Gimnasia La Plata vs Deportivo Riestra Prediction: Will any of the teams lose their unbeatable momentum?

In the upcoming fixture of Primera Division Argentina, Gimnasia La Plata will face Deportivo Riestra at Stadium Juan Carmelo Zerillo in La Plata. The home side head here after a draw (1-1) against Tigre. The visitors come into this game after a win (1-0) against Huracán.

Betting tips and odds are provided below.

The game between the two teams of Tigre and Gimnasia La Plata ended with the score of 1-1 in the match in which both sides used different tactics. Gimnasia La Plata then began more aggressively and after only 7 minutes Briasco put the team on the lead scoring after an assist of Rodríguez. This gave the visitors the lead on the match and placed the pressure on Tigre who had to get back and search for the equalizing goal. Thus, in the first half, Tigre was more possessive and tried to equalize the score with 6 attempts to the goal of Gimnasia while having 8 attempts; However, the key factor of the game was the efficiency that Gimnasia showed in its 7 attempts with only one shot that was blocked by the defense of Tigre. In the second half Tigre appeared as a more attacking side and at the 49th minute Galvan scored an equalizing goal, with help of the pass from Ortega. With the draw, the game becomes even but Tigre dominated the game holding 57% of possession and the team tried four times to get the lead while Gimnasia attempted it six times. But, both the teams were unable to capitalize on the chances that were generated in the match. The defensive lines of both teams were fairly tight though one must mention that the offenders of Gimnasia were rather active blocking 3 shots and their goalkeeper performed 8 saves during the match. While Tigre enjoyed slightly more of the play for the entire match (61% to Gimnasia’s 39%), and was also responsible for slightly more attempts on the goal in general (10 compared to Gimnasia’s 14 at least), the latter team made more of its shots on goal. With this result, Gimnasia is in 11th place in the table with 21 points. In the last 5 league games, the team has recorded 3 wins and 2 draws, with a record of 16 goals scored and 14 goals conceded. The team has not lost any of the last 5 league games.

The match between Deportivo Riestra and Huracán was played and the final score that was registered was 1-0 in favor of the home team due to efficiency. The first period could be said to have been a relatively balanced start in which neither of the sides could dominate the other however, Huracán seemed to have control of most of the balls and completed the period with 63% possession of the ball. Nevertheless, the first half did not give a lot of goal-shootings’ possibilities and Huracán seemed to be more advantageous but nevertheless could not turn its advantage into real goal-shootings’ possibilities. Deportivo Riestra for its part struggled to contain the ball and create threat in the opponent’s half as they only achieved 2 shots at the target despite their efforts the whole match with most of the effort only coming in the second half of the match. In the 71st minute, Herrera J. scored a penalty which turned out be the only goal of the match after a penalty play that was fateful to the the final outcome. However, Huracán continued to intensify pressure as well as create more attacks (11 attempts and 4 off-target shots) but they could not score, they missed and also could not even convert from the opportunities they made. Second half Revealed more of the same, with Huracán dominating the match in terms of ball possession by owning sixty percent, but the same was unable to break through Riestra’s well-drilled and compact defense. Deportivo Riestra, who had less than forty-fifty percent ball possession that the opponents had, were more precise in their few opportunities. With this result, Riestra is in 8th place in the table with 22 points. In the last 5 league games, the team has recorded 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, with a record of 15 goals scored and 15 goals conceded. The team has not lost any of the last 3 league games.

There’s just 1 recent game between these teams that ended in a 2-1 win for Gimnasia.

It’s hard to predict a winner in this match due to the momentum of both, but a draw is a likely result.