Independiente del Valle vs River Plate Betting Tips & Predictions

These two clubs have never played each other before in their history and both will be hopeful they can progress to the next round at the other’s expense. Independiente are relatively new to this competition having appeared in the Copa Libertadores for the first time in 2014. Their opponents meanwhile, are the current holders of the trophy and will be looking to win the competition for the fourth time in their history.

Although both teams had similar fortunes in the group stages, River Plate start the game with better form overall and going by their history in the competition are surely the favourites to progress over the two legs. Judging by the two sides’ home and away form however, it may not be so simple for River Plate, Independiente have lost just one home fixture in their last seventeen games, winning an impressive twelve of those. River Plate meanwhile have struggled on the road in recent weeks, winning just one of their last six away games and losing three of those.

Based on the home and away form of the two sides Independiente should be able to get a result against River Plate here and they are currently priced at 23/20 to win on Betfair. River Plate have a good scoring record in the group stages with 2.8 goals per game on average and as a result it is likely Independiente will struggle to stop them scoring, so a final score prediction of 2-1 to Independiente looks good value at 17/2 with Betfair.