River Plate vs Rosario Central: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sun 08.November
Match begins: 00:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti (14000 seats)

Game week two of the Superliga season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the River Plate - Rosario Central preview:

The hosts River saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Superliga. Thankfully the previous game, versus Banfield, 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

River Plate's first Superliga home game here at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from 11 matches.

River's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Banfield (placed 1st). Before that, River Plate had a Copa Libertadores home game versus LDU Quito which ended with a victory 3-0.

Early season league goal statistics from River Plate's 1 home game: 1 goal, 3 conceded.

Last season, River Plate's league statistics were 14 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Torneos De Verano. Over these 23 matches they scored 41 goals and conceded 18. Playing at home last season River Plate managed 5-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 7 conceded.

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Rosario Central form and stats

Rosario are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Superliga against Godoy Cruz (placed 3rd). A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Arsenal de Sarandi.

Let's have a look at how Rosario Central performed last season in the Superliga: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 9 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 6 and lost 4 with 10/20 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: three - three - two (River Plate wins - draws - Rosario Central wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RiverR. Borré Amaury
R. Borré Amaury
1 goals
Rosario CentralP. Ojeda
P. Ojeda
1 goals
Rosario CentralL. Gamba
L. Gamba
1 goals

River Plate missing players

Rosario Central missing players

Total First Half Second Half
River Plate Rosario Central
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 1 0 Scored S 0 0 2
3 3 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 15 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 11
5 5 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 4
20% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
River Plate Last season Rosario Central
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
23 11   Played P   12 23
14 5   Won W   2 9
5 2   Drew D   6 9
4 4   Lost L   4 5
41 12   Scored S   10 31
18 7   Conceded C   20 29
96% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
74% 55%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 74%
43% 27%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 43%
17% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 22%
13% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 13%
48% 27%   BTTS BTTS   58% 61%
39% 45%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 22%
17% 36%   Failed to Score F T   33% 22%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.9 3.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.2
4 4   Red cards R C   0 0
 
341 170   Total Shots T S   117 282
126 63   Shots on Target S O   40 104
33% 19%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 30%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Banfield 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Rosario Central 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Godoy Cruz 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
4 River Plate 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Boca Juniors 23 14 6 3 35 8 12 7 4 1 18 4 11 7 2 2 17 4 27 48
2 River Plate 23 14 5 4 41 18 11 5 2 4 12 7 12 9 3 0 29 11 23 47
3 Velez Sarsfield 23 11 6 6 27 14 11 5 4 2 14 7 12 6 2 4 13 7 13 39
4 Racing Club 23 9 12 2 28 23 11 5 5 1 13 11 12 4 7 1 15 12 5 39
5 Argentinos Juniors 23 10 9 4 22 17 12 7 5 0 17 9 11 3 4 4 5 8 5 39
6 Defensa y Justicia 23 10 6 7 26 18 12 5 3 4 13 7 11 5 3 3 13 11 8 36
7 Lanus 23 9 9 5 32 29 11 6 4 1 16 9 12 3 5 4 16 20 3 36
8 San Lorenzo 23 11 3 9 32 30 12 6 2 4 20 19 11 5 1 5 12 11 2 36
9 Rosario Central 23 9 9 5 31 29 11 7 3 1 21 9 12 2 6 4 10 20 2 36
10 Newell's Old Boys 23 9 8 6 33 25 12 7 2 3 19 10 11 2 6 3 14 15 8 35
11 Arsenal de Sarandi 23 9 7 7 37 32 12 5 5 2 22 16 11 4 2 5 15 16 5 34
12 Talleres Cordoba 23 10 4 9 34 30 12 7 3 2 20 14 11 3 1 7 14 16 4 34
13 Estudiantes 23 8 6 9 23 22 12 6 2 4 15 9 11 2 4 5 8 13 1 30
14 Independiente 23 8 5 10 27 25 12 5 2 5 21 14 11 3 3 5 6 11 2 29
15 Atletico Tucuman 23 7 8 8 22 25 12 4 5 3 15 14 11 3 3 5 7 11 -3 29
16 Union Santa Fe 23 7 6 10 21 30 11 4 3 4 9 11 12 3 3 6 12 19 -9 27
17 Banfield 23 6 8 9 19 23 12 2 4 6 11 17 11 4 4 3 8 6 -4 26
18 Central Cordoba SdE 23 6 8 9 21 29 11 4 4 3 9 11 12 2 4 6 12 18 -8 26
19 Gimnasia La Plata 23 6 5 12 22 23 11 2 2 7 5 11 12 4 3 5 17 12 -1 23
20 Patronato 23 5 8 10 22 34 11 4 3 4 12 15 12 1 5 6 10 19 -12 23
21 Huracan 23 5 7 11 17 27 11 3 4 4 7 11 12 2 3 7 10 16 -10 22
22 Aldosivi 23 6 4 13 20 35 11 3 3 5 10 13 12 3 1 8 10 22 -15 22
23 Colon 23 5 3 15 17 39 12 5 2 5 12 17 11 0 1 10 5 22 -22 18
24 Godoy Cruz 23 6 0 17 22 46 11 3 0 8 11 24 12 3 0 9 11 22 -24 18

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Banfield 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Rosario Central 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Godoy Cruz 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
4 River Plate 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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