It's game one of two in the Copa Libertadores as River Plate host Argentinos Juniors. This is a 8th Finals fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
River Plate form and stats
River Plate was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Copa Libertadores. Palmeiras was too strong.2W-3D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa Libertadores for River Plate.
River's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Fluminense. Julián Álvarez (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.44/10. Álvarez served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled passed the opponent 5 of 6 times and had 34 successful passes (of 39 total).
Before that, River had a Copa Libertadores home game versus Santa Fe which ended with a victory 2-1.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Superliga game versus Colon in only four days. This game is also played here at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti.
Argentinos Juniors form and stats
The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Libertadores stats, they have 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses both home and away.
Two away games in a row for Argentinos, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Nacional in the Copa Libertadores. Kevin Mac Allister was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.02. The defender Allister won 15 of 20 duels.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Atletico Nacional in the Copa Libertadores.The schedule is very tough for Argentinos now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Superliga game at Independiente is waiting in only four days.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): River Plate won one game, four matches ended with a draw and Argentinos Juniors has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / fiveTop Goalscorers
  R. Borré Amaury 8 goals |  M. Suárez 4 goals | G. Montiel 3 goals |
River Plate missing players
Argentinos Juniors missing players
| River Plate | Argentinos Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 46 | 20 | Scored | S | 14 | 27 | ||
| 22 | 13 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 32% | ||
| 7.1 | 7.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | ||
| 12.6 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 8.3 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 34% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 30% | ||