River Plate vs Boca Juniors Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 27)

📏 Form Guide

River Plate

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River Plate prepare for this game coming off the back of a 2-2 Copa Libertadores drawn game against 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 go into this match after a 2-0 Torneo Apertura win vs Estudiantes de La Plata in their previous match.

In that game, Boca Juniors had 49% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For Boca Juniors, the scorers were Carlos Palacios (48') and Miguel Ángel Merentiel (63'). For their opponents, Estudiantes de La Plata had 11 attempts on goal with 2 of them 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

Inspecting their past head to head clashes going back to 11/09/2022 tells us that River Plate have won 3 of these games and Boca Juniors 2, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

An aggregate of 12 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 7 of them from Los Millonarios and 5 for Los Xeneizes. That’s an average goals per game of 2.

The previous league meeting featuring the two was Primera División match day 15 on 21/09/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Boca Juniors 0-1 River Plate.

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

River Plate got 6 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Manuel Lanzini (20') was the scorer.

The referee was Nicolás Ramírez.

🗞️ Team News: River Plate

The River Plate boss Marcelo Gallardo has no fitness worries to speak of coming into this match with a fully injury-free squad to choose from.

ℹ️ Team News: Boca Juniors

With a completely healthy group ready to go, the Boca Juniors boss doesn’t have any fitness concerns to report before this match.

🧠 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.

📖 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Checking the latest betting odds for this match in the 90 min. result market, staking on River Plate can be had for 1.91, a wager on the game finishing all-square is 3.2 and putting your money on the winner to be Boca Juniors gets you 4.5. These are the top market prices available at present.

Andre Moura, 05:02 24/04/2025