CA Independiente vs CA River Plate, Superliga Argentina 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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Liga Profesional · 2025

CA Independiente

0 – 0

Full Time

CA River Plate

Sat 9 Aug 2025 · 21:30 UTC Libertadores de America HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 5' Matias Galarza

Facundo Zabala 23' Y

Kevin Lomonaco 26' Y

Felipe Loyola 61' Y

Y 78' Lautaro Rivero Cruz

Leonardo Godoy 88' Y

Rodrigo Fernandez 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

CA Independiente vs CA River Plate — Superliga Argentina at Libertadores de America.

CA Independiente 27 games · 40 pts (2026/26)
CA River Plate 27 games · 43 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Nazareno Arasa
Assistant 1
Assistant 2 Diego Bonfa

23 games this season 🟨 3.0/game ⚽ 6.1 goals/game 🟥 3 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	CA Velez Sarsfield	27	51
2	CA Talleres	27	48
3	Racing Club	27	46
4	CA Huracan	27	46
5	CA River Plate	27	43
6	CA Boca Juniors	27	42
7	CA Independiente	27	40
8	CA Tucuman	27	40
9	CA Unión	27	40
10	CA Platense	27	39
11	CS Independiente Rivadavia	27	38
12	Estudiantes de La Plata	27	36
13	Instituto AC Córdoba	27	36
14	CA Lanus	27	36
15	CD Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba	27	35
16	CA Belgrano	27	35
17	CD Riestra	27	35
18	CA Tigre	27	34
19	Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata	27	32
20	CA Rosario Central	27	32
21	CSyD Defensa y Justicia	27	32
22	CA Central Córdoba	27	31
23	AA Argentinos Juniors	27	30
24	CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	27	29
25	CA Newell's Old Boys	27	28
26	CA Sarmiento de Junín	27	26
27	CA Banfield	27	24
28	CA Barracas Central	27	23

Head-to-Head

CA Independiente 7 games · Avg 1.6 goals CA River Plate

Last 5 meetings

2025-08-09 CA Independiente 0–0 CA River Plate 2024-09-01 CA Independiente 0–0 CA River Plate 2023-04-23 CA River Plate 2–0 CA Independiente 2022-08-07 CA Independiente 0–1 CA River Plate 2021-09-06 CA River Plate 1–1 CA Independiente

Recent Form

CA Independiente

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Aug	CA River Plate	H	0–0	D
27 Jul	Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata	A	0–1	L
21 Jul	CA Talleres	H	1–2	L
13 Jul	CA Sarmiento de Junin	A	2–2	D
14 Dec	CA Boca Juniors	A	0–0	D
10 Dec	CA Tucuman	H	2–1	W

CA River Plate

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Aug	CA Independiente	A	0–0	D
27 Jul	CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	H	0–0	D
20 Jul	Instituto AC Cordoba	A	4–0	W
14 Jul	CA Platense	H	3–1	W
26 Jun	FC Internazionale Milano	A	0–2	L
22 Jun	CF Monterrey	H	0–0	D

Season Stats

CA Independiente		CA River Plate
#7	Position	#5
40	Points	43
27	Played	27
9 / 13 / 5	W / D / L	11 / 10 / 6
25	Scored	38
17	Conceded	21
+8	GD	+17
1.48	PPG	1.59
33%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

29% Both Teams to Score
H2H (7 games)

29% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

30% Clean Sheets
CA Independiente this season

32% Clean Sheets
CA River Plate this season

CA Independiente are 7th (40 pts). CA River Plate are 5th (43 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

CA Independiente

0-15

3/2

16-30

2/–

31-45

3/3

46-60

5/5

61-75

–/3

76+

5/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

CA River Plate

0-15

1/1

16-30

3/3

31-45

7/2

46-60

3/–

61-75

3/4

76+

7/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

CA Independiente

Gabriel Avalos	11 G	5 A
Matias Abaldo	5 G	3 A
Santiago Gabriel Montiel	4 G	4 A

CA River Plate

Gonzalo Montiel	6 G	2 A
Sebastian Driussi	6 G
Juan Fernando Quintero	3 G	2 A
Juan Quintero	3 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between CA Independiente and CA River Plate is underway.
5' CA River Plate player sees a card in front of him.
10' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. will be considering his options from the bench.
15' CA River Plate have won 315 goals from 209 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
20' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both CA Independiente and CA River Plate are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
23' That is a card for CA Independiente. Facundo Zabala will be fuming at that decision.
26' A meaty challenge results in booking for Kevin Lomonaco on 26.
31' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
36' CA River Plate fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
41' Both keepers have barely been tested. CA Independiente and CA River Plate are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
43' A tactical swap from CA River Plate — Sebastian Boselli on, German Pezzella off on 43 minutes.
46' Another substitution for CA River Plate to replace Enzo Perez by Juan Fernando Quintero on 46 minute.
51' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
56' CA River Plate seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
61' CA Independiente player sees a card in front of him.
65' Another substitution for CA Independiente to replace Walter Mazzantti by Diego Tarzia on 65 minute.
70' It is a cagey affair so far. CA Independiente in their 4-2-3-1 trying to find a way past CA River Plate's compact 4-3-3.
75' Pablo Galdames is replacing Luciano Cabral for the CA Independiente side.
77' CA River Plate ring the changes. Matias Galarza has done his job and it is now time for Juan Cruz Meza to step up.
78' Lautaro Rivero Cruz catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 78.
80' Leonardo Godoy has so much to prove this time. He replaces Federico Vera on 80 minute.
85' CA Independiente started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 85.
88' Leonardo Godoy is having his name booked by the referee on 88.
88' Gonzalo Martinez has so much to prove this time. He replaces Facundo Colidio on 88 minute.
90' It’s a booking for CA Independiente player. Rodrigo Fernandez gets a card.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — CA Independiente 0-0 CA River Plate.

Lineups

CA Independiente Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

CA River Plate Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

9
Miguel Borja
6
German Pezzella ↓ Sebastian Boselli 43'
21
Marcos Acuna
1
Franco Armani
24
Enzo Perez ↓ Juan Fernando Quintero 46'
4
Gonzalo Montiel
11
Facundo Colidio ↓ Gonzalo Martinez 88'
23
Matias Galarza ↓ Juan Cruz Meza 77'
22
Kevin Castano
13
Lautaro Rivero Cruz
39
Santiago Lencina ↓ Giuliano Galoppo 46'

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Rafael Borre	2
Matias Suarez	1
Miguel Borja	1
Ezequiel Barco	1
Lucas Pratto	1
Ignacio Scocco	1
Julian Alvarez	1
Silvio Romero	1

Head to Head

CA Independiente Form

2025-08-09 CA Independiente 0–0 CA River Plate D 2025-07-27 Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata 1–0 CA Independiente L 2025-07-21 CA Independiente 1–2 CA Talleres L 2025-07-13 CA Sarmiento de Junin 2–2 CA Independiente D 2024-12-14 CA Boca Juniors 0–0 CA Independiente D 2024-12-10 CA Independiente 2–1 CA Tucuman W

CA River Plate Form

2025-08-09 CA Independiente 0–0 CA River Plate D 2025-07-27 CA River Plate 0–0 CA San Lorenzo de Almagro D 2025-07-20 Instituto AC Cordoba 0–4 CA River Plate W 2025-07-14 CA River Plate 3–1 CA Platense W 2025-06-26 FC Internazionale Milano 2–0 CA River Plate L 2025-06-22 CA River Plate 0–0 CF Monterrey D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

0.65 CA Independiente xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.93 CA River Plate xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 79% + CA River Plate or Draw 73%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

CA Independiente27% Draw36% CA River Plate37%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes30% 0% No70%

Avg goals/match: 1.58

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	77%	23%
± 1.5	47%	53%
± 2.5	21%	79%
± 3.5	8%	92%
± 4.5	3%	97%

Double Chance

CA Independiente or Draw

63%

Draw or CA River Plate

73%

CA Independiente or CA River Plate

64%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

CA Independiente15% Draw61% CA River Plate24%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

17.7%

1 – 1

13.4%

1 – 0

11.8%

0 – 2

8.4%

1 – 2

5.8%

2 – 1

2 – 0

0 – 3

2.5%

2 – 2

1 – 3

1.9%

3 – 1

0.9%

Asian Handicap — CA Independiente

Handicap	CA Independiente covers	Push	CA River Plate covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	5%	94%
-1.5	6%	—	94%
-1	6%	16%	78%
-0.5	22%	—	78%
+0.5	61%	—	39%
+1	61%	24%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	10%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

CA Independiente keeps clean sheet

40% ✗

CA River Plate keeps clean sheet

53% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.