📏 Form Guide

River Plate

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River Plate head into this fixture following on from a 2-2 Torneo Apertura tied result vs San Lorenzo.

In that match, River Plate managed 73% possession and 30 shots on goal with 12 of them on target. For River Plate, the goalscorers were Marcos Acuña (55') and Juan Quintero (121'). San Lorenzo had 5 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Rodrigo Auzmendi (37') and Fabricio López (94') scored for San Lorenzo. The game was won 4-3 by River Plate on penalties.

It has not been often in recent times where River Plate have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that River Plate have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 6 goals along the way.

Gimna ' Plata

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Gimna ' Plata will come into the clash after a 0-1 Torneo Apertura win with the eclipse of Vélez Sarsfield in their last match.

In that match, Gimna ' Plata managed 29% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Gimna ' Plata was Marcelo Torres (13'). Velez Sarsfield got 27 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target.

A succession of steadfast performances from the Gimna ' Plata defensive players has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 4 from their previous 6 clashes overall. Over that same time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 7. We will find out whether or not that trend will be sustained into this next match.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 29/10/2023 shows us that River Plate have won 4 of these & Gimna ' Plata 1, with the tally of draws being 1.

An aggregate of 15 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 11 from Los Millonarios and 4 being from El Lobo. That’s an average goals per game of 2.5.

The previous league contest between these clubs was Torneo Apertura match day 2 on 28/01/2026 and the score finished River Plate 2-0 Gimna ' Plata.

That day, River Plate managed 71% possession and 17 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. The scorer was Juan Quintero (41', 50').

Gimna ' Plata got 3 shots at goal with 1 on target.

The match was refereed by Pablo Dóvalo.

📰 Team News: River Plate

The River Plate boss doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this game owing to a fully injury-free squad to choose from.

We are thinking that Los Millonarios will probably kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system for this one, utilising Santiago Beltran, Gonzalo Montiel, L. Martínez Quarta, Lautaro Rivero, Marcos Acuña, Fausto Vera, Anibal Moreno, Juan Quintero, Tomás Galván, Facundo Colidio and Sebastián Driussi.

ℹ️ Team News: Gimna ' Plata

Owing to a fully injury-free group available to select from, the Gimna ' Plata boss doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this match.

We’re of the thinking that El Lobo will likely utilise a 4-4-2 system with a starting lineup of Nelson Insfrán, Alexis Steimbach, Germán Conti, Renzo Giampaoli, P. Silva Torrejón, Ignacio Fernandez, Ignacio Miramón, Augusto Max, N. Barros Schelotto, Agustin Auzmendi and Marcelo Torres.

💭 Prediction

Our thinking is that River Plate look likely to be able to score a couple when they come up against Gimna ' Plata, who could well struggle scoring.

We’re therefore expecting to see a 2-0 victory for River Plate when the full-time whistle blows.

Andre Moura, 00:00 14/05/2026