High flying River Plate arrive at Sarmiento after their 2-0-result versus Aldosivi. Check out our full preview!
- Sarmiento have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- River Plate have the the best goal difference (+9) in Superliga
The visiting River Plate played their last game only four days ago, a Superliga match.
Sarmiento form and stats
Sarmiento have played 4 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-1 (wins-draws-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for Sarmiento here at Estadio Eva Perón de Junín, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Sarmiento travelled for their previous game, a trip to Colon that ended 1-1. Midfielder Sergio Quiroga was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.84 (out of ten) in that game. Quiroga served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Atletico Tucuman in a game that was won 3-0.The Sarmiento fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Sarmiento are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Eva Perón de Junín in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
River Plate form and stats
Things could have gone better for River Plate in their Superliga away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
Impressive finishing from Julián Álvarez and Enzo Pérez secured the home win 2-0 against Aldosivi in their previous game. The attacker Matías Suárez got a match rating of 7.43 in that game. Suárez hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Gimnasia La Plata that ended 1-1.River has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. As opposed to that, River have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the preceeding two meetings featuring these two participants are: zero wins for Sarmiento, one draw and one win for River Plate. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  J. Torres 7 goals |   M. Suárez 7 goals |  D. De La Cruz Arcosa 4 goals |
Sarmiento missing players
River Plate missing players
| Sarmiento | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 18 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 9 | 20 | 41 |
| 30 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 67% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 77% |
| 38% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 45% | 50% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 18% | 23% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 18% | 18% |
| 43% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 55% | 50% |
| 29% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 41% |
| 38% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 18% |
| 4.3 | 4.9 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 6.4 | 7.6 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.6 | 9.8 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 13.5 | 13.7 |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| 21% | 29% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 34% | 34% |
- River Plate have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- River Plate have scored more than double the goals of Sarmiento.
- River Plate have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Superliga
- River Plate have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Superliga
- River Plate have the the best goal difference (+9) in Superliga
- Sarmiento have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | Estudiantes | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Talleres Cordoba | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Lanús | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Racing Club | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | Independiente | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | River Plate | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 7 | Colon | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| 8 | Aldosivi | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Patronato | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Argentinos Juniors | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Defensa y Justicia | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 12 | Newell's Old Boys | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | Atletico Tucuman | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 14 | Boca Juniors | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 15 | Godoy Cruz | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 16 | Sarmiento | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 17 | Unión Santa Fe | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 18 | Gimnasia La Plata | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 19 | Huracan | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 20 | Banfield | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 21 | San Lorenzo | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 22 | Rosario Central | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 23 | Vélez Sarsfield | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 24 | Central Cordoba SdE | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 25 | Platense | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 26 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | -13 | 5 |