This has the potential to be an entertaining fixture as Platense have their presumed home advantage, while River Plate are in front by 23 points in the Superliga table.
- River Plate have the most scored goals (43) in Superliga
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Platense form and stats
Platense have collected 11 points from their Superliga home games so far after 2-5-2.
In their previous game, the manager C. Spontón led his Platense to a defeat in the Superliga match away at Colón. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Ciudad de Vicente López. Midfielder Mauro Bogado was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.22 (out of ten) in that game. Bogado hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 35 successful passes (of 40 total).
Before that, Platense had a home game versus Atlético Tucumán which ended with a victory 4-1.There will be little rest for Platense after this match as they are travelling to Lanús for a Superliga game in only three days.
The Platense fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Platense have conceded 9 goals.
River Plate form and stats
River Plate have an excellent away record in the Superliga so far with 6-2-1 from 9 games. Things are running smoothly for River who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 15 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Godoy Cruz.
River Plate go into this game after a win, the home game against Patronato that ended 5-0. As mentioned above, River was the only team on the pitch versus Patronato in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task. Julián Álvarez certainly enjoyed River's last game versus Patronato, appearing multiple times in the match report with four goals and the 5-0 victory. Attacker Julián Álvarez got a player rating of 10.0 in the game. "Man of the match" Álvarez scored four goals, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 32 successful passes (of 35 total).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Estudiantes that ended 1-1.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Racing Club in just three days.
The River Plate manager M. Gallardo has got the team scoring on the road, with 18 away goals in 9 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
Platense - River Plate 0-1 was the product when these two squads previously met, some time ago this season. Platense-River Plate H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Platense zero wins, River Plate two wins, zero draws. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Álvarez 17 goals |   M. Tissera 7 goals |  M. Suárez 7 goals |
Platense missing players
River Plate missing players
| Platense | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 36 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 10 | 33 | 69 |
| 45 | 23 | 7 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | 25 |
| 91% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 76% | 79% |
| 42% | 38% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 47% | 53% |
| 27% | 31% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 24% | 26% |
| 12% | 19% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| 55% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 59% | 53% |
| 21% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 35% | 41% |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 5.2 | 6.4 |
| 5 | 4.7 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9.1 | 9.7 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 12.5 | 13.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.6 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| 33% | 32% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 34% | 36% |
| 11.2 | 10.9 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 10.2 | 8.1 |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | 5.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.9 | 3 |
- River Plate have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- River Plate have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Superliga
- River Plate have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Superliga
- River Plate have the most points (20) away in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals (18) away in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals (43) in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals in the second half (38) in Superliga
- River Plate have the the best goal difference (+11) away in Superliga
- River Plate have the the best goal difference (+30) 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 | River Plate | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 30 | 46 |
| 2 | Talleres Cordoba | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 39 |
| 3 | Lanús | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 35 |
| 4 | Velez Sarsfield | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 34 |
| 5 | Defensa y Justicia | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 34 |
| 6 | Colón | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 32 |
| 7 | Independiente | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 31 |
| 8 | Boca Juniors | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 9 | Estudiantes | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 29 |
| 10 | Huracan | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 28 |
| 11 | Gimnasia La Plata | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 28 |
| 12 | Racing Club | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 26 |
| 13 | Godoy Cruz | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 14 | Union Santa Fe | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 25 |
| 15 | Argentinos Juniors | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 24 |
| 16 | Rosario Central | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -4 | 24 |
| 17 | Platense | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -2 | 23 |
| 18 | Sarmiento | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 23 |
| 19 | Banfield | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 21 |
| 20 | Aldosivi | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 21 |
| 21 | Atlético Tucumán | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -12 | 21 |
| 22 | Newell's Old Boys | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 23 | Patronato | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -9 | 20 |
| 24 | San Lorenzo | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -9 | 20 |
| 25 | Central Cordoba SdE | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 17 |
| 26 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 19 | -18 | 16 |