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

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Liga Profesional · 2025

CA Independiente

0 – 0

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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

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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

25 games this season 🟨 3.3/game ⚽ 6.8 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 Union	27	40
10	CA Platense	27	39
11	CS Independiente Rivadavia	27	38
12	Estudiantes de La Plata	27	36
13	Instituto AC Cordoba	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 Junin	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

28% Clean Sheets
CA Independiente this season

36% 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

3/2

31-45

4/4

46-60

5/6

61-75

1/4

76+

5/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

CA River Plate

0-15

2/2

16-30

3/4

31-45

9/2

46-60

4/–

61-75

5/4

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	5 A

CA River Plate

Gonzalo Montiel	7 G	3 A
Tomas Galvan	6 G	3 A
Sebastian Driussi	6 G
Juan Fernando Quintero	3 G	2 A
Juan Quintero	3 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. CA Independiente get us underway at Libertadores de America.
5' Matias Galarza catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 5.
10' A quiet spell here at Libertadores de America. CA River Plate seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
20' The home supporters are growing impatient. CA Independiente must find a spark to ignite this game.
23' A moment of madness from Facundo Zabala on 23 minutes earns him a card. CA Independiente will be frustrated.
26' The referee calls foul for Kevin Lomonaco. He receives a card.
31' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
36' It looks surprising CA River Plate does not make any changes. German Pezzella has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
41' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. CA River Plate needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
43' Sebastian Boselli has so much to prove this time. He replaces German Pezzella on 43 minute.
46' Time for substitution for CA River Plate. Enzo Perez is replaced by Juan Fernando Quintero.
51' Both keepers have barely been tested. CA Independiente and CA River Plate are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
56' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
61' The referee has no hesitation. Felipe Loyola is booked for CA Independiente — card on 61.
65' CA Independiente make a change. Walter Mazzantti trudges off to be replaced by Diego Tarzia on 65 minutes.
70' Giuliano Galoppo is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for CA Independiente so far.
75' Time for substitution for CA Independiente. Luciano Cabral is replaced by Pablo Galdames.
77' CA River Plate make a change. Matias Galarza trudges off to be replaced by Juan Cruz Meza on 77 minutes.
78' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Lautaro Rivero Cruz.
80' A change in the CA Independiente ranks — Federico Vera exits the field as Leonardo Godoy enters on 80.
85' CA Independiente started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 85.
88' That looks like a foul for a card for Leonardo Godoy.
88' The CA River Plate bench stirs into life. Facundo Colidio is withdrawn and Gonzalo Martinez gets his opportunity.
90' That is a card for CA Independiente. Rodrigo Fernandez will be fuming at that decision.
will have plenty to reflect on. were simply the better side today.

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
Ignacio Scocco	1
Julian Alvarez	1
Silvio Romero	1
Fabricio Bustos	1
Braian Romero	1
Matias Suarez	1
Miguel Borja	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.