Superliga: River Plate welcome Argentinos Juniors in what is nearly guaranteed to be an absorbing football match. Here's a full preview!
- River Plate have the most scored goals (34) in Superliga
- River Plate have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Argentinos Juniors have scored away.
It's no vacation for neither River nor Argentinos Juniors 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.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and significance.
River Plate form and stats
River Plate are steadily winning Superliga games and points here at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti. 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games. River haven’t lost a league-game in twelve attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Godoy Cruz, 78 days ago.
It's back home for River Plate, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Talleres Córdoba away with the result 2-0. Robert Rojas and Braian Romero found the net in that victory. River Plate made it very difficult for themselves, when Felipe Peña Biafore got a red card in the 8th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, River won the match 2-0! Robert Rojas was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.74 out of 10. The defender Rojas scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 5 of 10 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting San Lorenzo in a game that was won 3-1.River Plate have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti with 17 goals in 9 league matches. River have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Argentinos Juniors form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 2 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Gabriel Carabajal, Nicolás Reniero and Mateo Coronel scored in Argentinos Juniors's previous match, the home game against Colón that ended 3-1. Nicolás Reniero, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.91. Reniero scored one goal, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Prior to that match, the Argentinos Juniors manager D. Castagno faced defeat when travelling to Atletico Tucuman and losing 3-4.A new game in only four days for Argentinos, the Superliga home match versus Lanús. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Argentinos Juniors as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Argentinos 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. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the participants met earlier this season; River Plate - Argentinos Juniors 0-1. Statistics for the former eight meetings featuring these two squads are: two wins for River Plate, five draws and one win for Argentinos Juniors. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: seven games.River Plate missing players
Argentinos Juniors missing players
| River Plate | Argentinos Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 60 | 28 | 9 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 32 |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 94% | 93% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 87% |
| 77% | 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 40% | 60% |
| 52% | 53% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 26% | 27% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 13% |
| 16% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 55% | 53% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 40% | 40% |
| 39% | 40% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | 40% |
| 13% | 13% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 33% |
| 6.5 | 7.9 | 10.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 4.5 | 3.9 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13.2 | 14.1 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 8.3 | 10 |
| 5.6 | 5.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
| 35% | 34% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 33% | 28% |
- Argentinos Juniors have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- River Plate 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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as Argentinos Juniors have scored away.
- River Plate have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Superliga
- River Plate have the most points (20) at home in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals (34) in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals in the second half (35) in Superliga
- River Plate have the the best goal difference (+22) in Superliga
- River Plate have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- River Plate have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- River Plate is in the best form (6-0-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | River Plate | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 22 | 39 |
| 2 | Talleres Córdoba | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 32 |
| 3 | Boca Juniors | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Lanús | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | Vélez Sarsfield | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 28 |
| 6 | Estudiantes | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 27 |
| 7 | Colón | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 26 |
| 8 | Defensa y Justicia | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 25 |
| 9 | Huracan | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 25 |
| 10 | Independiente | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 25 |
| 11 | Argentinos Juniors | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 24 |
| 12 | Gimnasia La Plata | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 24 |
| 13 | Godoy Cruz | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 23 |
| 14 | Racing Club | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| 15 | Union Santa Fe | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 22 |
| 16 | Rosario Central | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 21 |
| 17 | Platense | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 18 | Sarmiento | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 19 | Atletico Tucuman | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -7 | 20 |
| 20 | Newell's Old Boys | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 17 |
| 21 | San Lorenzo | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 17 |
| 22 | Aldosivi | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -12 | 17 |
| 23 | Patronato | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 16 |
| 24 | Banfield | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -7 | 15 |
| 25 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | -15 | 13 |
| 26 | Central Cordoba SdE | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 12 |