Boston River will be facing visiting club Peñarol at The Estadio Juventud Parque Artigas in this Primera Division (Apertura) match on Saturday.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for Boston River v Peñarol can be found here - as well as the best betting odds.
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Form Guide
Boston River
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Boston River will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 1-0 Primera Division (Apertura) loss in their previous game against Progreso.
Alex Silva (5') was the scorer for Progreso.
It’s not been often in recent times where Boston River haven’t conceded. The reality is that Boston River have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 6 goals along the way.
Pre-game facts show that Boston River:
- have not registered a win against Peñarol in their last 2 matches in the league.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 3 league matches at home.
- are without a win at home for the past 4 league games. Things will have to change soon.
Peñarol
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Peñarol come into this match after a 2-0 Primera Division (Apertura) win with the downing of Danubio in their previous match.
The only player to score from Peñarol was Diego Sosa (34').
A series of very capable performances from the Peñarol defenders has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 3 from their previous 6 outings in total. In that period, their own forwards have managed to score 11. Previous results aside, time will tell if that trend shall be sustained in this upcoming game.
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Head to head
Checking on their prior head to head clashes going back to 26/09/2021 tells us that Boston River have won 1 of them and Peñarol 5, with the number of drawn matches standing at 0.
A sum of 16 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 5 from El Boston and 11 netted by Aurinegros. That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.
The last league fixture between these sides was Primera Division match day 3 on 02/09/2023 when it finished Boston River 0-1 Peñarol.
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Team News: Boston River
The Boston River boss Alejandro Apud will be thankful to have no fitness worries to speak of coming into this game owing to a completely injury-free group available to select from.
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Team News: Peñarol
Thanks to a mainly healthy group, there’s only the lone fitness problem for the Peñarol gaffer Diego Aguirre to be concerned with. Sebastián Cristóforo (unknown injury) misses out for this game.
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Prediction
Our assessment is that Boston River are dangerous enough to score against this Peñarol team, although one goal probably shouldn’t be enough to prevent defeat.
Our tip is for both teams to score in a 1-2 winning margin for Peñarol at the end of the 90 minutes. There looks to be little in this one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira,
20:06 17/04/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Boston River
Formed: 1939
Stadium: The Estadio Juventud Parque Artigas (6,148)
Captain: Carlos Valdez
Chairman: Javier Bonina
Manager: Alejandro Apud
Competitions: Primera Division (Apertura) position 3