River Plate receive Gimnasia La Plata as clear favourites: Big match preview

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sun 13.March
Match begins: 22:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti (14000 seats)

River Plate oppose Gimnasia La Plata for fame and football prosperity.

Insights:
  • River Plate have the the best goal difference (+5) in Superliga
  • Gimnasia La Plata have the most conceded goals (7) away in Superliga

These are full days for the home side, as they played only four days ago in the Copa Argentina. Thankfully the previous game, versus Deportivo Laferrere, was also a home game here at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti. The away team is better rested.

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River Plate form and stats

Only two Superliga home games for River Plate so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

Before that match, a Superliga win away at San Lorenzo.

River Plate are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 21 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 13, drew three and lost five.

River Plate has scored 6 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Gimnasia La Plata form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Superliga for Gimnasia La Plata with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts. Gimnasia has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Gimnasia La Plata played 2-2 against Argentinos Juniors in their previous match. Alemán got a match rating of 8.34 in that game, top player of the team. Alemán scored two goals.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Defensa y Justicia wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.

The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Gimnasia La Plata, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the former eight meetings): River Plate won five games, two matches ended in a draw and Gimnasia La Plata got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / three

Top Goalscorers

RiverJ. Álvarez
J. Álvarez
3 goals
River PlateJ. Quintero Paniagua
J. Quintero Paniagua
2 goals
Gimnasia La PlataC. Tarragona
C. Tarragona
2 goals

River Plate missing players

Gimnasia La Plata missing players

River Plate Gimnasia La Plata
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 1 3 5
3 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 1 2 2
9 6 4 Scored S 2 2 5
4 3 1 Conceded C 3 7 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 80%
60% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 60%
40% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 60%
40% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 60%
20% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 33% 20%
40% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 33% 40%
40% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 40%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 40%
 
6.4 8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.7 5.8
4 3.5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6.3 5.2
2.4 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 4 3.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.8 14.5 16 Shots (avg) S ( 15 11.3 11.2
5.6 9 11 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5.7 6.2
32% 33% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 12% 16%
 
8.2 9.5 4 Shots against (avg) S A 15 15 13
3 4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.3 3.8
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • All of River Plate's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • Gimnasia La Plata have the most conceded goals (7) away in Superliga
  • Gimnasia La Plata have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Gimnasia La Plata have yet to win a game away.
  • 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 the best goal difference (+5) 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
River Plate Last season Gimnasia La Plata
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
11 6   Played P   6 11
7 3   Won W   3 4
2 1   Drew D   1 4
2 2   Lost L   2 3
19 9   Scored S   8 15
12 9   Conceded C   6 11
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 82%
91% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 64%
55% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 55%
36% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 27%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 9%
64% 83%   BTTS BTTS   50% 45%
27% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 45%
9% 17%   Failed to Score F T   17% 27%
 
7.6 8   Corners for (avg) C F   2.8 4.8
4.4 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.7
2.4 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.3 3.5
3 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
10.8 9.5   Shots (avg) S (   9.7 11
5 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.4
35% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 31%
 
7.8 7.2   Shots against (avg) S A   9 7.9
3.5 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.5

  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 5 3 1 1 9 4 2 1 1 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 3 1 5 10
2 Defensa y Justicia 5 3 1 1 12 10 2 1 1 0 5 4 3 2 0 1 7 6 2 10
3 Union Santa Fe 5 3 1 1 4 2 3 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 10
4 Sarmiento 5 3 1 1 6 5 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 10
5 Racing Club 5 2 3 0 8 4 3 2 1 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 4 4 4 9
6 Newell's Old Boys 5 3 0 2 7 6 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 9
7 Banfield 5 2 2 1 9 5 3 1 1 1 6 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 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 5 2 1 2 5 4 3 2 0 1 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 7
10 Gimnasia La Plata 5 1 2 2 5 9 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 0 1 2 2 7 -4 5
11 Atletico Tucuman 5 1 1 3 3 8 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 0 0 3 0 6 -5 4
12 San Lorenzo 5 0 2 3 4 7 2 0 0 2 3 5 3 0 2 1 1 2 -3 2
13 Talleres Cordoba 5 0 2 3 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 0 2 -3 2
14 Patronato 5 0 1 4 1 7 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 -6 1

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The Superliga Argentina, also referred to as the Primera División, is the premier football division in Argentina. It currently holds 26 teams who play 25 fixtures each to form a final league table. The season runs from August to May. Argentina was the first country outside the United Kingdom to create a football league, in 1891.