Superliga match prediction and preview for the Unión Santa Fe vs River Plate battle

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sun 19.June
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio 15 de Abril (22852 seats)

Unión Santa Fe greet River Plate for another engrossing Superliga game here at Estadio 15 de Abril.

Insights:
  • Unión Santa Fe have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • River Plate have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Superliga

The hosts Unión saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Superliga. That game was an away game at Barracas Central, so at least Unión Santa Fe are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Unión Santa Fe form and stats

The story so far in the Superliga for Unión Santa Fe at their home stadium (Estadio 15 de Abril) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Unión Santa Fe enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Barracas Central's place. The match ended 2-1 with Brítez and Álvez scoring. Álvez has scored in four matches in a row. Ace! Midfield player Roldán got a match rating of 8.0 in that game, the max score being 10. Roldán served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

2-2 away at Colón before that.

Unión Santa Fe has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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River Plate form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Superliga for River Plate with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

Fernandez was the last player to score for the away team. River haven't scored a league goal in the last 212 minutes. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. River Plate goalkeeper Franco Armani is eager to challenge this, with his 203 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

There were no winners in River's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Atlético Tucumán (placed 6th). Attacker Álvarez got a player rating of 8.45 in the game. "Man of the match" Álvarez hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Defensa y Justicia that ended 0-0.

0 goals so far away for River Plate, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

The newest archived meeting featuring both these participants is the Unión Santa Fe - River Plate 1-0 played not long ago this season. Previous eight meetings featuring these teams: Unión won two, River Plate were winners in four and we saw two draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

River PlateJ. Álvarez
J. Álvarez
8 goals
River PlateE. Fernández
E. Fernández
7 goals
Unión Santa FeJ. Alvez Sagar
J. Alvez Sagar
5 goals

Unión Santa Fe missing players

River Plate missing players

Unión Santa Fe River Plate
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 0 Played P 1 6 13
6 5 0 Won W 1 4 7
3 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
6 2 0 Lost L 0 1 3
14 8 0 Scored S 2 12 25
14 5 0 Conceded C 0 2 9
87% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 85%
47% 43% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 62%
47% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 54%
7% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 31%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 15%
47% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 38%
40% 57% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 46%
27% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 31%
 
5 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.7 6.6
5.4 3.9 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.5 2.8
2.6 2.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.2 10.6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.2 13.6
3.3 3.4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.5 6.1
29% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 44% 32%
 
11.2 7.3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 5 7 7.2
4.6 2.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2.3 2.5
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • River Plate have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • River Plate have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Superliga
  • River Plate have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • River Plate have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Unión Santa Fe have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Unión Santa Fe have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Unión Santa Fe haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
2 Newell's Old Boys 3 2 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 7
3 Boca Juniors 3 2 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 7 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 6
4 Platense 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Colón 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
6 Atlético Tucumán 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
7 Gimnasia La Plata 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
8 Independiente 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
9 Unión Santa Fe 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 4
10 Banfield 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
11 Central Cordoba SdE 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 4
12 Huracán 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 4
13 Tigre 3 1 1 1 6 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 6 -1 4
14 Patronato 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 4
15 Godoy Cruz 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
16 San Lorenzo 3 0 3 0 4 4 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
17 Argentinos Juniors 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
18 Defensa y Justicia 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
19 Racing Club 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
20 Talleres Cordoba 3 1 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
21 Sarmiento 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 3
22 Arsenal de Sarandi 3 0 2 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 5 -1 2
23 Barracas Central 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 2
24 Lanús 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
25 River Plate 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 2
26 Velez Sarsfield 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
27 Rosario Central 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
28 Aldosivi 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 0

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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.