📏 Form Guide

River Plate

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River Plate enter this game coming off the back of a 2-2 Copa Libertadores draw against Independiente del Valle.

In that match, River Plate had 49% possession and 16 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. For River Plate, the goalscorers were Giuliano Galoppo (68') and Sebastián Driussi (74'). Independiente del Valle had 14 shots at goal with 4 on target. Claudio Spinelli (24', 30') was the scorer for Independiente del Valle.

Their latest results highlight the fact that there has been much resilience in the River Plate defence. River Plate have kept it tight, seeing the number of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their last six clashes standing at 4.

Boca Juniors

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Boca Juniors will come into the encounter following on from a 2-0 Torneo Apertura win to defeat Estudiantes de La Plata in their previous game.

In that match, Boca Juniors had 49% possession and 8 shots at goal with 3 on target. For Boca Juniors, the goalscorers were Carlos Palacios (48') and Miguel Ángel Merentiel (63'). On the other side, Estudiantes de La Plata got 11 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

A succession of reliable performances by the Boca Juniors defenders has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 3 from their last 6 outings overall. During the same period of time, their own forwards have managed to score 13. That kind of trend might not follow through into this game, of course.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 11/09/2022 tells us that River Plate have won 3 of them and Boca Juniors 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

A combined sum of 12 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them for Los Millonarios and 5 created by Los Xeneizes. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.

The last league game featuring the two was Primera División match day 15 on 21/09/2024 and the score finished Boca Juniors 0-1 River Plate.

That time, Boca Juniors had 54% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

On the other side, River Plate got 6 shots on goal with 3 on target. Manuel Lanzini (20') scored.

The match was refereed by Nicolás Ramírez.

🗞️ Team News: River Plate

The River Plate manager Marcelo Gallardo doesn’t have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this clash owing to a fully injury-free group available to choose from.

📰 Team News: Boca Juniors

With a fully healthy squad to choose from, the Boca Juniors boss has zero fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this game.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Boca Juniors should be able to score against this River Plate outfit, although that might not quite prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We’re tipping a 2-1 winning score for River Plate when all is said and done.

Andre Moura, 18:03 27/04/2025