River Plate vs Boca Juniors Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

River Plate

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River Plate will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 1-3 Copa de la Liga Profesional triumph versus Instituto.

In that match, River Plate managed 64% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. The scorer for River Plate was Facundo Colidio (57', 62', 73'). For their opponents, Instituto got 10 attempts at goal with 1 on target. Damián Puebla (26') was the scorer for Instituto.

Their more recent scorelines highlight the fact that much respect should be given to the River Plate rearguard. River Plate have been miserly, with the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their last 6 matches standing at 4. That kind of trend might not be continued into this next game, though.

Boca Juniors

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Boca Juniors come into this match following on from a 1-0 Copa de la Liga Profesional win against Godoy Cruz in their most recent outing.

In that game, Boca Juniors managed 43% possession and 11 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Boca Juniors was Edinson Cavani (40'). On the other side, Godoy Cruz got 9 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

A sequence of accomplished showings by the Boca Juniors defensive unit has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 3 from their last 6 fixtures combined. In that period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 7.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 03/10/2021 shows that River Plate have won 3 of them & Boca Juniors 2, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

An aggregate of 10 goals were produced between them in these games, with 6 of them from Los Millonarios and 4 belonging to Los Xeneizes. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.67.

The last league game featuring these clubs was Copa de la Liga Profesional match day 7 on 25/02/2024 and the score finished River Plate 1-1 Boca Juniors.

That time, River Plate managed 51% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 7 on target. The scorer was Pablo Solari (49').

On the other side, Boca Juniors had 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Cristian Medina (70') was the scorer.

The referee was Yael Falcón.

🗞️ Team News: River Plate

Ramiro Funes Mori (Knee injury) and Pity Martínez (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing for River Plate manager Martín Demichelis.

📋 Team News: Boca Juniors

Boca Juniors boss Diego Martínez has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Aaron Anselmino (Torn muscle bundle), Mauricio Benítez (Adductor tear), Exequiel Zeballos (Cruciate ligament tear) and Lucas Blondel (Cruciate ligament tear) are not ready for selection.

💭 Prediction

In this match, Boca Juniors are dangerous enough to breach the defence of this River Plate side, although it probably won’t quite be as many as they will have scored against them.

We can see a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 advantage for River Plate when the full-time whistle blows. Let’s see what eventuates.

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Victor Martins, 13:00 20/04/2024