Independiente Del Valle vs Atletico Mineiro Betting Tips & Predictions

Independiente started off their group qualifying campaign with a 1-1 draw against Colo Colo.

When the sides met in Brazil at the end of February a 4th minute goal from Argentinian attacker Lucas Pratto was enough to separate the sides. Atletico Mineiro bossed the possession and both sides had 3 shots on target, but in the end Lucas Pratto’s goal was the difference between the two sides.

Independiente then experienced two good results against bottom of the table Peruvian side Melgar. Beating them 0-1 away from home, and then 2-0 at home in the reverse fixture.

Atletico Mineiro will be in good spirit after winning 7-2 in their last fixture domestically, and have had an enjoyable qualifying campaign so far remaining unbeaten. They started with a  1-2 victory away in Peru against Melgar, before going to beat Independiente del Valle in the reverse fixture. They got a solid 0-0 result away to Colo Colo, before beating them 3-0 on home turf in their last match.  A win in this game will see them qualify top of the group.

Both teams haven’t posed much of an attacking threat so far in this qualification campaign, home side Independiente also have a weakened front line with Jose Angulo ruled out, so it is likely we will see many goals here. Get Under 2.5 goals at 13/20 with bet365.