This is shaping out to be an intriguing fixture as Huracán have their expected home advantage, while River Plate are in front by 9 points in the Superliga table.
- All of Huracán's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- River Plate have the the best goal difference (+10) in Superliga
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
The hosts Huracán saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Copa Sudamericana. This match was also played here at Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, River Plate have had more rest.
Huracán form and stats
2-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Superliga numbers at home for Huracán so far this season. Huracán has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Dabove and the players.
Huracán's previous fixture was a Copa Sudamericana game also played at their home, finishing 4-1 against Guarani. The home side hope to to build on that result.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Racing Club (1-2).Huracán are traveling soon after this match as the Superliga match at Belgrano awaits in three days.
The Huracán fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. On the other hand, Huracán have conceded 5 goals.
River Plate form and stats
As the visiting team in Superliga matches, River Plate have produced an overall stat of 4-0-1 so far. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. River Plate hope to make it five in this match.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. River goalkeeper Franco Armani is eager to challenge this, with his 369 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two away matches in a row for River Plate, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 against The Strongest in the Copa Libertadores. Midfield player Palavecino was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.01/10. Palavecino hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 20 successful passes (of 24 total).
Before that, River Plate secured a home win against Union Santa Fe with the score 1-0.After this away game River Plate return home for a Superliga game against Gimnasia La Plata. That game is only four sleeps after this.
River are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. The River Plate defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average ({2 goals} in 5 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Huracán won three games, four matches ended in a draw and River Plate got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Cordero 4 goals |   L. Beltrán 4 goals | G. Gudiño 3 goals |
Huracán missing players
River Plate missing players
| Huracán | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 78% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 20% | 44% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 20% | 33% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 80% | 67% |
| 22% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.1 | 7.8 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6 | 5.9 |
| 4.8 | 2.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 6 | 5.2 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.1 | 13.2 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 16.2 | 16.3 |
| 3.9 | 4.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.4 | 5.8 |
| 37% | 32% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 30% | 29% |
| 12.3 | 8.8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11.6 | 10.1 |
| 3.3 | 2.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
- All of Huracán's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Huracán have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Huracán have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Huracán 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 scored in all their matches so far.
- River Plate have the most points (12) away in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals in the second half (9) in Superliga
- River Plate have the the best goal difference (+10) in Superliga
- River Plate haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | San Lorenzo | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Racing Club | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Rosario Central | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 5 | Talleres Cordoba | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | Defensa y Justicia | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | Argentinos Juniors | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | Boca Juniors | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 9 | Lanus | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | Newell's Old Boys | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Velez Sarsfield | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 12 | Platense | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 | Instituto | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 14 | Huracán | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 15 | Godoy Cruz | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 16 | Belgrano | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 17 | Estudiantes | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 18 | Tigre | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 19 | Central Cordoba SdE | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 20 | Sarmiento | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 9 |
| 21 | Independiente | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 9 |
| 22 | Barracas Central | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 23 | Banfield | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 24 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 25 | Atletico Tucuman | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 26 | Gimnasia La Plata | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 27 | Union Santa Fe | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 28 | Colon | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
