📊 Form Guide

Instituto

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Instituto will be hoping to bounce back here after a 3-2 Copa de la Liga Profesional defeat in their last game at the hands of Barracas Central.

In that game, Instituto had 59% possession and 23 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For Instituto, the scorers were Miguel Brizuela (58' Own goal) and Facundo Suárez (80'). Barracas Central had 10 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Alan Cantero (38'), Lucas Brochero (56') and Rodrigo Insúa (85' Own goal) scored for Barracas Central.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times where Instituto have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Instituto have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 8 goals during that time. Having said that, we must now wait to see if the trend will be sustained in this upcoming match.

River Plate

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River Plate head into the clash following a 2-0 Copa Libertadores win in the defeat of Nacional de Football in their most recent match.

For River Plate, goals were scored by Claudio Echeverri (15') and Facundo Colidio (93').

The numbers tell their own story, and River Plate have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 5 goals in all. Defensively, River Plate certainly have room for improvement.

👥 Head to head

Looking at past results between these clubs stretching back to 29/08/2004 reveals that these encounters have ended in disappointment for Instituto. They’ve not managed to get themselves any wins whatsoever whereas River Plate have maintained the edge over them, beating them in 83 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.

A combined sum of 19 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 4 of them from La Gloria (The Glory) and 15 being from Los Millonarios. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.17.

The previous league fixture between the two was Copa de la Liga Profesional match day 14 on 26/11/2023 which finished with the scoreline of River Plate 0-0 Instituto.

In that match, River Plate managed 78% possession and 23 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

For their opponents, Instituto got 7 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.

The referee was Nazareno Arasa.

📋 Team News: Instituto

Giuliano Cerato (strain) and Emanuel Bilbao (Ill) will be missing for Instituto manager Diego Dabove.

📰 Team News: River Plate

River Plate boss Martín Demichelis has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Ramiro Funes Mori (Knee injury), Miguel Borja (strain) and Pity Martínez (Cruciate ligament tear) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

⚡ Prediction

We feel that over the course of the game, Instituto could find themselves up against it to score against this River Plate outfit who will likely be able to grind out a win.

We’re therefore predicting a very competitive game with a 0-1 victory for River Plate when all is said and done.

Should be interesting.

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Andre Moura, 22:00 15/04/2024