River Plate vs Godoy Cruz Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

River Plate

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River Plate will be looking for another win after the 0-2 Superliga success over Lanús.

In that match, River Plate managed 52% possession and 3 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. For River Plate, the goalscorers were José Paradela (25') and Lucas Beltrán (88'). Lanús had 13 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

River Plate haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, hitting the target in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.

They’ve managed to rack up 9 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 5.

Ahead of this meeting, River Plate have not beaten Godoy Cruz in their last 2 league games.

Godoy Cruz

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Godoy Cruz go into this encounter following a 2-0 Superliga win to defeat Racing Club in their last outing.

In that game, Godoy Cruz had 42% possession and 13 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. For Godoy Cruz, the goalscorers were Tomás Conechny (1') and Salomón Rodríguez (57'). At the other end, Racing Club had 12 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

A tendency of at least one team not managing to score in games involving Godoy Cruz has become noticeable recently. Looking at their last 6 games shows that it has happened 6 times. During these clashes, their opponents have managed a goal tally of 3 while Godoy Cruz have scored 4. Such a pattern isn’t assured to be continued into this match, of course.

Pre-game facts show that Godoy Cruz:

• have not been beaten by River Plate in away games against them for the last 2 matches in the league.
• are without an away win for the past 2 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 26/01/2020 shows that River Plate have won 4 of these and Godoy Cruz 2, with the number of draws being 0.

In all, 18 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 12 of them from Los Millonarios and 6 for Tomba. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

The previous league game between the two was Superliga match day 7 on 10/07/2022 which finished with the scoreline of River Plate 0-2 Godoy Cruz.

In that game, River Plate had 70% possession and 18 shots on goal with 8 on target.

Godoy Cruz got 8 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Martín Ojeda (21') and Gonzalo Abrego (24') scored.

The referee was Nicolás Lamolina.

📋 Team News: River Plate

Matías Suárez (Knee Injury), Matías Kranevitter (Ankle Fracture), David Martínez (Patella problems) and Bruno Zuculini (Partial damage to the cruciate ligament) aren’t available for River Plate manager Martín Demichelis.

In all likelihood, Los Millonarios could use the 4-2-3-1 formation this time, handing starts to Franco Armani, Robert Rojas, L. Gonzalez Pirez, Enzo Díaz, Milton Casco, Nicolás De La Cruz, Enzo Pérez, Esequiel Barco, Ignacio Fernandez, J. Antonio Paradela and Salomon Rondon.

🗞️ Team News: Godoy Cruz

From a largely full-strength group, there is just the one fitness worry for the Godoy Cruz gaffer Diego Flores to be concerned about. Gianluca Ferrari (Ruptured cruciate ligament) won’t be playing here.

From our viewpoint, Tomba could decide to utilise a 4-2-3-1 system, starting Diego Rodríguez, Pier Barrios, Lucas Arce, Federico Rasmussen, Thomas Galdames, Gonzalo Abrego, Bruno Leyes, Hernán López, Nicolás Fernández, Tomás Conechny and Salomón Rodríguez.

🔮 Prediction

River Plate certainly have the ability to score a couple of goals when they face Godoy Cruz, who might well find it a difficult task scoring a goal of their own.

We reckon that it will be a comfortable 2-0 winning margin for River Plate come full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 03:05 08/03/2023