River Plate travel to Sarmiento with space in suitcase for three points

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Mon 30.August
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Eva Perón de Junín (22000 seats)

High flying River Plate arrive at Sarmiento after their 2-0-result versus Aldosivi. Check out our full preview!

Insights:
  • 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.

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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.

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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

SarmientoJ. Torres
J. Torres
7 goals
River PlateM. Suárez
M. Suárez
7 goals
River PlateD. De La Cruz Arcosa
D. De La Cruz Arcosa
4 goals

Sarmiento missing players

River Plate missing players

Sarmiento River Plate
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid 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%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • 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

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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.