River Plate have traveled here for an interesting Copa Sudamericana fight against Corinthians. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Division 1 game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Nacional Asuncion. 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.
Corinthians form and stats
Corinthians participated in Copa Sudamericana the last season, where they reached the semi-finals and lost against Independiente del Valle.12 points is a decent return from 6 Paulista A1 games here at Neo Química Arena for Corinthians. The data says 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. 2W-1D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa Sudamericana for Corinthians.
The Corinthians supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Sport Huancayo in Copa Sudamericana and win 5-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Corinthians played a great game against Sport Huancayo and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Preceding that match was a Paulista A1 defeat to Palmeiras (0-2).Corinthians are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found nine matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won six, drew two and lost one.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Atletico GO are coming to town in four days.
A decent goal production from Corinthians in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. On the other hand, Corinthians have conceded 7 goals.
River Plate form and stats
River was sent out of Copa Sudamericana in the 1st round last season.There's been little loot from River Plate's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Division 1. River Plate only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Sudamericana stats, they have 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away.
It's the second away game in a row for River Plate, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Nacional Asuncion in the Division 1 last time out.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Penarol in the Copa Sudamericana.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where River played away with similar odds. This revealed five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, two were draws and the home team won as expected three times.
The attacking power of River Plate when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as River have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; River Plate - Corinthians 0-0.Top Goalscorers
  P. Zeballos Ocampos 4 goals |  M. González Cabral 2 goals | D. Pérez Mambreani 2 goals |
Corinthians missing players
River Plate missing players
| Corinthians | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 34 | 21 | Scored | S | 12 | 24 | ||
| 22 | 13 | Conceded | C | 22 | 39 | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 12.4 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 7.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.3 | ||
| 32% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Penarol | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | River Plate | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Corinthians | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Sport Huancayo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -14 | 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 | Corinthians | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | Inter de Limeira | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 18 |
| 3 | Santo Andre | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 4 | Botafogo SP | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Libertad | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 19 | 35 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 30 |
| 3 | Nacional Asuncion | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | Cerro Porteno | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | Guairena | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 25 |
| 6 | Guarani | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | -5 | 22 |
| 7 | 12 de Octubre | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -5 | 21 |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueno | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 9 | Sol de America | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | -10 | 13 |
| 10 | River Plate | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -18 | 12 |