal de Sarandi might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Racing Club proved too strong as Arsenal slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona. Arsenal de Sarandi lost heavily in their last match (against Racing Club as mentioned above) and the damage happened in the first half. Something did not go right in the pre-game preparations. Arsenal de Sarandi goalkeeper Medina was glad for a brilliant shift versus Racing Club, but in spite of managing six saves the loss could not be avoided. Attacker Guzmán got a player rating of 7.32 in the game. "Man of the match" Guzmán hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times.
Prior to that match, the Arsenal de Sarandi manager Marcogiuseppe faced defeat when travelling to Rosario Central and losing 1-2.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Arsenal played away with similar odds. This revealed 4 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 3 times.
It's early days yet, but Arsenal de Sarandi has scored 1 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
River Plate have pulled off a sequence of 9 consecutive matches without losing (4-5-0) when playing Arsenal de Sarandi.Top Goalscorers
  I. Fernández 2 goals |  E. Barco 1 goals |  L. González Pírez 1 goals |
River Plate missing players
Arsenal de Sarandi missing players
| River Plate | Arsenal de Sarandi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 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% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| 2.2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 15.8 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.5 | 9.5 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 30% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 17% | 17% |
| 11.2 | 14 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 27 | 19.5 | 19 |
| 3.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 6 | 7.2 |
- Arsenal de Sarandi have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Superliga
- Arsenal de Sarandi have the the worst goal difference (-5) in Superliga
