Copa Libertadores betting and spectator preview: River Plate and Fluminense meet at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
Fluminense have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
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 Fluminense.
River Plate form and stats
River was eliminated in the round of 16 last season in the Copa Libertadores. Velez Sarsfield was too strong.When playing at home in the league, River Plate have managed 0 wins, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 0 games.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for River Plate, who played 0-0 against Defensa y Justicia. That match was also played at this venue (Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti).
A 2-2 draw away in the Superliga before that, with Velez Sarsfield the opponent.Fluminense form and stats
Fluminense was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the 3rd round last season.2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Fluminense playing as the away team in the Serie A this season.
Fluminense are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against Bragantino. Midfielder Arias was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.44. Arias served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 8 times.
A defeat, in the Copa do Brasil away at Flamengo, earlier.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Fluminense manager Silva as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Goiás.
The visiting Fluminense have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. 7 goals have been conceded by Fluminense in these games.
Head 2 Head
This was the score when the teams faced each other earlier this season; Fluminense - River 5-1. Previous three meetings involving these contenders: River Plate won zero, Fluminense were winners in two and we saw one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three duels. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Cano with 3 goals scored against River Plate in these 3 meetings.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Beltrán 6 goals |  E. Barco 4 goals |  M. Borja Hernández 4 goals |
River Plate missing players
Fluminense missing players
| River Plate | Fluminense | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 7 | ||
| 45 | 26 | Scored | S | 21 | 53 | ||
| 25 | 9 | Conceded | C | 16 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 48% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 24% | ||
| 6 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 17.5 | 19.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 14.7 | ||
| 6.3 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.9 | ||
| 30% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 36% | ||
| 10.5 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 12.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fluminense | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | The Strongest | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Sporting Cristal | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 4 | River Plate | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fluminense | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | The Strongest | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Sporting Cristal | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 4 | River Plate | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 4 |
