Superliga: Top level vs modest, at least that's what the standings say. River Plate - Patronato. Home victory or a surprise?
- River Plate have the most scored goals (38) in Superliga
- Patronato have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
This promises to be an engrossing fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both participants are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!
River Plate form and stats
River Plate have performed here at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti this season with 7 wins from 10 Superliga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. River has a nice streak going on as they have played 14 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Godoy Cruz defeat 92 days ago.
River shared the glory with Estudiantes in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. River's goalie Franco Armani played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Estudiantes with a stunning seven saves. Franco Armani, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.31 out of 10 in that game. Armani stopped the opponent with seven saves.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Argentinos Juniors.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for River home games with this odds we find 18 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in eleven wins, two draws and five defeats. Looking at the victories, six matches were won by at least two goals.
Goals decide football matches and River Plate are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 10 league matches. From these home matches, River have conceded only 6 goals.
Patronato form and stats
There's been little loot from Patronato's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the Superliga. Patronato only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws.
Patronato are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Superliga against Colón (placed 7th). Gabriel Gudiño got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, top player of the team. Gudiño scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.
Before that, Patronato travelled to Atletico Tucuman and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Patronato played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected zero times.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Patronato as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Patronato have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): River Plate two wins, zero draws and Patronato two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Álvarez 13 goals |   S. Sosa Sánchez 9 goals |  M. Suárez 7 goals |
River Plate missing players
Patronato missing players
| River Plate | Patronato | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 64 | 31 | 11 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 32 |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 29 | 41 |
| 94% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 91% |
| 79% | 81% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 20% | 69% | 59% |
| 52% | 56% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 38% | 31% |
| 24% | 25% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 31% | 22% |
| 15% | 12% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 19% | 16% |
| 55% | 50% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 38% | 34% |
| 39% | 44% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 31% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 80% | 56% | 44% |
| 6.5 | 7.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13.2 | 14 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.1 | 9.6 |
| 5.6 | 5.4 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 35% | 36% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 21% | 24% |
| 8.2 | 6.1 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 10.5 | 8.9 |
| 3 | 2.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
- Patronato have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Patronato have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Patronato have scored away.
- River Plate have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Superliga
- River Plate have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Superliga
- River Plate have the most points (23) at home in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals (38) in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals in the second half (37) in Superliga
- River Plate have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in Superliga
- River Plate have the the best goal difference (+25) 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.
| 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 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 43 |
| 2 | Talleres Cordoba | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 36 |
| 3 | Lanus | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 34 |
| 4 | Velez Sarsfield | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 31 |
| 5 | Defensa y Justicia | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 31 |
| 6 | Boca Juniors | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 7 | Colón | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 29 |
| 8 | Estudiantes | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| 9 | Huracan | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 28 |
| 10 | Independiente | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 28 |
| 11 | Gimnasia La Plata | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 28 |
| 12 | Godoy Cruz | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 26 |
| 13 | Union Santa Fe | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 25 |
| 14 | Rosario Central | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 24 |
| 15 | Argentinos Juniors | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 24 |
| 16 | Racing Club | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
| 17 | Platense | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 23 |
| 18 | Sarmiento | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 23 |
| 19 | Atletico Tucuman | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -10 | 21 |
| 20 | Aldosivi | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 21 |
| 21 | Patronato | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 20 |
| 22 | Newell's Old Boys | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 23 | San Lorenzo | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -8 | 20 |
| 24 | Banfield | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 18 |
| 25 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 16 | -15 | 16 |
| 26 | Central Cordoba SdE | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 14 |