Vélez Sarsfield are ready to stop thinking about the league table ahead of this match against River Plate. Here's everything you need to know pre-match!
- Vélez Sarsfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- River Plate have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
River Plate could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa Argentina game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Barracas Central, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for River Plate.
Vélez Sarsfield form and stats
Vélez Sarsfield have played three Superliga home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
No payout for Vélez Sarsfield in their previous match, an away game at Colon that ended in defeat 1-2. The penalty miss from Janson in the defeat against Colon was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen. Defender Gómez got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.44/10. Gómez scored one goal and won 1 of 2 duels.
Low on goals? In this club's last 21 league matches, 16 have seen zero, one or two goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sarsfield as they are travelling to their away game against Lanus in the Superliga. That match is three days after this one.
Vélez Sarsfield aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio José Amalfitani in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. Sarsfield have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
River Plate form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of River Plate playing as the away team in the Superliga this season.
Two away games in a row for River Plate, whose boss Gallardo could celebrate last time after the Copa Argentina win against Barracas Central.
A loss against Godoy Cruz was the result prior to that, in a Superliga home game.A new game in only four days for River Plate, the Superliga home match versus Gimnasia La Plata. Busy days.
River Plate has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. 5 goals have been conceded by River in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the previous nine meetings): Vélez Sarsfield won three games, two matches ended in a draw and River Plate managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / six The games between these clubs have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last nine encounters.Top Goalscorers
  L. Janson 8 goals |   E. Fernández 8 goals |  J. Quintero Paniagua 4 goals |
Vélez Sarsfield missing players
River Plate missing players
| Vélez Sarsfield | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 18 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 21 | 41 |
| 20 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 22 |
| 81% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 91% | 91% |
| 62% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 55% | 68% |
| 24% | 30% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 45% | 55% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 32% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 43% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 50% |
| 29% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | 27% |
| 48% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 36% | 32% |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.9 |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.7 | 3.6 | 3 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.2 | 11.7 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 12.5 | 13.5 |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 22% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 38% | 33% |
| 10.2 | 11 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 8 | 7.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
- River Plate have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- River Plate have scored more than double the goals of Vélez Sarsfield.
- River Plate have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vélez Sarsfield 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 | Newell's Old Boys | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | Gimnasia La Plata | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Huracan | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Racing Club | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Godoy Cruz | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Platense | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | Atletico Tucuman | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Argentinos Juniors | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Union Santa Fe | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Banfield | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 11 | Patronato | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | San Lorenzo | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 13 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 14 | Barracas Central | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 15 | Boca Juniors | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 16 | River Plate | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 17 | Colon | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 18 | Sarmiento | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 19 | Estudiantes | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 20 | Central Cordoba SdE | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 21 | Defensa y Justicia | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 22 | Independiente | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 23 | Rosario Central | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 24 | Tigre | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 6 |
| 25 | Vélez Sarsfield | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 26 | Talleres Cordoba | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 27 | Lanus | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 28 | Aldosivi | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 4 |
