Get ready for a show! Today's main roles are River Plate and Boca Juniors, 3 points is the objective and 1 1/2 hours the playing time.
- River Plate have the most scored goals (13) in Superliga
- Boca Juniors have the most dropped points from leading position (4) in Superliga
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
This promises to be an exciting game with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
River Plate form and stats
Seven points from three Superliga home games is a great start for River Plate, who are hoping to build on that form here at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Franco Armani not having conceded a league goal in 188 minutes.
River's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Gimnasia La Plata (placed 11th). The home side are looking to build on that result. The striker Álvarez outshone all others in that game and got a match rating of 8.12 out of 10. Álvarez scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 27 successful passes (of 32 total).
River Plate always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti with 10 goals in 3 league games.
Boca Juniors form and stats
Boca Juniors are happy with their away performances in the Superliga so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
It's the second away game in a row for Boca Juniors, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Estudiantes last time out. The attacker Villa got a match rating of 8.22 in that game. Villa served one assist and hit four key passes.
A 0-1 loss hosting Huracan before that.The travelling fans enjoy Juniors's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
River Plate-Boca Juniors H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: River Plate three wins, Boca Juniors one win, six draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these sides have sometimes been brutal, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten encounters.Top Goalscorers
  J. Álvarez 4 goals |  J. Quintero Paniagua 3 goals |   D. Benedetto 3 goals |
River Plate missing players
Boca Juniors missing players
| River Plate | Boca Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 6.2 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.7 | 6.2 |
| 3.5 | 2.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 2.2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 14 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 11.2 |
| 6 | 8.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.7 | 4.5 |
| 36% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 30% |
| 8.3 | 9.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.3 | 8.3 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
- All of River Plate's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Boca Juniors have not yet lost a game away.
- Boca Juniors have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Boca Juniors have the most dropped points from leading position (4) in Superliga
- Boca Juniors have the the best goal difference (+2) away in Superliga
- Boca Juniors haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- River Plate have not yet lost a game at home.
- River Plate have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- River Plate have the most scored goals (10) at home in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals (13) in Superliga
- River Plate have the the best goal difference (+7) at home in Superliga
- River Plate have the the best goal difference (+9) in Superliga
- River Plate have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- 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 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Union Santa Fe | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Sarmiento | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | Defensa y Justicia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Newell's Old Boys | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Racing Club | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Banfield | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Argentinos Juniors | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Platense | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | San Lorenzo | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 11 | Gimnasia La Plata | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -8 | 5 |
| 12 | Atletico Tucuman | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 13 | Patronato | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 14 | Talleres Cordoba | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 2 |
