The season has been gruelling for Talleres Córdoba up to now, while River Plate have taken lots of points. Will the highest placed get another notch in their belt at Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes?
- Talleres Córdoba have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- River Plate have the most points from losing position (6) in Superliga
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Talleres Córdoba form and stats
1 victory, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Talleres Córdoba have to build on here at Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes in the Superliga. Talleres has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Caixinha and the players.
No payout for Talleres Córdoba in their previous match, an away game at Argentinos Juniors that ended in defeat 1-2.
Talleres are traveling soon after this match as the Superliga match at Banfield awaits in three days.
Talleres Córdoba have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Talleres Córdoba defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When Talleres Córdoba hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like San Lorenzo, Platense, Atlético Tucumán and Patronato), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
River Plate form and stats
As the visiting team matches, River Plate, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Superliga, have produced an overall stat of 4-0-1 so far. A great winning streak in away games for River as they have managed to win four matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Unión Santa Fe have they travelled home without three points.
River Plate play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Banfield (placed 8th). Which player has bagged at least one goal three games in a row for the away team? The correct answer is Fernández and that is quite the feat! Díaz, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.45. Díaz won 6 of 10 duels.
After this away game River return home for a Superliga game against Atlético Tucumán. That game is only four sleeps after this.
River Plate have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on River Plate as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the preceeding six meetings): Talleres won three games, zero matches ended with a draw and River Plate managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / four The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last six duels.Top Goalscorers
  E. Fernández 4 goals |  J. Quintero Paniagua 4 goals |  J. Álvarez 4 goals |
Talleres Córdoba missing players
River Plate missing players
| Talleres Córdoba | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 21 |
| 15 | 9 | 7 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 70% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 60% |
| 10% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 10% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 30% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 4.1 | 4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 5.6 |
| 4.3 | 3.4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 3.6 | 3 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.6 | 11 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 11.4 | 12.7 |
| 2.8 | 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 5.9 |
| 21% | 20% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 33% | 36% |
| 10.4 | 8.6 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 7.6 | 8.3 |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
- River Plate have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- River Plate have scored more than double the goals of Talleres Córdoba.
- River Plate have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Superliga
- River Plate have the most points from losing position (6) in Superliga
- River Plate haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Talleres Córdoba have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Talleres Córdoba 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 | Racing Club | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | River Plate | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | Newell's Old Boys | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Defensa y Justicia | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
| 5 | Argentinos Juniors | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Unión Santa Fe | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Sarmiento | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Banfield | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Gimnasia La Plata | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | San Lorenzo | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | Platense | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 8 |
| 12 | Patronato | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 7 |
| 13 | Atlético Tucumán | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 6 |
| 14 | Talleres Córdoba | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 5 |
