River Plate vs Boca Juniors Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

River Plate

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River Plate will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 1-3 Copa de la Liga Profesional triumph over Instituto.

In that match, River Plate had 64% possession and 19 shots on goal with 9 on target. The only player to score for River Plate was Facundo Colidio (57', 62', 73'). At the other end, Instituto had 10 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Damián Puebla (26') was the scorer for Instituto.

Their more recent scorelines highlight the fact that much respect should be given to the River Plate rearguard. River Plate have been miserly, with the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their last 6 matches standing at 4. That kind of trend might not be continued into this next game, though.

Boca Juniors

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Boca Juniors will go into this clash following on from a 1-0 Copa de la Liga Profesional win against Godoy Cruz in their previous outing.

In that match, Boca Juniors managed 43% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for Boca Juniors was Edinson Cavani (40'). On the other side, Godoy Cruz had 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

A sequence of accomplished showings by the Boca Juniors defensive unit has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 3 from their last 6 fixtures combined. In that period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 7.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their prior head to head clashes going back to 03/10/2021 shows that River Plate have won 3 of these & Boca Juniors 2, with the number of draws standing at 1.

A total of 10 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 6 from Los Millonarios and 4 created by Los Xeneizes. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.67.

The previous league clash between these clubs was Copa de la Liga Profesional match day 7 on 25/02/2024 which ended up with the score at River Plate 1-1 Boca Juniors.

On that day, River Plate had 51% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Pablo Solari (49').

Boca Juniors got 11 shots at goal with 4 on target. Cristian Medina (70') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Yael Falcón.

📋 Team News: River Plate

Ramiro Funes Mori (Knee injury) and Pity Martínez (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be available for River Plate boss Martín Demichelis.

🗞️ Team News: Boca Juniors

Boca Juniors manager Diego Martínez has to currently contend with reduced team options. Aaron Anselmino (Torn muscle bundle), Mauricio Benítez (Adductor tear), Exequiel Zeballos (Cruciate ligament tear) and Lucas Blondel (Cruciate ligament tear) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

🧠 Prediction

In this match, Boca Juniors are dangerous enough to breach the defence of this River Plate side, although it probably won’t quite be as many as they will have scored against them.

We can see a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 advantage for River Plate when the full-time whistle blows. Let’s see what eventuates.

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Victor Martins, 06:00 19/04/2024