River Plate have delivered good football this season, proven by 7th position in the table. Newell's Old Boys have a view both direction in the table from their 13th spot.
- River Plate have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Newell's Old Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Superliga
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
River Plate form and stats
River Plate have played 5 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
River are returning here after visiting Independiente and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Suárez scored the goal(s). The victory against Independiente came after Suárez's winning goal. The River Plate manager Gallardo was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 75th minute. Defender Díaz got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.0/10. Díaz won 5 of 7 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against Sarmiento that was lost 1-2.There will be little rest for River Plate after this match as they are travelling to Arsenal de Sarandi for a Superliga game in only four days.
River Plate have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot.
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
3-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Newell's Old Boys in their Superliga matches away.
Garro was the last player to score for the away team. Newell's haven't scored a league goal in the last 180 minutes.
Newell's Old Boys delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Colon (placed 18th) in their previous fixture. Midfield player Sforza was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.83/10. Sforza hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
hometeam won
Low-scoring game? 9 of this side's most recent 11 league rounds have had two goals or less.
A new game in only four days for Newell's, the Superliga home match versus Lanús. Busy days.
Newell's Old Boys are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent matches featuring these opponents have all finished as River Plate wins. Will history repeat itself?River Plate and Newell's Old Boys have played each other previously this season: Newell's Old Boys - River 0-2. River Plate-Newell's Old Boys H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: River Plate four wins, Newell's Old Boys four wins, zero draws. five of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  R. Sordo 6 goals |   J. Quintero Paniagua 4 goals | J. Garro 4 goals |
River Plate missing players
Newell's Old Boys missing players
| River Plate | Newell's Old Boys | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 49 | 22 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 27 |
| 26 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 9 | 15 | 24 |
| 93% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | 85% |
| 67% | 77% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 62% | 54% |
| 56% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 38% | 38% |
| 30% | 31% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 15% | 19% |
| 19% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 48% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 38% | 35% |
| 33% | 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 31% | 46% |
| 26% | 23% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 80% | 38% | 35% |
| 5.9 | 7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.7 | 4.7 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.6 | 15.8 | 20.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.5 | 11.3 |
| 5.6 | 6.2 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| 32% | 27% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 5% | 27% | 25% |
| 8 | 7.4 | 4.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.9 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
- Newell's Old Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Superliga
- River Plate have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- River Plate have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | Atletico Tucuman | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | Gimnasia La Plata | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Union Santa Fe | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Racing Club | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | Argentinos Juniors | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Huracan | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | River Plate | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 8 | Patronato | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Godoy Cruz | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | Platense | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Boca Juniors | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 12 | San Lorenzo | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 13 | Newell's Old Boys | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 14 | Sarmiento | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| 15 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 16 | Banfield | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 17 | Defensa y Justicia | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 18 | Colon | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 14 |
| 19 | Barracas Central | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 14 |
| 20 | Rosario Central | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 14 |
| 21 | Tigre | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 22 | Estudiantes | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 23 | Talleres Cordoba | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 24 | Central Cordoba SdE | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 25 | Independiente | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 26 | Velez Sarsfield | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 9 |
| 27 | Aldosivi | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -12 | 8 |
| 28 | Lanús | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 6 |
