Match Report
River Plate went into the game 2nd in the table on 24 points; Arsenal de Sarandi sat 14th on 13 — an 11-point gap. On recent form River Plate sat only 10th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Against a league average of 0.99 goals per team per game, River Plate ran at 1.71 scored and 1.14 conceded, Arsenal de Sarandi at 0.71 and 1.07.
Across 9 recorded meetings, River Plate have 3 wins to Arsenal de Sarandi's 1, with 5 draws, at 2.89 goals per meeting. Only 22% of these meetings ended in a home win. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 67% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 56%. The recent editions have closed up — 1.4 goals per game over the last five against 2.89 all-time.
The match was played at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in Capital Federal (capacity 14,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: River Plate led 2-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-1.