Match Report
13 points and 3 places separated them: River Plate 1st with 14, Blooming 4th with 1. Blooming's recent output lagged their position: 31st on form over five rounds while 4th in the table. Per game in the league, River Plate were scoring 1.5 and conceding 0.5, Blooming 0.5 and 2.83, against a competition average of 1.15 goals per team per game.
7 games without a win framed Blooming's arrival. Over the last five, River Plate had taken 8 of 15 points to Blooming's 2.
Estadio Mâs Monumental, capacity 61,321, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-0.
Goal scorers
River Plate: Maximiliano Salas (57'), Fausto Vera (72'), Lucas Silva (84')
Key stats
Possession: River Plate 74% · Blooming 26% · Total shots: 22-2 · On target: 9-1 · Corners: 8-0