Match Report
Liverpool, 1st with 32 points, sat 27 points above River Plate (7th, 5). The last five rounds placed River Plate no better than 30th for form, against 7th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.17 goals per team per game, River Plate ran at 0.86 scored and 1.43 conceded, Liverpool at 1.47 and 0.6.
10 games without a win framed River Plate's arrival. River Plate had banked 2 of the last 15 points on offer; Liverpool, 8.
The sides have met 8 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for River Plate, 2 draws and 1 for Liverpool, at 2.75 goals per meeting. Recent meetings have been cagier — 1.6 goals per game across the last five against 2.75 historically.
The match was played at Parque Federico Omar Saroldi in Montevideo (capacity 6,000). Liverpool led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.
Goal scorers
Liverpool: Abel Hernández (30')