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 - Unión Santa Fe preview:
- River Plate have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- River Plate have scored more than double the goals of Unión Santa Fe.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Copa Libertadores match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Argentinos Juniors.
River Plate form and stats
Last season, River Plate's league statistics were 14 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Superliga. 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. 0-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Superliga numbers at home for River Plate so far this season.
River Plate enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Argentinos Juniors's place. The match ended 2-0 with Braian Romero (2) scoring. Attacking player Braian Romero bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 8.15 out of 10. Romero scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Before that game, the home loss against Colon with the scoreline 1-2.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier River matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, two draws and two defeats (from five games).
River are traveling soon after this match as the Superliga match at Lanus awaits in three days.
River Plate has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Unión Santa Fe form and stats
Let's have a look at how Unión Santa Fe performed last season in the Superliga: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 9 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded 24 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 3 with 15/11 goals scored/conceded.
Unión's last game was the home draw against Boca Juniors (1-1). Midfielder Ezequiel Cañete was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.6. Cañete hit two key passes and had 51 successful passes (of 62 total). The draw against Boca Juniors came from a losing position. The Unión Santa Fe manager J. Azconzábal brought on Fernando Márquez as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
A 1-1 draw at Colon's stadium before that.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Unión playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.
A quick return to home after this game, as Unión are hosting Banfield in the Superliga only three days away.
Head 2 Head
River Plate-Unión Santa Fe H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: River three wins, Unión Santa Fe one win, two draws. four of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Suárez 5 goals |   J. García 4 goals |
River Plate missing players
Unión Santa Fe missing players
| River Plate | Unión Santa Fe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 9 | 15 |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 79% |
| 67% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 57% |
| 53% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 29% | 29% |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 14% | 21% |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 14% | 14% |
| 53% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 50% |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 43% | 43% |
| 27% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 29% |
| 7.3 | 8.7 | 9.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.4 | 4 |
| 3.7 | 3.9 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.7 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.6 | 15.4 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.4 | 9 |
| 5.8 | 6.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| 31% | 27% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 22% | 28% |
- River Plate have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- River Plate have scored more than double the goals of Unión Santa Fe.
- River Plate have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Estudiantes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Lanus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Patronato | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Newell's Old Boys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Colon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Godoy Cruz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Huracan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Gimnasia La Plata | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Platense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Banfield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Boca Juniors | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Central Cordoba SdE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | San Lorenzo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Unión Santa Fe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Argentinos Juniors | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Independiente | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Racing Club | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Velez Sarsfield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Talleres Córdoba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 21 | Defensa y Justicia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 22 | River Plate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 23 | Rosario Central | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 24 | Atletico Tucuman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| 25 | Aldosivi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 26 | Sarmiento | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |