River Plate vs Tigre Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

River Plate

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River Plate will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 2-1 Copa de la Liga Profesional victory vs Platense.

In that game, River Plate had 68% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For River Plate, the scorers were José Paradela (11') and Julián Álvarez (80'). Platense had 3 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Brian Mansilla (14') scored for Platense.

It’s been seldom in recent times where River Plate haven’t conceded. The reality is that River Plate have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 5 goals along the way. That being said, time will tell if the trend shall continue on here in this game or not.

Tigre

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Boca Juniors in Copa de la Liga Profesional action, Tigre will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Tigre managed 47% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Boca Juniors got 9 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Darío Benedetto (44') and Luis Vázquez (65') scored for Boca Juniors.

The stats tell the story, and Tigre have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 9 goals overall. At the back, Tigre seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 07/03/2014 shows that River Plate have won 2 of these and Tigre 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 3.

A combined total of 11 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 7 of them for Los Millonarios and 4 netted by Matadores. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.83.

The last league contest between the two was Superliga match day 25 on 07/04/2019 when it ended River Plate 2-3 Tigre.

That time, River Plate had 57% possession and 22 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. The scorers were Robert Rojas (16') and Hernán López (85').

Tigre got 13 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Lucas Janson (29'), Diego Morales (80') and Juan Ignacio Cavallaro (88') scored.

The referee was Andrés Merlos.

📰 Team News: River Plate

Jonatan Maidana (Tear in the abductor muscle), Matías Suárez (Thigh Muscle Strain), Juan Fernando Quintero (Torn muscle bundle), Felipe Peña Biafore (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) and Robert Rojas (Tibia and Fibula Fracture) are unavailable for River Plate gaffer Marcelo Gallardo.

📰 Team News: Tigre

With a completely injury-free squad to choose from, the Tigre manager Diego Martínez has zero fitness worries at all coming into this clash.

✨ Prediction

We believe that River Plate should convert a lot of goal-scoring opportunities.

At the same time, Tigre could well struggle to score themselves but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be being dangerous at times.

Accordingly, we see a 3-1 winning margin for River Plate at the conclusion of the game.

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

Peter Guest, 10:38 10/05/2022