This could be an interesting match as Gimnasia La Plata have their presumed home advantage while River Plate are ahead 2 points in the Superliga table.
- Gimnasia La Plata have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- River Plate have the the best goal difference (+7) in Superliga
It's no vacation for neither Gimnasia 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.
Gimnasia La Plata form and stats
Gimnasia La Plata have collected seven points from their first three Superliga games here at Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, a promising start. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona.
The Gimnasia La Plata crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Argentinos Juniors here at Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona in a Copa Argentina match.
A Superliga defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Colon.There will be little rest for Gimnasia after this match as they are travelling to Lanus for a Superliga game in only three days.
Gimnasia La Plata has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. From these home matches, Gimnasia have conceded only 2 goals.
River Plate form and stats
River Plate are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Superliga, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Two away games in a row for River, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Atletico Mineiro in the Copa Libertadores. Attacker Matías Suárez got a player rating of 7.13 in the game. "Man of the match" Suárez hit two key passes.
Before that, River secured a home win against Velez Sarsfield with the score 2-0.A quick return to home after this game, as River are hosting Aldosivi in the Superliga only four days away.
River Plate have the goal stats of 4-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Gimnasia La Plata-River Plate H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Gimnasia one win, River Plate five wins, one draw. five of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Borré Amaury 8 goals |  M. Suárez 6 goals |  B. Alemán Athaydes 4 goals |
Gimnasia La Plata missing players
River Plate missing players
| Gimnasia La Plata | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 21 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 7 | 19 | 38 |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 84% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 63% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 75% |
| 42% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 55% |
| 32% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 25% |
| 21% | 22% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 20% |
| 47% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 37% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 32% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 4.5 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 6 | 7.7 |
| 6.2 | 6.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.3 | 9.6 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 13.9 | 13.9 |
| 3.5 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| 31% | 40% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 34% | 33% |
- Gimnasia La Plata have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gimnasia La Plata have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Gimnasia La Plata haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- River Plate have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- River Plate have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Superliga
- River Plate have the the best goal difference (+7) 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 | Independiente | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | Lanus | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Colon | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Estudiantes | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Racing Club | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Patronato | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | River Plate | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 8 | Talleres Cordoba | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Newell's Old Boys | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | Aldosivi | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Argentinos Juniors | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 12 | Godoy Cruz | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 13 | Gimnasia La Plata | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Atletico Tucuman | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 15 | San Lorenzo | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Defensa y Justicia | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | Union Santa Fe | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 18 | Huracan | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 19 | Banfield | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 20 | Sarmiento | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 21 | Central Cordoba SdE | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 22 | Platense | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 23 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 5 |
| 24 | Boca Juniors | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 4 |
| 25 | Rosario Central | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 26 | Velez Sarsfield | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 3 |