📏 Form Guide

River Plate

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River Plate prepare for this fixture following on from a 1-1 Primera Division (Apertura) tied result versus Liverpool FC.

Gustavo Díaz's River Plate have scored 7 times in their prior 6 outings. At the other end, the number of goals that have been scored against them in those same games is 6.

Montevideo Wanderers

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Boston River in Primera Division (Apertura) competition, Montevideo Wanderers and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

Emanuel Beltrán (14') scored for Boston River.

For 5 of the past six clashes featuring Montevideo Wanderers, a comparatively low number of goals have been scored between them and their opposition. The overall average goals scored per game in that period comes to a mere 1.67, with the average goals for Bohemios being 0.5. Such a trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this game, of course.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their past head to head meetings dating back to 03/11/2021 tells us that River Plate have won 1 of them & Montevideo Wanderers 4, with the tally of draws being 1.

16 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 5 for La Dársena and 11 belonging to Bohemios. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.

The previous league meeting between these clubs was Primera Division match day 11 on 20/11/2023 which ended up with the score at Montevideo Wanderers 2-1 River Plate.

In that game, Montevideo Wanderers had 49% possession and 10 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorers were Facundo Milán (89') and Tabaré Viudez (90').

River Plate had 7 shots at goal with 3 on target.

📰 Team News: River Plate

Ihojan Pérez (Meniscus injury) and Tiziano Correa (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be available for River Plate boss Gustavo Díaz. Facundo González is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

📰 Team News: Montevideo Wanderers

Montevideo Wanderers boss Sergio Blanco has multiple availability issues to deal with. Martín Suárez (Knee injury) and Gonzalo Freitas (unknown injury) won’t be making appearances. Mario Risso is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

🔮 Prediction

We are of the inclination to think that Montevideo Wanderers and River Plate should both get enough opportunities to score, although it’s hard to separate the two.

Let’s see what happens, but it could well be that we end up with scores level. That’s why we have predicted a tight encounter with a 1-1 score when the referee blows the full-time whistle.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 12:17 06/04/2024