River Plate vs Colon Prediction: Will River Plate bounce back from their surprising loss?

In the upcoming fixture of Argentina Primera División, River Plate will face Colon at Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires. The home side head here after a surprising loss (2-1) against Barracas Central. The visitors come from a loss (0-4) against Racing Club.

Betting tips and odds are provided below.

The River Plate team comes to this game after a surprising defeat (2-1) against Barracas Central. The River Plate team entered the match on top, but would suffer the 1-0 at 18'. The River Plate team would maintain its offensive momentum, but at the beginning of the 2nd half, they would surprisingly suffer the 2-0 again. The team finally managed to reduce the score to 2-1 shortly after, at 63'. Despite having more than twice as many goal opportunities and being superior in terms of ball possession, the team would end up losing the game. With this result, the team maintains 1st place but reduces the lead from 10 to 9 points. Despite the result, the team remains the best attack in the competition, with an impressive 40 goals scored, and the 2nd best defense, with only 15 goals conceded.

Colon's team comes to this game after a heavy defeat (0-4) against Racing Club. The Racing Club team was far superior and the Colon team had perhaps one of their worst games of the season so far. At 37' the team was already losing by 0-3 and barely managed to create goal opportunities. In the 2nd half, the team would be reduced to 10 players at 68', which would make the situation worse, and the team would suffer the 0-4 at 90+2'. With this result, the team broke a sequence of 5 games without losing and fell to 22nd place. In the last 5 games, the team has 1 win, 3 draws, and 1 loss, having scored 4 goals and conceded 7.

In the last 5 games between these two teams, River Plate has won 3, and Colon has won 2. Goals were scored in all of those games, with both teams in 3 of those matches.

River Plate is a clear favorite to win, yet it is predicted to be a hard match for them, as Colon is expected to “avenge” the loss from the last round.