It's advantage River Plate so far with their 3rd position in the Superliga table, welcoming San Lorenzo who are placed 11th.
River Plate and San Lorenzo should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
River Plate form and stats
When playing at home in the Superliga, River Plate, who have the most scored goals (29) in Superliga, have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games.
Happy days for River Plate in their previous game, a Superliga match away at Newell's Old Boys (placed 13th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. A Copa Libertadores defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Flamengo.
An impressive turnaround for River Plate in the match against Newell's Old Boys as a 0-2 deficit was completely turned around to a 3-2 win. I. Scocco scored the final goal.
River Plate are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. River Plate are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Don Leon Kolbovsky in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.
San Lorenzo form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of San Lorenzo playing as the away team in the Superliga this season.
San Lorenzo are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Superliga against Patronato (placed 21st). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Atlético Tucumán that ended 2-2.
Goalkeeper Sebastian Torrico was absolutely vital in the San Lorenzo victory against Patronato, making 7 saves.
San Lorenzo find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, San Lorenzo have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): River Plate 3 wins, 2 draws and San Lorenzo 1 victory. As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Borré 8 goals |  I. Scocco 5 goals |   B. Pittón 5 goals |
River Plate missing players
San Lorenzo missing players
| River Plate | San Lorenzo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 29 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 22 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 22 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 87% |
| 57% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 60% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 14% | 33% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 50% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 53% |
| 36% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 33% |
| 21% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 7.5 | 7.6 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.1 | 5.3 |
| 4.2 | 3.4 | 10 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6 | 5.6 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 6 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 220 | 113 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 67 | 184 |
| 84 | 39 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 23 | 58 |
| 35% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 35% | 38% |
- River Plate has the most points from losing position (8)
- River Plate has the most scored goals (29)
- River Plate has the most scored goals in the second half (18)
- River Plate has the the best goal difference (+16)
- River Plate have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- River Plate have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- San Lorenzo has the most scored goals in the first half (14)
- San Lorenzo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- San Lorenzo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 29 |
| 2 | Argentinos Juniors | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 29 |
| 3 | River Plate | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 16 | 27 |
| 4 | Lanús | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 5 | Racing Club | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
| 6 | Vélez Sarsfield | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 | Atlético Tucumán | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Rosario Central | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 9 | Talleres Cordoba | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 10 | Estudiantes | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 11 | San Lorenzo | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 12 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 13 | Newell's Old Boys | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 14 | Independiente | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| 15 | Unión Santa Fe | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 16 | Central Cordoba SdE | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 17 | Defensa y Justicia | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 18 |
| 18 | Banfield | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 17 |
| 19 | Colón | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 16 |
| 20 | Huracán | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 15 |
| 21 | Patronato | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -11 | 13 |
| 22 | Gimnasia La Plata | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 23 | Aldosivi | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -14 | 9 |
| 24 | Godoy Cruz | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -18 | 9 |