We are looking at a noteworthy difference in form between these teams based on table positions so far, with River Plate in front of Colón by 26 points.
- River Plate have the most scored goals (40) in Superliga
- River Plate have scored more than double the goals of Colón.
It's no vacation for neither River Plate nor Colón as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
River Plate form and stats
Home games in the Superliga have been a walk in the park for River Plate so far, with 27 points won from 10 matches; 9 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. Ever since the Arsenal de Sarandi game River has been unbeatable here at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti producing eight straight wins.
River Plate lost their last game at Barracas Central (placed 16th) after a 1-2 scoreline. The first loss after collecting points through five league rounds. The forward Borja bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.31 out of 10. Borja scored one goal.
A win at home before that, as anticipated. The team were huge favourites against The Strongest and won 2-0. 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 12 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 10, drew 1 and lost 1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for River as they are travelling to their away game against San Lorenzo in the Superliga. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from River Plate in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 10 league matches. River Plate have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Colón form and stats
Colón have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 1-6-3 (10 played). Two points from the last two away games for Colón, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
The manager Gorosito was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López. Colón suffered a 0-4 loss to Racing Club (placed 13th). That loss was their first after five consecutive league rounds winning points. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Racing Club was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Vega got a match rating of 7.13 in that game, top player of the team. Vega dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 24 successful passes (of 26 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Rosario Central.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Colón as they have only managed to score 6 times from 10 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Colón as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's three River victories, three draws and three Colón wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Beltrán 9 goals |   R. Ábila 6 goals |  M. Borja Hernández 5 goals |
River Plate missing players
Colón missing players
| River Plate | Colón | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 40 | 19 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| 15 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 70% | 82% |
| 77% | 70% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 68% |
| 55% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 32% |
| 14% | 10% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 18% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | 50% |
| 55% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 30% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 60% | 41% |
| 5.9 | 6.1 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
| 3.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 15.9 | 17.5 | 21.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 8.9 | 11 |
| 5.8 | 6 | 8.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 31% | 32% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 19% | 23% |
| 9.5 | 8 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.2 | 15.2 | 14 |
| 2.8 | 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4 | 4.3 |
- Colón have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- River Plate have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- River Plate have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- River Plate have scored in all their matches so far.
- River Plate have scored more than double the goals of Colón.
- River Plate have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals (40) in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Superliga
- River Plate have the the best goal difference (+25) in Superliga
- River Plate have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- River Plate haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- River Plate is in the best form (4-1-1) in Superliga
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | River Plate | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 25 | 50 |
| 2 | Talleres Córdoba | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 17 | 41 |
| 3 | San Lorenzo | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 41 |
| 4 | Lanus | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 40 |
| 5 | Estudiantes | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 37 |
| 6 | Defensa y Justicia | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 36 |
| 7 | Rosario Central | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 35 |
| 8 | Belgrano | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 34 |
| 9 | Godoy Cruz | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 33 |
| 10 | Argentinos Juniors | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 32 |
| 11 | Boca Juniors | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 31 |
| 12 | Newell's Old Boys | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 30 |
| 13 | Racing Club | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 30 |
| 14 | Platense | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 29 |
| 15 | Sarmiento | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 28 |
| 16 | Barracas Central | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 27 |
| 17 | Gimnasia La Plata | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -10 | 27 |
| 18 | Central Cordoba SdE | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 26 |
| 19 | Tigre | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 25 |
| 20 | Instituto | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 25 |
| 21 | Velez Sarsfield | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 22 | Independiente | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -5 | 24 |
| 23 | Colón | 22 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 24 |
| 24 | Atletico Tucuman | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 24 |
| 25 | Unión Santa Fe | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 23 |
| 26 | Banfield | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -14 | 21 |
| 27 | Huracan | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 19 |
| 28 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 17 | -15 | 17 |
