Top-ranking River Plate visit Sarmiento after their 3-0-result against Godoy Cruz. Check out our full match preview!
- Sarmiento have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- River Plate have the most points (9) away in Superliga
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!
Sarmiento form and stats
Three Superliga home games done for Sarmiento, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.
Sarmiento faced defeat in their previous match, away at Racing Club (0-1). Midfield player Martinez got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, the max score being 10. Martinez hit one key pass.
A 0-0 scoreline against Chaco For Ever before that one, played at their own home stadium in the Copa Argentina.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (7 in 3 games), Sarmiento's attacking play is working. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Sarmiento with 7 goals conceded in these matches.
River Plate form and stats
3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of River Plate, who have the most points (9) away in Superliga, playing as the away team in the Superliga this season.
The River Plate goalkeeper Franco Armani is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 189 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
River had fun at their own home (Estadio Regatas San Nicolás) last time out, beating Godoy Cruz 3-0. Barco and Beltrán (2) scored. Beltrán has found the net for this side three games in a row. The talent! Beltrán, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.11. Beltrán scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A home victory as expected against Racing Cordoba preceding that, in the Copa Argentina.
River Plate has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the previous five meetings): Sarmiento won one game, one match ended with a draw and River Plate got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / one.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Gondou 4 goals |   L. Beltrán 3 goals |  J. Toledo 2 goals |
Sarmiento missing players
River Plate missing players
| Sarmiento | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 86% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 57% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 43% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 75% | 57% |
| 43% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.6 | 7.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.8 | 6.1 |
| 6.7 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 2.7 | 4.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 17 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 14 | 14.6 |
| 5 | 8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 32% | 32% |
| 16.4 | 14.3 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11 | 10.6 |
| 5.3 | 7 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3 | 3.6 |
- 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 the most points (9) away in Superliga
- River Plate haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sarmiento have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | San Lorenzo | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | River Plate | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Defensa y Justicia | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Talleres Cordoba | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Lanus | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Huracan | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Racing Club | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Boca Juniors | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Newell's Old Boys | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Belgrano | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Rosario Central | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 | Instituto | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 13 | Argentinos Juniors | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 14 | Velez Sarsfield | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | Godoy Cruz | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 16 | Sarmiento | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 17 | Barracas Central | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 18 | Tigre | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 19 | Central Cordoba SdE | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 8 |
| 20 | Estudiantes | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 8 |
| 21 | Union Santa Fe | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 22 | Independiente | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 7 |
| 23 | Platense | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 24 | Banfield | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 25 | Atletico Tucuman | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 26 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 27 | Gimnasia La Plata | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 5 |
| 28 | Colon | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
