The first leg ended River Plate-Argentinos Juniors 1-1. All is set for the decider in this Copa Libertadores 8th Finals fixture!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Argentinos and River Plate.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Argentinos Juniors form and stats
On the other hand, in the Copa Libertadores, Argentinos Juniors has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
The home team returns to Estadio Diego Armando Maradona after being equal after 90 minutes with Independiente on their last time out; the Superliga game ended 0-0. The goalie Lucas Cháves was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.1 out of ten. Cháves stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet. Argentinos Juniors's goalie Lucas Cháves played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Independiente with a stunning six saves.
1-1 away at River Plate before that.River Plate form and stats
Last season their Copa Libertadores adventure ended in the semi-finals against Palmeiras.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Libertadores stats, they have 2 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
River's previous game was their home loss versus Colon (1-2). Fabrizio Angileri got a match rating of 8.02 in that game, top player of the team. Angileri hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times.
A draw for River before that, at their own venue hosting Argentinos Juniors (1-1).After this away game River return home for a Superliga game against Union Santa Fe. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result River Plate - Argentinos 1-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: one win for Argentinos, five draws and one win for River Plate. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Borré Amaury 8 goals |  M. Suárez 5 goals |  G. Ávalos Stumpfs 3 goals |
Argentinos Juniors missing players
River Plate missing players
| Argentinos Juniors | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Scored | S | 24 | 46 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Conceded | C | 9 | 23 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 4.3 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 7.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 35% | ||