River Plate vs Independiente Prediction: Another win for River Plate?

In the upcoming fixture of Argentina Primera División, River Plate will face Independiente at Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires. The home side head here after a win (4-2) against Sporting Cristal for Copa Libertadores, and also a win against Newell’s Old Boys (0-1) in the last round of the league. The visitors come to this match after a draw (1-1) against Racing Club.

Betting tips and odds are provided below.

The River Plate team comes to this game after 2 more victories, this time against Sporting Cristal (4-2) for the Copa Libertadores, and against Newell's Old Boys (0-1) for the last round of the league. The victory against Newell's Old Boys was pure belief, a victory for a champion team with a lot of soul. The River Plate team was always superior, but couldn't score, but they didn't give up and managed to reach the victory at 90+5 by Solari. The River team is in an excellent moment of form. The last time the team lost in the league was in round 5. Since then the team has been demolishing, adding only victories. The River Plate team has the best attack in the competition, with 22 goals scored, and also the best defense, with only 5 goals conceded. In addition, it adds 30 points, 6 points more than the 2nd place. This is yet another game that the River Plate team needs to win to continue to show its dominance.

The Independiente team comes to this game after an important draw against Racing Club (1-1). As expected, the Racing Club team would always be superior, but the Independiente team took advantage of every possible move to cause danger, even reaching the goal first at 19'. However, they conceded a penalty at 38' that the Racing Club team ended up converting. Independiente's team would be able to maintain the result and take an important point. After 2 consecutive defeats, this tie was important to break the negative cycle. The Independiente team is one of the teams in the worst shape at the moment. In the last 5 games the team has 3 draws and 2 defeats, not being able to win any game. In addition, they only scored 4 goals and conceded 6. This is an extremely difficult game for the Independiente team, in which any point they manage to add will be important.

In the last 5 games between these two teams, River Plate has e victories, Independiente has 1 victory, and there’s 1 draw. Goals were scored in all of those 5 games, but both teams scored in just 2 of those games.

River Plate is the favorite to win this match, due to their current form and to play at home.