A lot at stake in this fixture, with Boca Juniors positioned 5th and River Plate in 4th. Here's news and statistics!
- Boca Juniors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- River Plate have the most scored goals (27) in Superliga
This is a battle between neighbours, usually meaning increased stress and significance.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Boca Juniors form and stats
Boca Juniors are steadily winning Superliga games and points here at Estadio Alberto José Armando. 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 9 games.
A good away victory last time out for Boca Juniors, who won 2-1 against Colon (placed 23rd). Juniors goalkeeper Rossi did an outstanding job against Colon with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. Midfielder Romero was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.54 (out of ten) in that game. Romero hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 7 of 7 times.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Atletico Tucuman.The manager Battaglia will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Lanús in only two days.
A decent goal production from Boca Juniors in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. On the other hand, Boca Juniors have conceded 12 goals.
River Plate form and stats
3 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of River Plate playing as the away team in the Superliga this season.
River go into this game after a win, the home game against Barracas Central that ended 2-0. la Cruz got a match rating of 8.1 in that game, top player of the team. Cruz scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.
Earlier, the Copa Argentina win away at Defensa y Justicia.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Banfield in just two days.
River Plate has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 9 games. River are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
River Plate - Boca Juniors 0-1 was the end result in these squads' latest head to head fixture, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Boca Juniors victories, five draws and three River Plate wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Benedetto 9 goals |  S. Villa Cano 8 goals |  F. Rojo 5 goals |
Boca Juniors missing players
River Plate missing players
| Boca Juniors | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 19 | 5 | Played | P | 1 | 16 | 32 |
| 18 | 10 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 47 | 30 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 28 | 59 |
| 33 | 19 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 28 |
| 88% | 89% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 91% |
| 71% | 79% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 56% | 69% |
| 50% | 53% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 53% |
| 15% | 16% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 28% |
| 3% | 5% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 19% | 19% |
| 50% | 58% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 38% | 47% |
| 35% | 32% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | 38% |
| 26% | 21% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 25% |
| 5.7 | 6.5 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.7 | 6 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.9 | 11.9 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 13.1 | 14.4 |
| 5 | 5.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| 28% | 31% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 37% | 35% |
| 10.3 | 9.2 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 9.2 | 8.6 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
- Boca Juniors 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 the most scored goals (14) away in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals (27) in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Superliga
- River Plate have the the best goal difference (+13) in Superliga
- River Plate have the the best goal difference (+6) away in Superliga
- River Plate have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gimnasia La Plata | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 33 |
| 2 | Atletico Tucuman | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Huracan | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | River Plate | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 29 |
| 5 | Boca Juniors | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 29 |
| 6 | Racing Club | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 28 |
| 7 | Godoy Cruz | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 8 | Argentinos Juniors | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 27 |
| 9 | Platense | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| 10 | San Lorenzo | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 11 | Patronato | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| 12 | Estudiantes | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 13 | Newell's Old Boys | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 14 | Unión Santa Fe | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 15 | Tigre | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 22 |
| 16 | Sarmiento | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 17 | Rosario Central | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 18 | Barracas Central | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 19 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 16 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 19 |
| 20 | Banfield | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 18 |
| 21 | Defensa y Justicia | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
| 22 | Central Cordoba SdE | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 23 | Colon | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 18 |
| 24 | Talleres Cordoba | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 25 | Independiente | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 15 |
| 26 | Aldosivi | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -14 | 13 |
| 27 | Velez Sarsfield | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 12 |
| 28 | Lanús | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 11 |
