Only victory will be enough for the River Plate supporters in this Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti clash with Unión Santa Fe, as they have a healthy lead on them in the Superliga table.
- River Plate have the most scored goals (14) in Superliga
- Unión Santa Fe have yet to win a game away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
River Plate form and stats
River Plate have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Superliga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
The River Plate goalkeeper Franco Armani is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 279 minutes without conceding a goal in the Superliga.
It's back home for River Plate, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sarmiento away with the result 2-0. Beltrán and Palavecino found the net in that victory. The attacker Beltrán was announced as "man of the match" for River with the rating of 8.03/10. Beltrán scored one goal, hit five key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 31 total).
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Godoy Cruz.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 Plate home games with this odds we find 10 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 6 matches were won by at least two goals.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the River Plate at home in the league. 6 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 3 matches.
Unión Santa Fe form and stats
The visitors are W0-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga.
Home advantage was not enough for Unión Santa Fe in their previous game as they lost hosting Racing Club, 1-3. Machuca got a match rating of 7.01 in that game, top player of the team. Machuca hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 22 successful passes (of 25 total).
Before that, Unión travelled to Rosario Central and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Goals are few and far between in Unión Santa Fe's away league games. Only {2 goals} from 4 travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Previous nine meetings between these contenders: River won five, Unión Santa Fe triumphed in two and we saw two draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Beltrán 4 goals |  J. Paradela 2 goals |  E. Barco 2 goals |
River Plate missing players
Unión Santa Fe missing players
| River Plate | Unión Santa Fe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 75% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 62% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 6.2 | 6.7 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 5.5 | 4.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | 4 |
| 2.4 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15.9 | 15.3 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 10.8 | 11.8 |
| 5.6 | 6 | 10 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| 31% | 33% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 18% | 21% |
| 11 | 10 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 12.2 | 12 |
| 3.6 | 4.3 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
- All of River Plate's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- River Plate have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- River Plate have scored in all their matches so far.
- River Plate have scored more than double the goals of Unión Santa Fe.
- River Plate have the most scored goals (14) in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals in the second half (9) in Superliga
- River Plate have the the best goal difference (+9) in Superliga
- River Plate haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- River Plate is in the best form (5-0-1) in Superliga
- Unión Santa Fe have yet to win a game 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 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | San Lorenzo | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Defensa y Justicia | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Racing Club | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Lanus | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Newell's Old Boys | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Rosario Central | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Talleres Cordoba | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | Instituto | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | Velez Sarsfield | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 11 | Huracan | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 12 | Godoy Cruz | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | Argentinos Juniors | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 14 | Boca Juniors | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 15 | Belgrano | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 16 | Platense | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 17 | Barracas Central | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 18 | Banfield | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 19 | Sarmiento | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
| 20 | Independiente | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 8 |
| 21 | Tigre | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 22 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 23 | Estudiantes | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 24 | Gimnasia La Plata | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 25 | Central Cordoba SdE | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 26 | Unión Santa Fe | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 27 | Atletico Tucuman | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 28 | Colon | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
