River Plate have traveled here for an interesting Copa Sudamericana fight against Melgar. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for River Plate, who are travelling more than 3200 kilometers to play this game.
It's no vacation for neither Melgar nor River Plate 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.
Melgar form and stats
Melgar participated in Copa Sudamericana the last season, where they reached the group stage.As mentioned below, Melgar are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Primera Division games.
Melgar are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Universidad San Martin. The penalty miss from Iberico in the defeat against Universidad San Martin was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen. Defender Orzan got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.43/10. Orzan won 6 of 6 duels.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Melgar matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, two draws and two defeats (from five games).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Primera Division game versus Cesar Vallejo in only four days. This game is also played here at Estadio de la Universidad Nacional San Agustín.
A decent goal production from Melgar in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches.
River Plate form and stats
They also participated in Copa Sudamericana last season. This ended in the 8th finals.Things could have gone better for River Plate in their Primera Division away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Impressive finishing from Chopitea, Aja and Sosa (2) secured the home win 4-1 against Albion in their previous game.
aweayteam Hara magic won.
River Plate have another game that requires travelling in just four days, a Primera Division fixture vs Nacional. A strenuous diary for the guests!
River Plate have the goal stats of 3-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Cuesta 3 goals |  T. Borbas 3 goals |
Melgar missing players
River Plate missing players
| Melgar | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Scored | S | 9 | 39 | ||
| 24 | 5 | Conceded | C | 12 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 6.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 3.2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 12.4 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 29% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 34% | ||
| 8.8 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cuiabá | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Racing Club | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | River Plate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Melgar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Deportivo Municipal | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 2 | Deportivo Binacional | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | Cienciano | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| 4 | Sport Huancayo | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Universitario | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | Alianza Atletico | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Cesar Vallejo | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | ADT | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Melgar | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 10 | Sporting Cristal | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Atletico Grau | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Ayacucho | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| 13 | Alianza Lima | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 14 | UTC Cajamarca | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Carlos Manucci | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Universidad San Martin | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | -13 | 6 |
| 17 | Carlos Stein | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 5 |
| 18 | Sport Boys | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 5 |
| 19 | Academia Cantolao | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -13 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Deportivo Maldonado | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | River Plate | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Boston River | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Wanderers | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Fenix | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Nacional | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 8 | Danubio | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Penarol | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Rentistas | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 10 |
| 11 | Torque | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | Defensor Sporting | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 9 |
| 13 | Plaza Colonia | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 14 | Albion | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 6 |
| 15 | Cerro Largo | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 6 |
| 16 | Cerrito | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 3 |
