River Plate vs Gimnasia La Plata Prediction: Can River Plate maintain their momentum?

In the upcoming fixture of Argentina Primera División, River Plate will face Gimnasia La Plata at Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires. The home side head here after a win (0-3) against Huracan. The visitors come to this match after a surprising win (3-1) against Racing Club.

Betting tips and odds are provided below.

River Plate (WLWWW)

The River Plate team comes to this game in a fantastic moment of form. With this victory over Huracan, the team added 5 consecutive victories in the league. In addition, in the last 8 games it has 7 wins, with only 1 loss for the Copa Libertadores. In the championship, the team has an impressive record of 18 goals scored, with the best attack of the competition tied with Talleres Cordoba. In addition, they are also the best defense, with only 5 goals conceded, an impressive average of just 0.5 goals conceded per game. At home, the trend continues, having an impressive record of 6 wins in 7 games and winning 4 consecutive rounds. They are isolated in 1st place with 24 points and it is expected that they will maintain the superiority shown so far in this next game.

Gimnasia La Plata (WLLWL)

The Gimnasia La Plata team comes to this game after an impressive victory over Racing Club (3-1) at home. The Gimnasia team entered the game very well, scoring after 8 minutes. With the expulsion of a player from Racing, more space appeared and the team would end up making the 2-0 which gave stability. The team would still suffer but would score the final 3-1 in the last play of the match. With this victory, the team rose to 22nd place, with 11 points. Despite a good victory, the truth is that the team showed some difficulties, facilitated by the team playing with 1 more player on the field. In away games the team has shown a lot of difficulties, not adding any victory so far, having 1 draw and 4 defeats. In addition, they are the 2nd worst defense in the league, with 15 goals conceded so far. Difficulties are expected for Gimnasia La Plata against the best attack in the league.

Expert Betting Tips

In the last 5 games between these two teams, River Plate has 4 victories, and there’s 1 draw. Goals were scored in all of those 5 games, with River Plate scoring 2 or more goals in 3 of those games.

River Plate is a clear favorite to win this match and it is expected to score more than 1 goal.