River Plate vs Talleres de Cordoba Predictions, Betting Tips and Match Previews

Sunday’s Superliga Argentina action sees River Plate doing battle with Talleres at the Estadio Monumental. The hosts arrive as big favourites to win what will likely be a low scoring game.

With a squad that is undoubtedly one of the strongest in the Superliga Argentina, River come into this season as one of the front runners for the title. Marcelo Gallardo’s troops have quality in all areas of the pitch and whilst priority will likely be given to defending their Copa Libertadores title, challenging for the domestic crown is still of vital importance to Los Millonarios.

River arrive with confidence extremely high after an outstanding week. They first demolished local rivals and reigning champions Racing Club 6-1 away from home in a real show of intent, prior to putting one foot in the semi-finals of the Libertadores with a 2-0 win over Cerro Porteno in midweek. Said results, coupled with the fact the side have won 6 of their last 8 home games certainly has their prospects looking bright going into Sunday’s game.

Meanwhile, after rising up from the third tier a couple of years ago, Talleres can now consider themselves somewhat established in the top flight. Since returning, La T have finished 15th, 5th and 12th and as far as the forthcoming season is concerned, pushing for a Copa Sudamericana place is a realistic objective.

Nonetheless, new Talleres boss Alexander Medina hasn’t made an entirely convincing start and is likely going to need plenty of time to settle into the club. The visitors kicked off their season with a solid 1-0 over Velez Sarsfield but have since lost Rosario Central 1-0 and drew 1-1 at home to newly promoted Central Cordoba and they currently aren’t really playing the expansive football they have in past seasons very effectively.

Ultimately, even if they make a couple of changes with Libertadores football in mind, this is a match River Plate really should be winning. Man for man, they’re a stronger team than Talleres in all departments and with the crowd behind them, they’re likely to have a bit too much for a visiting outfit that isn’t in entirely convincing shape.

All things considered, it’s backing River to win in combination with the under 2.5 goal line that has captured our attention and looks to provide good value. River have kept a clean sheet in their last 4 home games and with Talleres having lost their last 4 away games, scoring just once in the process, a 1-0 margin of home victory could well be on the cards.