This could be yet another exciting run-in at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in the Superliga. River Plate is in 3rd position and receive Racing Club in 6th place. Read all about the match here!
- River Plate have the most points from losing position (3) in Superliga
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
River Plate form and stats
1-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Superliga numbers at home for River Plate so far this season.
Happy days for River Plate in their previous game, a fixture away at Newell's Old Boys (placed 10th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. The versatile forward Barco bested all teammates in that game and was awarded a match rating of 7.82 out of 10. Barco hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Before that, River had a home game versus Patronato which ended with a victory 4-1.River Plate has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Racing Club form and stats
Playing away, Racing Club have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the Superliga this season.
Racing Club are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the fixture against Argentinos Juniors (placed 4th). The attacker Hauche got a match rating of 8.03 in that game. Hauche served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
A 2-2 draw at Defensa y Justicia's stadium before that.2 goals so far away for Racing Club, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Data for the last ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: six wins for River, three draws and one win for Racing Club. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  J. Álvarez 3 goals |  J. Quintero Paniagua 2 goals |  R. Rojas 1 goals |
River Plate missing players
Racing Club missing players
| River Plate | Racing Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 6 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.7 | 16 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 13 |
| 5.3 | 11 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 38% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 29% |
| 6.3 | 4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16 | 9.3 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 3.7 |
- River Plate have the most points from losing position (3) in Superliga
| River Plate | Last season | Racing Club | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 11 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Conceded | C | 10 | 18 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 82% | ||
| 55% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 45% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 36% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | ||
| 64% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | ||
| 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | ||
| 9% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 7.6 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.8 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.6 | ||
| 5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 31% | ||
| 7.8 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Platense | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Unión Santa Fe | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | River Plate | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Argentinos Juniors | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Banfield | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Racing Club | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Defensa y Justicia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Sarmiento | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Gimnasia La Plata | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | Newell's Old Boys | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 11 | Talleres Cordoba | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 12 | San Lorenzo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Atletico Tucuman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Patronato | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
