Copa Libertadores betting and spectator preview: The Strongest and River Plate meet at Estadio Hernando Siles to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
River Plate 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 a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Superliga.
The Strongest form and stats
Last season their Copa Libertadores adventure ended in the group stage.As mentioned below, The Strongest are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Liga De Futbol Prof games.
The Strongest travelled for their previous game, a trip to Santa Cruz that ended 1-1. Dieppa was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Santa Cruz after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Before that, The Strongest had a Liga De Futbol Prof home game versus Real Tomayapo which ended with a victory 3-1.Strongest are traveling soon after this match as the Liga De Futbol Prof match at Royal Pari awaits in four days.
The Strongest are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estadio Hernando Siles in their league games, having scored an impressive 8 goals in 3 matches. Strongest's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
River Plate form and stats
River Plate was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the round of 16 last season, when Velez Sarsfield turned out to be too strong.Impressive finishing from Fernández secured the home win 1-0 against Unión Santa Fe in their previous game. Pírez was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.84. The defender Pírez won 10 of 13 duels.
Before that, River Plate secured a home win against Godoy Cruz with the score 3-0.Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): The Strongest zero wins, one draw and River Plate one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last two encounters. Fernández loves to meet Strongest and have scored 2 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Triverio 4 goals |   L. Beltrán 4 goals | J. Arias Cácerers 3 goals |
The Strongest missing players
River Plate missing players
| The Strongest | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 9 | 20 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 53 | 32 | Scored | S | 21 | 53 | ||
| 26 | 19 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 68% | 85% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 64% | 60% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.8 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12.6 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.2 | 15.6 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 38% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 38% | ||
| 10.8 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | River Plate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | The Strongest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Sporting Cristal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | River Plate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | The Strongest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Sporting Cristal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
