Peñarol vs River Plate Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Peñarol

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Peñarol go into this fixture coming off the back of a 2-2 Primera Division (Apertura) stalemate against Montevideo City Torque.

The only player to score from Peñarol was Matías Arezo (13').

Matches with Peñarol have proved to be entertaining ones recently with a lot of goalmouth action being a common characteristic. Over their past 6 games, a grand total of 21 goals have been recorded for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 13 of those coming from Peñarol. Let’s find out whether or not that trend can be sustained in this game.

River Plate

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River Plate will go into this encounter following a 3-1 Primera Division (Apertura) win to beat Deportivo Maldonado in their previous game.

The only player to score from River Plate was Pablo López (76').

Gustavo Díaz's River Plate have found the back of the net a total of 9 times in the course of their latest six matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during that same period equals 5.

👥 Head to head

A review of their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 17/10/2020 shows that Peñarol have won 2 of them & River Plate 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 3.

11 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 7 for Aurinegros and 4 being from La Dársena. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.83.

The last league contest featuring the two was Primera Division match day 14 on 16/10/2022 and the score finished Peñarol 1-1 River Plate.

📰 Team News: Peñarol

Diego Rolán (Unknown Injury), Brian Mansilla (Unknown Injury), Abel Hernández (Tendonitis), Máximo Alonso (Unknown Injury), Matías Arezo (Muscle Injury) and Carlos Sánchez (Torn muscle bundle) will be missing for Peñarol boss Alfredo Arias.

ℹ️ Team News: River Plate

Thanks to a largely full-strength group, there’s only the sole fitness issue for the River Plate boss Gustavo Díaz to contend with. Walter Gargano (Muscular problems) misses out for this game.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that River Plate have the ability to score a goal against this Peñarol team, but that might not quite be as many as they’ll concede.

We can see a narrow 2-1 winning score for Peñarol at the end of the 90 minutes. It really should be an interesting one.

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

Renata Leite, 02:44 14/03/2023