📊 Form Guide

Independiente Rivadavia

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Independiente Rivadavia prepare for this game following a 1-1 Torneo Apertura tied result versus Racing Club.

In that game, Independiente Rivadavia had 48% possession and 9 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Independiente Rivadavia was Matías Fernández (53'). On the other side, Racing Club got 13 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Tomás Conechny (78') was the scorer for Racing Club.

It’s been all too rare in recent games that Independiente Rivadavia have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Independiente Rivadavia have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 6 goals on the way.

River Plate

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River Plate will come into the encounter after a 3-1 Torneo Apertura win vs Banfield in their last fixture.

In that match, River Plate managed 65% possession and 25 attempts at goal with 8 on target. For River Plate, the goals were scored by Lucas Martínez Quarta (13'), Sebastián Driussi (46') and Joaquin Freitas (58'). Banfield got 6 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Mauro Méndez (45') scored for Banfield.

The trend of at least one team not managing to score in games involving River Plate has become apparent in recent matches. Examining their last 6 games reveals that it has happened 5 times. In these clashes, their opponents have managed a goal tally of 6 while River Plate have scored 4. We will just have to find out whether or not that trend will be sustained into this next match.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The previous league game between these clubs was Primera División match day 23 on 22/11/2024 when the final score was Independiente Rivadavia 2-1 River Plate.

That time, Independiente Rivadavia had 31% possession and 25 attempts at goal with 12 of them on target. Goals were scored by Sebastián Villa (7') and Ezequiel Ham (99').

At the other end, River Plate got 16 shots at goal with 4 on target. Facundo Colidio (39') was the scorer.

The referee was Nazareno Arasa.

🗞️ Team News: Independiente Rivadavia

The Independiente Rivadavia manager has zero fitness concerns at all coming into this game thanks to a completely injury-free squad to pick from.

We are thinking that Independiente Rivadavia will possibly use a 5-3-2 system this time featuring Nicolás Bolcato, Alejo Osella, Leonard Costa, Sheyko Studer, Iván Villalba, Juan Elordi, Gonzalo Ríos, José Florentín, Matías Fernández, Fabrizio Sartori and Sebastián Villa.

🗞️ Team News: River Plate

Thanks to a completely injury-free group ready to go, the River Plate boss does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever before this game.

There’s a good chance that Los Millonarios could decide to begin the game with a 4-3-1-2 formation, giving starts to Santiago Beltran, Gonzalo Montiel, L. Martínez Quarta, Lautaro Rivero, Marcos Acuña, Fausto Vera, Anibal Moreno, Tomás Galván, Ian Subiabre, Joaquin Freitas and Sebastián Driussi.

⚡ Prediction

We believe that Independiente Rivadavia will have their work cut out to register a score against this River Plate team who we think should win and very possibly keep a clean sheet.

Our tip is therefore for a very even match with a 0-1 win for River Plate after 90 minutes.

Looking forward to this.

Andre Moura, 00:00 03/03/2026