Boca Juniors vs River Plate Prediction: Who will win the Clasico?

In the upcoming fixture of Primera Division Argentina, Boca Juniors will face River Plate at Stadium Alberto J. Armando in Buenos Aires. The home side head here after a loss (2-1) against Racing Club. The visitors come into this game also after a win (4-1) against Atl. Tucuman.

Betting tips and odds are provided below.

Boca Juniors was defeated 2-1 by Racing Club, where the Buenos Aires team dominated at the beginning of the match, but could not sustain the momentum. The first half was balanced and Boca showed a good organisation in attack. It was in the 17th minute when Gimenez M scored for Boca after being assisted by Miguel Merentiel to give the visiting team the lead. However, Racing replied in similar fashion and in the 21st minute Nardoni J. leveled the score, thus the first half ended in a 1-1 draw. The first half had more activities performed by Boca Juniors proving the team dominance in the early stage of the game. Besides, the visiting side created 6 goal attempts and 3 shots at goal but could have been more aggressive to score more goals to increase the lead. In the second half, the game changed with Racing Club looking more threatening as an attacking side. Boca failed on the aspect of controlling the game, an area that saw its possession dip to 41%. On the other hand Racing continue increasing the pressure and created 7 more chances, at the 81 the Martinez Tobinson R. B took the opportunity of an assist from Quintero J to score the second goal that would mark the final 2-1 for Racing. The second half was characterized by the loss of domination by Boca who were no longer effective in the influential moments while Racing got more of the ball possession and the attacking opportunities with 59% ball possession. With this result, Boca Juniors is in 10th place in the table with 21 points. In the last 5 league games, the team has recorded 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, with a record of 19 goals scored and 14 goals conceded.

This match was played between River Plate and Atlético Tucumán and River Plate proved their dominance in this match by beating their opponent 4-1. Atlético Tucumán began the match much stronger and before the host knew what hit them, Franco put the visiting team ahead in the 11th minute, after converting a pass from Tesuri. Nevertheless, River Plate had a speedy response to this. In the 24th minute González Pirez equalized after a pass from Fernández N., and Miguel Borja putting River ahead in the 41st minute to end the first half 2-1. In addition to this, Atlético Tucumán could not establish domination in this aspect while River had control of possession, they had 70% possession in first half. In this regard River Plate was able to generate 16 attempts at goal while Tucumán only mustered 6 attempts. Also, in the second half, River Plate dominated this match with 56% of ball possession. In the 69th minute Meza with assist of Colidio, Fernández N. increased the lead 3-1 and in the 73rd and final goal of the match the hosts made sure of the victory when Meza scored the fourth goal. Since the 2000s, Atlético Tucumán would only have one shot on target and would not be lethal in front of goal. River Plate was quite active in the match: the team made 22 attempts to score a goal, 8 of them were attempts to score a shot, and the team was actively attacking the most of the time. With this result, River Plate is in 9th place in the table with 21 points. In the last 5 league games, the team has recorded 1 win and 4 draws, with a record of 19 goals scored and 11 goals conceded. The team has not lost any of the last 5 league games.

In the last 5 games between these 2 teams, Boca Juniors has won 2, River Plate has won 2, and they drew another. Goals were scored in all of those 5 games, and with both teams scoring in 2 of those matches.

It’s hard to predict a winner in this match, as it is an unpredictable Clasico. Yet, River Plate are expected to maintain their unbeatable momentum.