Soccer match preview: River Plate confident before travelling to San Lorenzo

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Pedro Bidegaín

San Lorenzo will challenge River Plate in this Superliga game. Everything you need to know about the match can be found here!

Insights:
  • San Lorenzo have the fewest points (0) at home in Superliga

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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San Lorenzo form and stats

0-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Superliga numbers at home for San Lorenzo, who have the fewest points (0) at home in Superliga, so far this season.

San Lorenzo shared the glory with Argentinos Juniors in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Midfield player Centurión got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Centurión scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Before that game, the home loss against Defensa y Justicia with the scoreline 3-4.

San Lorenzo has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 4 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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River Plate form and stats

Things could have gone better for River Plate in their Superliga away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

There were no winners in River Plate's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Racing Club (placed 8th). Barco, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.65. Barco scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 25 successful passes (of 30 total).

Prior to that result River won their away game at Newell's Old Boys. The scoreline was 2-0.

After this away game River Plate return home for a Copa Argentina game against Deportivo Laferrere. That game is only four sleeps after this.

River Plate have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the prior ten meetings featuring these two participants are: three wins for Lorenzo, three draws and four wins for River Plate. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

River PlateJ. Álvarez
J. Álvarez
3 goals
River PlateJ. Quintero Paniagua
J. Quintero Paniagua
2 goals
San LorenzoC. Zapata Valencia
C. Zapata Valencia
1 goals

San Lorenzo missing players

River Plate missing players

San Lorenzo River Plate
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 1 1 Played P 0 2 4
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
4 3 3 Scored S 0 2 8
6 4 4 Conceded C 0 1 4
75% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
25% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
25% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
25% 100% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
50% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 25%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
3.2 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.5 6.8
7.8 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.5 3.5
3.2 4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.8 14 14 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 11.2
3.2 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.5 5.8
31% 60% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 35%
 
16.2 18 18 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7.5 8.5
8.2 11 11 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.5 3.2
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • San Lorenzo have the fewest points (0) at home in Superliga
San Lorenzo Last season River Plate
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
3 0   Played P   5 11
2 0   Won W   4 7
0 0   Drew D   1 2
1 0   Lost L   0 2
2 0   Scored S   10 19
1 0   Conceded C   3 12
100% 0%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
0% 0%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 91%
0% 0%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 55%
0% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 36%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
0% 0%   BTTS BTTS   40% 64%
67% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   60% 27%
33% 0%   Failed to Score F T   0% 9%
 
4 0   Corners for (avg) C F   7.2 7.6
4.3 0   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 4.4
3 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.4
0 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
7 0   Shots (avg) S (   12.4 10.8
3.7 0   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.8 5
18% 0%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 35%
 
9.3 0   Shots against (avg) S A   8.6 7.8
3 0   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 3.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Banfield 4 2 2 0 7 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 8
2 River Plate 4 2 1 1 8 4 2 1 1 0 6 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 4 7
3 Platense 4 2 1 1 5 3 3 2 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 7
4 Defensa y Justicia 4 2 1 1 9 8 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 7
5 Argentinos Juniors 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 7
6 Union Santa Fe 4 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 7
7 Sarmiento 4 2 1 1 5 5 3 2 1 0 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 7
8 Racing Club 4 1 3 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 4 4 3 6
9 Newell's Old Boys 4 2 0 2 3 6 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 4 -3 6
10 Atletico Tucuman 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 -1 4
11 Gimnasia La Plata 4 1 1 2 3 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 2 7 -4 4
12 San Lorenzo 4 0 2 2 4 6 1 0 0 1 3 4 3 0 2 1 1 2 -2 2
13 Talleres Cordoba 4 0 2 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 -2 2
14 Patronato 4 0 1 3 1 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 -5 1

Read more about Superliga

The Superliga Argentina, also referred to as the Primera División, is the premier football division in Argentina. It currently holds 26 teams who play 25 fixtures each to form a final league table. The season runs from August to May. Argentina was the first country outside the United Kingdom to create a football league, in 1891.