River Plate vs Rosario Central Betting Tips and Predictions

River Plate suffered a torrid time when they made the short trip to Argentina last week, still searching for their first group 2 win of this years Copa Libertadores, this is the first time they’ve been involved in the competition.

In that game, Marco Ruben opened the scoring after 19 minutes for Rosario, in a tightly contested first half. The second half was more open with German Herrera adding a second for the home side shortly after the break, 4 minutes later Marco Ruben scored his second of the game. 3-0 down it looked unlikely River Plate would take away anything from this game, 3 minutes later however they had their first shot on target, which resulted in a 64th minute goal for attacker Michael Santos, giving them a glimmer of hope. Unfortunately for them in the 71st minute Marco Ruben scored his 3rd of the game to complete his hat trick ensuring Rosario were going to take all 3 points.

Prior to this loss River Plate had picked up two respectable draws, firstly a 2-2 thriller at home against Brazilian side Palmeiras, followed by a stalemate 0-0 against fellow Uruguayans Nacional. River Plate are without two key first team defenders through suspension so it may weaken their backline giving Rosario more chance of scoring.

Rosario will take confidence from their last victory going into this game, their Copa form this year has been mixed with a 1-1 draw against Nacional after a 10 year absence from the competition. Followed by a 2-0 defeat in Brazil by Palmeiras.

Both teams will be attacking from the off as 3 points are vital for both sides if they want to keep their progression chances alive, so there should be plenty of goals. Get over 2.5 goals at 23/20 with bet365.