River Plate vs Newell's Old Boys Predictions

Sunday’s Superliga Argentina action sees River Plate doing battle with Newell’s Old Boys. The hosts arrive desperate for the 3 points as the race for a Copa Libertadores spot enters its final straight.

Rive Plate started 2019 in terrible form, losing 3 consecutive home games, with last year’s Copa Libertadores triumph in Madrid seeing them lose focus. Nonetheless, Marcelo Gallardo’s troops are now back in excellent form and arrive for this game an impressive 6 matches unbeaten, 4 of which being wins.

With the 2019 edition of the Libertadores starting in midweek, River would usually rotate most of their team in this kind of match but in their current position, they simply cannot afford to, with league action taking priority. Indeed, with 5 Superliga matches left to play, River find themselves 3 points outside the all important top 4 places and for that very reason, Sunday’s game is a big one.

Meanwhile, Newell’s arrive in indifferent form, depending on the way you look at it. On the one hand, they’re unbeaten since league action resumed in 2019 but on the other, they’ve won just 1 of 5 matches during said run, and look set for an uninspiring mid-table finish.

La Lepra are proving hard to beat more than anything at the moment, but with games running out, they need to start winning if they are to sneak into a Copa Sudamericana spot. Nonetheless, having failed to score in 6 of their last 8 away games, the visitors don’t arrive particularly confident in their ability to compete in an arena so difficult to visit such as El Monumental.

Ultimately, this is a match River really need to be winning and Los Millonarios should be able to do so without too many issues. Man for man, they are a better side than Newell’s and that’s reflected in the gap between the two in the table.

All things considered, it’s backing a home win to nil that grabs attention as far as the betting goes and said market is exactly where our money is going at appealing odds. River have won 5 of their last 8 home league games and with Newell’s so blunt on the road, they shouldn’t give the hosts too much to think about. Newell’s have also lost 4 of their last 7 away games by 1-0 margins and that’s not a scoreline too difficult to envisage come full time in this one.