River Plate host the first leg in this deciding Copa Libertadores Quarter-finals game. Atlético Mineiro will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Estádio Raimundo Sampaio before the return leg in 9 days.
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 River Plate and Atlético Mineiro.
It's quite the trip for Atlético Mineiro when visiting River as the cities are 2800 kilometers apart.
River Plate form and stats
River participated in Copa Libertadores the last season, where they reached the semi-finals and lost against Palmeiras.On the other hand, in the Copa Libertadores, River Plate has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.
In their previous game, the manager M. Gallardo led his River to a defeat in the Superliga match away at Godoy Cruz. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti. Julián Álvarez (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.02/10. Álvarez scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 5 times.
A 0-0 draw away in the Copa Argentina before that, with Boca Juniors (after extra-time, 4-1 on penalties) the opponent.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how River Plate have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won one time, drawn zero and lost one.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Velez Sarsfield are coming to town in three days.
Atlético Mineiro form and stats
Atlético Mineiro have an excellent away record in the Serie A so far with 6-0-2 from 8 games. Total Copa Libertadores statistics for Atlético Mineiro: 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. Atlético Mineiro have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of eight victories in a row regardless of arena.
Two travels in a row for Atlético, whose manager A. Stival could celebrate last time after the Serie A win against Juventude. Defender Nathan Silva was the best team player with a rating of 8.45. Silva scored one goal and won 10 of 16 duels. The end of the last match, against Juventude, was very satisfying as Nathan Silva scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Bahia's place.After this away game Atlético return home for a Serie A game against Palmeiras. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visiting Atlético have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games. Atlético are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Borré Amaury 8 goals |   G. Vieira de Souza 7 goals |  M. Suárez 6 goals |
River Plate missing players
Atlético Mineiro missing players
| River Plate | Atlético Mineiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 43 | 20 | Scored | S | 13 | 35 | ||
| 23 | 14 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 46% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 64% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 62% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 6.8 | 9.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12.8 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 35% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atlético Mineiro | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 34 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 32 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 30 |
| 4 | Bragantino | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 24 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Ceara | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| 8 | Santos | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Atletico GO | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 20 |
| 10 | Bahia | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 11 | Internacional | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 12 | Corinthians | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Fluminense | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Juventude | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 16 |
| 15 | Sport Recife | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 15 |
| 16 | Sao Paulo | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 17 | America Mineiro | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 14 |
| 19 | Gremio | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 7 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -14 | 4 |