This promises to be an action-packed encounter for River Plate at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti when the Copa Libertadores tournament arrives in town and Fluminense with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Carioca 1 game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Flamengo. 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.
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.
River Plate form and stats
Last season, River's Copa Libertadores journey ended in the semi-finals against Palmeiras.2W-3D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa Libertadores for River Plate.
River Plate's last game was hosting Santa Fe (placed 4th) and winning 2-1. Midfield player Fabrizio Angileri got a match rating of 7.6 in that game, the max score being 10. Angileri scored one goal and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Boca Juniors (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) that finished 1-1.Fluminense form and stats
The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Libertadores stats, they have 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Fluminense, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Flamengo.
A 1-2 loss hosting Junior before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Fluminense manager R. Machado Marques as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Sao Paulo.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Fluminense - River 1-1 entered in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  R. Borré Amaury 8 goals |  M. Suárez 4 goals | G. Montiel 3 goals |
River Plate missing players
Fluminense missing players
| River Plate | Fluminense | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 45 | 19 | Scored | S | 19 | 40 | ||
| 22 | 13 | Conceded | C | 10 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.6 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 37% | ||