📏 Form Guide

River Plate

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River Plate are hoping to win again following a 2-3 Copa Libertadores triumph against Barcelona SC.

In that game, River Plate had 57% possession and 13 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. For River Plate, goals were scored by Sebastián Driussi (7'), Facundo Colidio (26'), Franco Mastantuono (48') and Lucas Martínez Quarta (49' Own goal). Barcelona SC got 10 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Octavio Rivero (15') was the scorer for Barcelona SC.

At least three goals per match have been seen in 5 of the last 6 meetings where River Plate have been involved. Their opponents scored 7 times in these games whereas River Plate totted up 15. That kind of trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this game, however.

Barracas Central

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Barracas Central will go into this encounter following a 0-1 Torneo Apertura win with the downing of Huracán in their previous fixture.

In that game, Barracas Central managed 35% possession and 12 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Barracas Central was Kevin Jappert (49'). Huracan had 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

In the course of their 6 most recent matches, Barracas Central have seen their efforts on goal rewarded 6 times, yielding them a goals scored per game average of 1.

👥 Head to head

The last league meeting between these sides was Primera División match day 22 on 10/11/2024 and the score finished River Plate 3-0 Barracas Central.

That time, River Plate managed 73% possession and 33 shots at goal with 14 of them on target. The goalscorers were Maximiliano Meza (68'), Miguel Borja (75') and Paulo Díaz (86').

Barracas Central got 3 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Fernando Echenique.

📋 Team News: River Plate

The River Plate boss Marcelo Gallardo will be grateful to have no fitness worries at all ahead of this match owing to a fully injury-free squad to choose from.

It looks as if Los Millonarios will probably employ a 4-3-1-2 formation and select Franco Armani, Gonzalo Montiel, L. Martínez Quarta, German Pezzella, Marcos Acuna, Giuliano Galoppo, Enzo Pérez, Kevin Castaño, Franco Mastantuono, Sebastián Driussi and Facundo Colidio.

📰 Team News: Barracas Central

Due to a fully injury-free group ready to go, the Barracas Central boss doesn’t have any fitness worries at all coming into this game.

We are inclined to think that Barracas Central might elect for a 3-4-2-1 system, choosing Marcos Ledesma, Kevin Jappert, Fernando Tobio, Nicolás Demartini, Facundo Mater, Dardo Miloc, Ivan Tapia, Rodrigo Insua, Tomás Porra, Javier Ruiz and Facundo Bruera.

🔮 Prediction

It looks to us that River Plate certainly have the ability to create the chances to score more than once against Barracas Central, who could well find it tough scoring a goal of their own.

We’re therefore anticipating a comfortable 2-0 winning margin for River Plate at full-time.

Andre Moura, 23:21 12/05/2025