International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both River Plate and Alianza Lima are looking forward to this Copa Libertadores fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Primera Division game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Deportivo Municipal. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
River Plate form and stats
Last season, River's Copa Libertadores journey ended in the quarter-finals against Atletico Mineiro.River Plate's previous fixture was a Copa Libertadores game also played at their own arena, ending 4-0 versus Colo-Colo. The home team hope to to repeat that performance. Midfielder Fernández was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.03 (out of ten) in that game. Fernández served one assist and hit seven key passes.
Ahead of that match, River Plate lost 1-2 at home to Tigre.Alianza Lima form and stats
Alianza Lima was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the group stage last season.Playing away, Alianza Lima have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Primera Division this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Alianza, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Deportivo Municipal last time out. Rodríguez got a match rating of 8.02 in that game, top player of the team. Rodríguez signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and had 22 successful passes (of 26 total).
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Alianza Lima has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games.
Head 2 Head
Alianza Lima - River Plate 0-1 was the end result in these sides' latest head-to-head fixture, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - one - zero (River Plate wins - draws - Alianza Lima wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Álvarez 8 goals |  E. Fernández 7 goals |   H. Barcos 7 goals |
River Plate missing players
Alianza Lima missing players
| River Plate | Alianza Lima | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 53 | 34 | Scored | S | 19 | 36 | ||
| 20 | 13 | Conceded | C | 13 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 6.3 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 14.6 | 16.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.6 | ||
| 6.4 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 37% | ||
| 7.4 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 11.8 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | River Plate | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Colo-Colo | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 4 | Alianza Lima | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | River Plate | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Colo-Colo | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 4 | Alianza Lima | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Melgar | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 31 |
| 2 | Alianza Atlético | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 28 |
| 3 | Sport Huancayo | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Alianza Lima | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 26 |
| 5 | Sporting Cristal | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Cienciano | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 25 |
| 7 | Universitario | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 25 |
| 8 | Deportivo Binacional | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 9 | Deportivo Municipal | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 19 | -5 | 20 |
| 10 | Atletico Grau | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 11 | Cesar Vallejo | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 12 | Sport Boys | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 18 |
| 13 | ADT | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 14 | UTC Cajamarca | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Carlos Manucci | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Carlos Stein | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -9 | 12 |
| 17 | Ayacucho | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 11 |
| 18 | Universidad San Martin | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 20 | -14 | 11 |
| 19 | Academia Cantolao | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -15 | 9 |
