River Plate vs Universitario Deportes Live Stream, Predictions (May 28)

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River Plate

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River Plate will play in this fixture after a 1-1 Torneo Apertura drawn result against Platense.

In that match, River Plate managed 74% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for River Plate was Franco Mastantuono (102'). Platense had 7 shots at goal with 3 on target. Vicente Taborda (29') scored for Platense. After a tense 2-4 penalty shootout, Platense were victorious.

Three or more goals per match have been seen in 5 of the last 6 meetings where River Plate have played. Opposing sides scored 7 times in these games whereas River Plate managed a tally of 19.

Universitario Deportes

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Universitario Deportes will go into this encounter after a 1-0 Copa Libertadores win to beat Barcelona SC in their previous game.

In that match, Universitario Deportes had 44% possession and 18 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Universitario Deportes was Alex Valera (45'). At the other end, Barcelona SC got 14 shots on goal with 5 on target.

A tendency of at least one team drawing a blank in games involving Universitario Deportes has been apparent of late. Examining their last 6 games reveals that it’s happened 5 times. In these clashes, their opponents have hit a goal aggregate of 5 while Universitario Deportes have scored 3. That being said, we must now wait to see whether that pattern might continue on in this game.

👥 Head to head

The last league game between these clubs was Copa Libertadores match day 1 on 03/04/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Universitario Deportes 0-1 River Plate.

In that game, Universitario Deportes managed 42% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

River Plate had 10 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Paulo Díaz (17') was the scorer.

📰 Team News: River Plate

The River Plate manager Marcelo Gallardo has a full complement, with no fitness worries to speak of coming into this clash owing to a completely injury-free squad available to select from.

📰 Team News: Universitario Deportes

Owing to a completely injury-free group to choose from, the Universitario Deportes boss Fabián Bustos has no fitness concerns whatsoever before this game.

🔮 Prediction

Universitario Deportes will surely find it tough to find the back of the net against a River Plate team who will more than likely dominate.

We’re therefore predicting a 3-0 margin for River Plate by the conclusion of the match.

📖 ⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?

Looking at what the bookmakers’ view is of this game on the 90 minute result market, a victory for River Plate is best priced at 1.36, betting on a drawn result is 4.5 and taking a punt on the win for Universitario Deportes gets 9. These are the top market prices available at present.

Victor Martins, 09:02 24/05/2025