📏 Form Guide

River Plate

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River Plate prepare for this match following a 1-1 Copa Libertadores draw versus Universitario Deportes.

In that game, River Plate managed 68% possession and 22 shots at goal with 10 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for River Plate was Facundo Colidio (36'). For their opponents, Universitario Deportes had 5 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

River Plate have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets of late, but they’ve also found ways to hit the back of the net themselves. Over their last 6 matches, River Plate have seen their goal breached in 5 of them in addition to getting on the scoresheet in 6 of those games.

Urawa Red Diamonds

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Urawa Red Diamonds will come into the encounter following on from a 2-1 J1 League win against Yokohama FC in their last fixture.

In that game, Urawa Red Diamonds had 65% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Urawa Red Diamonds was Samuel Gustafson (53', 83'). For their opponents, Yokohama FC had 9 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Lukian (43') scored for Yokohama FC.

The stats tell the story, and Urawa Red Diamonds have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 8 goals in total. At the back, Urawa Red Diamonds just haven’t been too solid at all. Let’s see whether or not that trend can be sustained here.

📰 Team News: River Plate

The River Plate boss Marcelo Gallardo doesn’t have any fitness concerns whatsoever before this game with a fully healthy squad available to select from.

🗞️ Team News: Urawa Red Diamonds

Out of a mainly healthy group of players, there’s just the lone fitness issue for the Urawa Red Diamonds manager Maciej Skorża to be concerned about. Kai Shibato (Knee surgery) won’t be playing here.

💡 Prediction

We’re of the view that River Plate will most probably score at least once against Urawa Red Diamonds, who may well find it hard to get a goal of their own.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a pretty comfortable 2-0 winning margin for River Plate when all’s said and done.

Lucas Pereira, 18:02 17/06/2025