📊 Form Guide

River Plate

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River Plate will play in this fixture after a 0-0 Torneo Apertura draw versus Deportivo Riestra.

In that match, River Plate had 75% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Deportivo Riestra got 9 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

Their most recent results highlight the fact that not much more can be done by the River Plate backline. River Plate have kept it tight, resulting in the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their past 6 matches standing at 2. We will find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on here.

Rosario Central

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Rosario Central will come into the meeting after a 2-1 Torneo Apertura win over Gimna ' Plata in their last fixture.

In that game, Rosario Central had 58% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Rosario Central, the goals were scored by Ignacio Malcorra (33') and Sebastián Ferreira (54'). At the other end, Gimnasia y Esgrima had 14 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Rodrigo Castillo (38') was the scorer for Gimna ' Plata.

A series of steadfast displays by the Rosario Central defensive players has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 3 from their previous 6 fixtures overall. Over that same period, their forwards have scored 5.

👥 Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 24/07/2023 tells us that River Plate have won 3 of them and Rosario Central 1, with the tally of drawn results standing at 2.

A combined total of 19 goals were produced between them in these games, with 12 for Los Millonarios and 7 coming from El Canalla. That is an average goals per game value of 3.17.

The previous league fixture featuring the two was Primera División match day 26 on 08/12/2024 when the final score was River Plate 4-0 Rosario Central.

That time, River Plate had 63% possession and 22 shots at goal with 9 on target. The scorers were Pablo Solari (45', 71'), Miguel Borja (69') and Gonzalo Martínez (90').

Rosario Central got 2 shots on goal with 1 on target.

The referee was Yael Falcón.

📋 Team News: River Plate

The River Plate boss Marcelo Gallardo has a full complement, with no fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this game with a fully injury-free squad ready to go.

📋 Team News: Rosario Central

Thanks to a fully healthy squad available to select from, the Rosario Central boss does not have any fitness worries to report before this match.

💡 Prediction

We envisage that River Plate look likely to get amongst the goals when they come up against Rosario Central, who may well find it hard to get a goal of their own.

Accordingly, we see a comfortable 2-0 victory for River Plate at full-time.

Andre Moura, 23:01 29/03/2025