River Plate host the first leg in this deciding Copa Libertadores Round of 16 game. Internacional will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Estádio José Pinheiro Borda before the return leg in 9 days.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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 River Plate and Internacional.
River Plate form and stats
Last season, River Plate's Copa Libertadores journey ended in the round of 16 against Velez Sarsfield.A nice win for River last time playing, versus Racing Club. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Díaz and Beltrán scoring for the victors. The forward Beltrán won the honour of being "man of the match" for River Plate with the rating of 7.82/10. Beltrán scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Rosario Central that finished 3-3.There will be little rest for River Plate after this match as they are travelling to Boca Juniors for a Trofeo de Campeones game in only four days.
Internacional form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Internacional so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Cuiaba with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Bustos, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.84. Bustos scored one goal, hit four key passes and won 4 of 7 duels.
Before that, Internacional travelled to Bragantino and returned home with a draw after the Serie A game finished 0-0.A new game in only four days for Internacional, the Serie A home match versus Corinthians. Busy days.
The attacking power of Internacional when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Internacional have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - two - zero (River Plate wins - draws - Internacional wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Beltrán 12 goals |  E. Barco 5 goals |  M. Borja Hernández 5 goals |
River Plate missing players
Internacional missing players
| River Plate | Internacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 12 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 46 | 27 | Scored | S | 10 | 27 | ||
| 27 | 7 | Conceded | C | 18 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 56% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 6 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 4 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 16.7 | 18.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 12.9 | ||
| 6 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 31% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 23% | ||
| 10.3 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.1 | 12.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4 | ||
