A very important match in Superliga as both contenders are challenging for the top positions. With Rosario Central in 6th position and River Plate placed 1st, this is almost guaranteed to be a thriling duel. Read on to find out more!
- Rosario Central have the most points from losing position (11) in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals (45) in Superliga
The visiting River Plate played their last game only three days ago, a Copa Argentina match.
Rosario Central form and stats
Rosario Central have performed here at Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre this season with 9 wins from 13 Superliga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 0.
The home team returns to Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre after drawing with Racing Club (placed 14th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Central Cordoba SdE in a game that was won 2-0.Trench warfare? In this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).
A decent goal production from Rosario Central in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 13 league matches. From these home matches, Rosario Central have conceded only 8 goals.
River Plate form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Copa Argentina home defeat versus Talleres Córdoba with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Estudiantes.River are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 21 times in 13 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rosario Central two wins, three draws and River Plate five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Beltrán 11 goals |   A. Véliz 9 goals | V. Malcorra 5 goals |
Rosario Central missing players
River Plate missing players
| Rosario Central | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 10 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 33 | 24 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 21 | 45 |
| 26 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 16 |
| 84% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 92% | 96% |
| 68% | 69% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 77% | 76% |
| 44% | 46% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 46% | 52% |
| 32% | 31% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 16% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 48% | 54% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 46% | 44% |
| 40% | 46% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 54% | 56% |
| 28% | 8% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 8% | 4% |
| 4 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| 5.4 | 4.5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 5.2 | 4.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 13.2 | 15.4 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 14.4 | 15.7 |
| 4.9 | 5.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| 27% | 32% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | 32% |
| 14.4 | 12.9 | 15.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.6 | 9.8 |
| 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
- River Plate have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- River Plate have the fewest matches under the total-line (12) in Superliga
- River Plate have the most clean sheets (7) away in Superliga
- River Plate have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals (45) in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Superliga
- River Plate have the the best goal difference (+29) in Superliga
- Rosario Central have not yet lost a game at home.
- Rosario Central have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rosario Central have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Rosario Central have the most points from losing position (11) 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 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 29 | 57 |
| 2 | Talleres Córdoba | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 19 | 48 |
| 3 | San Lorenzo | 25 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 46 |
| 4 | Lanus | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 42 |
| 5 | Defensa y Justicia | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 41 |
| 6 | Rosario Central | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 40 |
| 7 | Estudiantes | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 39 |
| 8 | Boca Juniors | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 38 |
| 9 | Godoy Cruz | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 38 |
| 10 | Argentinos Juniors | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 37 |
| 11 | Belgrano | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 35 |
| 12 | Newell's Old Boys | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 34 |
| 13 | Barracas Central | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -3 | 34 |
| 14 | Racing Club | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 33 |
| 15 | Platense | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -2 | 33 |
| 16 | Atletico Tucuman | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 31 |
| 17 | Sarmiento | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 29 |
| 18 | Central Cordoba SdE | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 29 |
| 19 | Instituto | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -10 | 29 |
| 20 | Independiente | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 28 |
| 21 | Tigre | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 28 |
| 22 | Gimnasia La Plata | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -14 | 28 |
| 23 | Velez Sarsfield | 25 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 26 |
| 24 | Union Santa Fe | 25 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 26 |
| 25 | Banfield | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -13 | 26 |
| 26 | Colón | 25 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 25 |
| 27 | Huracan | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 16 | -13 | 19 |
| 28 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 25 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 17 | -18 | 18 |
