River Plate vs CA Aldosivi Predictions

Saturday’s Superliga Argentina action sees River Plate doing battle with Aldosivi. The hosts will be looking to pick up 3 points despite being set to field a rotated team.

River’s Copa Libertadores dream took a massive blow in mid-week as they lost the home leg of their semi-final tie with Gremio 1-0, leaving Los Millonarios with a huge amount of work to do in the midweek return fixture. The side simply didn’t turn up on the night and were frustrated by a well organised Gremio defence and the loss has undoubtedly left morale low around the club.

Nonetheless, prior to their defeat at Colon last weekend, in which they also rested all of their regular starters, River went an incredible 32 matches unbeaten, so it’s clear for all to see there’s still huge ability in their ranks. Despite focus mainly being on midweek, Marcelo Gallardo’s troops still really need to secure victory in Saturday’s game, given they are 7 points adrift of leaders Racing and the fact they’ve won 3 of their last 4 home matches should have confidence high in doing so, irrespective of the changes set to be made.

Meanwhile, after bouncing back to the top flight at the first time of asking, Aldosivi have made a dream start to the Superliga season, currently positioned 6th after claiming 15 points from 9 matches. Nonetheless, a poor run of form could easily see Los Tiburones pulled into danger on the average points table used to relegate sides, so they cannot afford to sit back and relax just yet.

Aldosivi have certainly looked stronger in Mar del Plata than they have on their travels, which does have to be slightly concerning ahead of this one. Overall, Gustavo Alvarez’s men have won 3 of their 4 home games but have lost 3 of their 5 on enemy territory, including 2-0 defeats at Velez and Godoy Cruz in the most recent two.

Ultimately, changes or no changes, this a match River really need to be winning and their second string still has far more quality than Aldosivi possess on paper. The visitors have made a commendable start to the season and have definitely been impressive, but they’ve lost convincingly on the road twice in recent weeks and look like facing a tall order at the Monumental.

All things considered, backing a River win looks to provide good value and is exactly where our money is going. Those taking to the pitch will be desperate to lift spirits around the club with a convincing performance and typically very strong in front of the home crowd, we think the hosts will get the job done with a 2-0 win.