📏 Form Guide

River Plate

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River Plate will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 0-2 Copa Libertadores triumph over Deportivo Tachira.

For River Plate, goals were scored by Sebastián Boselli (72') and Nicolas Fonseca (79').

Their most recent results reveal that much solidity has been shown by the River Plate defence. River Plate have been mean at the back, with the number of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their previous 6 outings standing at 4.

Rosario Central

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Rosario Central will go into this encounter after a 1-0 Copa Libertadores win in the defeat of Peñarol in their previous outing.

The only player to score from Rosario Central was Carlos Quintana (45').

A tendency of at least one side getting a clean sheet in games involving Rosario Central has been fairly consistent of late. A glance at their last 6 games reveals that this has happened 5 times. During these clashes, their opponents have hit a goal tally of 8 and Rosario Central have scored 3. That kind of trend isn’t assured to be sustained here, of course.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their prior head to head clashes dating back to 28/11/2021 tells us that River Plate have won 1 of them and Rosario Central 2, with the number of drawn games being 3.

A total of 19 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 for Los Millonarios and 10 belonging to El Canalla. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.17.

🗞️ Team News: River Plate

There is just a single fitness concern for the River Plate boss Martín Demichelis to be concerned about from of an almost fully healthy set of players. Pity Martínez (Cruciate ligament tear) is out of contention.

ℹ️ Team News: Rosario Central

Rosario Central manager Miguel Russo has multiple availability issues to deal with. Abel Hernández (Hamstring injury), Maximiliano Lovera (Muscle injury), Damián Martínez (Eye injury), Francis Mac Allister (Fitness) and Dannovi Quiñones (Tear of the lateral meniscus) are not ready for selection.

💭 Prediction

Rosario Central could really find it hard to put one past a River Plate lineup who will more than likely own this match if all goes as we expect it to.

We can see a commanding 3-0 victory for River Plate at full-time.

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

Peter Guest, 23:13 07/04/2024