Racing vs River Plate Prediction Today: Get all the info and free football betting tips by reading our advices
Racing
Racing ended up losing the right to decide at home to be beaten by Cruzeiro, 2-1 in the sixth and final round of the Libertadores group stage. With 11 points (three wins, two draws and one defeat), he had his score equaled by the Minas Gerais team, but he took a disadvantage when the tiebreaker criteria were applied.
It was the last game of the club of Avellaneda in season 2017/2018, in which it had to settle for the seventh place in the Argentine Superliga. He has accumulated 45 points (13 wins, six draws and eight losses). Sufficient just to secure a place in the 2019 South American Cup. To play Libertadores again, the club will have to win the title of the 2018 version of the tournament.
It is not known exactly what coach Eduardo Coudet is preparing for this Thursday’s duel. Racing did not play friendly in the preseason period and will only debut in the Argentine Championship on August 13 against Atlético Tucumán. Thus, there is great mystery regarding the team that will be cast to face the River Plate.
River Plate
The River also accumulated 45 points (13 wins, six draws and eight losses) in the most recent edition of the Argentinean Championship. It was only in eighth place, one position below Racing, for having been disadvantaged when the tiebreaker criteria were used.
In the Libertadores, he made one more point. The 12 points (three wins and three draws) were enough to finish in the first place of group D.
The team has already made two official matches for the Argentine Cup. In the first, on 22 July, he thrashed Central North 7-0. In the second, against Villa Dalmine, he also did not find it difficult to confirm his favoritism and ensure his survival in the tournament by winning 3-1.
Football Prediction of the Day Racing vs River Plate
The long period between the end of the first phase of the Copa Libertadores and the start of the round of 16, which includes the Argentine football season, brings great instability to the predictions aimed at the classic of Thursday. The results of both in the first half of the year clearly shows that there is no big technical difference between the teams. Thus, the prognosis in the equality seems to be the best prediction for the classic of this Thursday, in Avellaneda.
Bet Tips: A tie
Odds: 3.10