Deportivo Tachira vs River Plate Prediction: Can River Plate start the Libertadores with the right foot?

In the upcoming fixture of Copa Libertadores, Deportivo Tachira will face River Plate at Stadium Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo in San Cristóbal. This is the first round of the group stage of Copa Libertadores.

Betting tips and odds are provided below.

The Deportivo Tachira team enters this group as outsiders. They are the least popular team, trying to take advantage of the home advantage to score as many points as possible. The team is in good form in the championship, having already gone 3 consecutive games without losing, having won 2 and drawn another. Furthermore, in home games, the team has won 4 of the 5 games played so far, conceding only 3 goals and scoring 10. The team enters this game as the underdog, however, they will certainly seek to maintain their good form at home while trying to surprise the River Plate team.

The River Plate team enters this group as the main favorite to come in first place and advance to the next stage. The team now needs to transfer this favoritism onto the field and transform it into victories. After being surprisingly eliminated in the round of 16 of the last Copa Libertadores, the team is looking to fight for the main title in Latin America in this edition. Still, the team is not going through its best moment in the league, especially in away games. In the last 5 away games that the team played, they were unable to win any, having 3 draws and 2 defeats. The River Plate team cannot make it easier, at the risk of getting off on the wrong foot in the first round of the Copa Libertadores.

There’s no recent history between both teams, with the last game between them being from 2004. Despite playing away, River Plate are still the favorites and they are expected to at least get a draw.