The magic of the cup as River Plate greet São Paulo visitors in Copa Libertadores tie

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Competition: South America Copa Libertadores
Competition: Thu 01.October
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti (14000 seats)

River Plate and São Paulo get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Copa Libertadores Group Stage fixture.

São Paulo could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Serie A game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Internacional, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for São Paulo.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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River Plate form and stats

River participated in Copa Libertadores the last season, where they reached the finals.

When playing at home in the Superliga, River Plate have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games. 2W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa Libertadores for River Plate.

Happy days for River Plate in their previous game, a Copa Libertadores match away at Deportivo Binacional that ended with a 6-0 victory. A 2-2 draw away in the Copa Libertadores before that, with São Paulo the opponent.

As mentioned above, River Plate "killed" Deportivo Binacional in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

The River fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. River are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 11 matches.

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São Paulo form and stats

São Paulo was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the 2nd round last season.

1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of São Paulo playing as the away team in the Serie A this season. When we have look at the Copa Libertadores statistics, we find 1W-1D-2L. This is both home and away. The last three matches for Paulo have all ended in a draw. Two points from the last two away games for São Paulo, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Paulo has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Internacional for a Serie A game that ended a draw (1-1). A 2-4 defeat away at LDU Quito before that.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Paulo manager F. Diniz Silva as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Coritiba.

Paulo have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 5 goals have been scored. Paulo have conceded 8 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the São Paulo - River 2-2 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): River zero wins, two draws and São Paulo one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

River PlateR. Borré Amaury
R. Borré Amaury
12 goals
River PlateM. Suárez
M. Suárez
7 goals
River PlateI. Fernández
I. Fernández
5 goals

River Plate missing players

São Paulo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
River Plate São Paulo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 10   Played P   11 25
15 7   Won W   3 10
5 1   Drew D   2 7
5 2   Lost L   6 8
52 20   Scored S   16 39
25 4   Conceded C   18 33
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
80% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 80%
52% 20%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   73% 64%
24% 10%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 32%
20% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 12%
44% 20%   BTTS BTTS   64% 68%
40% 60%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 24%
16% 20%   Failed to Score F T   18% 12%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.2 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 2
5 3   Red cards R C   0 0
 
336 144   Total Shots T S   169 422
121 59   Shots on Target S O   71 160
43% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 24%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 LDU Quito 4 3 0 1 8 5 2 2 0 0 7 2 2 1 0 1 1 3 3 9
2 River Plate 4 2 1 1 16 5 1 1 0 0 8 0 3 1 1 1 8 5 11 7
3 São Paulo 4 1 1 2 8 8 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 3 6 0 4
4 Deportivo Binacional 4 1 0 3 2 16 3 1 0 2 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 8 -14 3
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Boca Juniors 23 14 6 3 35 8 12 7 4 1 18 4 11 7 2 2 17 4 27 48
2 River Plate 23 14 5 4 41 18 11 5 2 4 12 7 12 9 3 0 29 11 23 47
3 Velez Sarsfield 23 11 6 6 27 14 11 5 4 2 14 7 12 6 2 4 13 7 13 39
4 Racing Club 23 9 12 2 28 23 11 5 5 1 13 11 12 4 7 1 15 12 5 39
5 Argentinos Juniors 23 10 9 4 22 17 12 7 5 0 17 9 11 3 4 4 5 8 5 39
6 Defensa y Justicia 23 10 6 7 26 18 12 5 3 4 13 7 11 5 3 3 13 11 8 36
7 Lanus 23 9 9 5 32 29 11 6 4 1 16 9 12 3 5 4 16 20 3 36
8 San Lorenzo 23 11 3 9 32 30 12 6 2 4 20 19 11 5 1 5 12 11 2 36
9 Rosario Central 23 9 9 5 31 29 11 7 3 1 21 9 12 2 6 4 10 20 2 36
10 Newell's Old Boys 23 9 8 6 33 25 12 7 2 3 19 10 11 2 6 3 14 15 8 35
11 Arsenal de Sarandi 23 9 7 7 37 32 12 5 5 2 22 16 11 4 2 5 15 16 5 34
12 Talleres Cordoba 23 10 4 9 34 30 12 7 3 2 20 14 11 3 1 7 14 16 4 34
13 Estudiantes 23 8 6 9 23 22 12 6 2 4 15 9 11 2 4 5 8 13 1 30
14 Independiente 23 8 5 10 27 25 12 5 2 5 21 14 11 3 3 5 6 11 2 29
15 Atletico Tucuman 23 7 8 8 22 25 12 4 5 3 15 14 11 3 3 5 7 11 -3 29
16 Union Santa Fe 23 7 6 10 21 30 11 4 3 4 9 11 12 3 3 6 12 19 -9 27
17 Banfield 23 6 8 9 19 23 12 2 4 6 11 17 11 4 4 3 8 6 -4 26
18 Central Cordoba SdE 23 6 8 9 21 29 11 4 4 3 9 11 12 2 4 6 12 18 -8 26
19 Gimnasia La Plata 23 6 5 12 22 23 11 2 2 7 5 11 12 4 3 5 17 12 -1 23
20 Patronato 23 5 8 10 22 34 11 4 3 4 12 15 12 1 5 6 10 19 -12 23
21 Huracan 23 5 7 11 17 27 11 3 4 4 7 11 12 2 3 7 10 16 -10 22
22 Aldosivi 23 6 4 13 20 35 11 3 3 5 10 13 12 3 1 8 10 22 -15 22
23 Colon 23 5 3 15 17 39 12 5 2 5 12 17 11 0 1 10 5 22 -22 18
24 Godoy Cruz 23 6 0 17 22 46 11 3 0 8 11 24 12 3 0 9 11 22 -24 18
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Mineiro 11 8 0 3 21 13 5 5 0 0 13 4 6 3 0 3 8 9 8 24
2 Internacional 12 6 3 3 16 8 6 4 2 0 11 3 6 2 1 3 5 5 8 21
3 São Paulo 11 5 4 2 14 12 6 4 2 0 9 4 5 1 2 2 5 8 2 19
4 Palmeiras 11 4 7 0 15 10 5 1 4 0 7 6 6 3 3 0 8 4 5 19
5 Vasco da Gama 11 5 3 3 16 11 6 3 2 1 7 4 5 2 1 2 9 7 5 18
6 Flamengo 11 5 3 3 14 14 4 1 2 1 4 4 7 4 1 2 10 10 0 18
7 Fluminense 12 5 2 5 16 14 7 4 2 1 13 7 5 1 0 4 3 7 2 17
8 Sport Recife 12 5 2 5 12 13 6 4 0 2 7 5 6 1 2 3 5 8 -1 17
9 Santos 12 4 5 3 15 13 7 2 4 1 12 9 5 2 1 2 3 4 2 17
10 Fortaleza 12 4 4 4 12 10 5 3 1 1 5 2 7 1 3 3 7 8 2 16
11 Atletico PR 11 4 2 5 9 10 7 3 2 2 6 5 4 1 0 3 3 5 -1 14
12 Ceara 12 4 2 6 14 18 7 3 2 2 8 7 5 1 0 4 6 11 -4 14
13 Atletico GO 11 3 4 4 13 16 6 1 3 2 9 9 5 2 1 2 4 7 -3 13
14 Gremio 11 2 7 2 10 10 5 1 3 1 4 4 6 1 4 1 6 6 0 13
15 Corinthians 11 3 3 5 15 17 5 2 2 1 9 8 6 1 1 4 6 9 -2 12
16 Coritiba 12 3 2 7 8 16 5 2 0 3 2 3 7 1 2 4 6 13 -8 11
17 Bragantino 12 2 5 5 15 19 5 2 1 2 9 8 7 0 4 3 6 11 -4 11
18 Botafogo 11 1 8 2 10 12 5 1 2 2 4 6 6 0 6 0 6 6 -2 11
19 Goias 9 2 3 4 13 15 5 2 1 2 8 8 4 0 2 2 5 7 -2 9
20 Bahia 11 2 3 6 12 19 6 2 1 3 7 10 5 0 2 3 5 9 -7 9

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 LDU Quito 4 3 0 1 8 5 2 2 0 0 7 2 2 1 0 1 1 3 3 9
2 River Plate 4 2 1 1 16 5 1 1 0 0 8 0 3 1 1 1 8 5 11 7
3 São Paulo 4 1 1 2 8 8 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 3 6 0 4
4 Deportivo Binacional 4 1 0 3 2 16 3 1 0 2 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 8 -14 3

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