Turn on the lights for River Plate - Boston River! Even with mixed fortunes up until now, this match could be great fun!
- River Plate have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Boston River have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
It's no vacation for neither River nor Boston River as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
River Plate form and stats
River Plate have performed here at Parque Federico Omar Saroldi this season with 5 wins from 7 Primera Division matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2.
River Plate's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Boston River.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Liverpool.This is expected to be a close game, with River Plate perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with River Plate as a small favourite), we find 12 games. River has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 7.
River Plate have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Parque Federico Omar Saroldi with 13 goals in 7 league matches. On the other hand, River Plate have conceded 10 goals.
Boston River form and stats
Boston River have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Primera Division, after 1-3-4 (8 played).
It's the second away game in a row for Boston River, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus River Plate last time out. Those three points felt good as this team had gone four league matches without victory.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Plaza Colonia.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Boston playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 5 Boston River wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Boston River are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Boston's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the squads met previously this season; River Plate - Boston River 0-1. River Plate-Boston River H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: River Plate four wins, Boston River three wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Dos Santos Duré 5 goals |   E. Gómez Dutra 5 goals |  C. Olivera Ibarra 4 goals |
River Plate missing players
Boston River missing players
| River Plate | Boston River | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 17 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 20 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| 81% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 88% |
| 69% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 62% |
| 50% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 44% |
| 25% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 31% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 11% | 12% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 50% |
| 31% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 31% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 31% |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 |
| 5.2 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.6 | 5.1 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.6 | 8.1 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.7 | 8.8 |
| 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
| 37% | 50% | 80% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 36% | 24% |
| 9.2 | 8.8 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 10.3 | 10.4 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 0.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
- Boston River have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- River Plate have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- River Plate haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 34 |
| 2 | Nacional | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 29 |
| 3 | Defensor Sporting | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 4 | Cerro Largo | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
| 5 | Wanderers | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | River Plate | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 20 |
| 8 | Deportivo Maldonado | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -5 | 20 |
| 9 | La Luz | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 18 |
| 10 | Cerro | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 16 |
| 11 | Torque | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -9 | 16 |
| 12 | Plaza Colonia | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 16 |
| 13 | Danubio | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 15 |
| 14 | Racing | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 15 | Boston River | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -8 | 15 |
| 16 | Fenix | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -12 | 12 |
