Victory alone will be enough for the River Plate fans in this Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti battle with Independiente, having a solid lead on the opposition in the Superliga standings.
- River Plate have the most scored goals (22) in Superliga
- River Plate have scored more than double the goals of Independiente.
River have less rest than Independiente in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa Libertadores game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Independiente have had more rest.
River Plate form and stats
4 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what River Plate have to build on here at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in the Superliga. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as River Plate has won seven games in a row. The Arsenal de Sarandi match was the last time out without a victory.
Nothing to worry about in defence for River Plate, as their goalkeeper Franco Armani has completely shut out the opponents for 639 minutes in the Superliga.
River's previous fixture was a Copa Libertadores game also played at their own stadium, ending 4-2 vs Sporting Cristal. The home side hope to to build on that result. Midfielder Barco was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.81 (out of ten) in that game. Barco scored one goal, served one assist and had 45 successful passes (of 53 total).
In the game before, an away victory in the Superliga match versus Newell's Old Boys with a 1-0 scoreline.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 10 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 8, drew 1 and lost 1.
It should be added that a look at the 10 latest league fixtures shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
River Plate are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Independiente form and stats
1 win, 4 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Independiente playing as the away team in the Superliga this season.
There were no winners in Independiente's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Racing Club (placed 9th). Cauteruccio, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.05. Cauteruccio scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A 0-1 defeat away at Rosario Central before that.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Independiente's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 6 matches. Independiente are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only {2 goals} away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): River four wins, two draws and Independiente four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Beltrán 5 goals |   M. Cauteruccio Rodríguez 5 goals |  E. Barco 3 goals |
River Plate missing players
Independiente missing players
| River Plate | Independiente | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 50% | 75% |
| 75% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 17% | 58% |
| 50% | 80% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 50% |
| 75% | 60% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 67% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 67% | 42% |
| 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 16.7 | 17.6 | 20.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 10 | 11.1 |
| 5.8 | 6.4 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2 | 2.6 |
| 31% | 31% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 17% | 29% |
| 10.2 | 9.2 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 11.3 | 11.6 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
- 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 in all their matches so far.
- River Plate have scored more than double the goals of Independiente.
- River Plate have the most clean sheets (9) in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals (22) in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Superliga
- River Plate have the the best goal difference (+17) in Superliga
- River Plate haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- River Plate is in the best form (6-0-0) in Superliga
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 30 |
| 2 | San Lorenzo | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 |
| 3 | Rosario Central | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 4 | Talleres Cordoba | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Defensa y Justicia | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 21 |
| 6 | Belgrano | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | Lanus | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 19 |
| 8 | Argentinos Juniors | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 9 | Racing Club | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | Estudiantes | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 11 | Newell's Old Boys | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 12 | Platense | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 | Godoy Cruz | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 14 | Tigre | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 15 | Instituto | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 16 | Velez Sarsfield | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 17 | Sarmiento | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 18 | Central Cordoba SdE | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 19 | Boca Juniors | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 20 | Huracan | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 21 | Barracas Central | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 22 | Banfield | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 13 |
| 23 | Colon | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 24 | Gimnasia La Plata | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -11 | 11 |
| 25 | Independiente | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 10 |
| 26 | Atletico Tucuman | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 10 |
| 27 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 8 |
| 28 | Union Santa Fe | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 8 |
