Tomás Yelmini
One of the highlights of this weekend’s Argentine soccer league will be the match between River Plate and Arsenal on Sunday, February 26 at the refurbished Más Monumental stadium. Martín Demichelis’ men have 9 points and are fifth in the standings, while Arsenal are watching them from the bottom, with just one point in four matchdays.
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Predictions, Odds, and Betting Preview for the River Plate vs Arsenal Argentine First Division Matchday 5 Game on February 26, 2023
- Where: Más Monumental Stadium – City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
- When: Sunday, February 26, 2023, 5.15 PM E.T.
- Moneyline: River Plate (-450) / Tie (+500) / Arsenal (+1000)
- Asian Handicap: River Plate (-2, +120), Arsenal (+2, -185)
- Over/Under (2.5): Over (-155) / Under (+110)
- Both teams score: Yes (+125) / No (-180)
Odds provided by DraftKings.
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Betting on River Plate
River Plate has not been playing well in its last games. However, that was enough to win most of its matchs lately. In the Argentine League, they are coming off a valuable 1-0 away win over Tigre, although they will suffer the absence of some important players in the match against Arsenal.
During the week, they played in the semifinals of Trofeo de Campeones 2020 (postponed at the time due to the Covid-19 pandemic), where they faced Javier Sanguinetti’s difficult Banfield. River won by a score of 3-2, but as we have mentioned before, its performance far from being the best.
In this context, midfielder Enzo Pérez himself, an emblem of El Millonario made a strong criticism during press conference.
We are not happy with the performance we showed today. Beyond the goals that gave us the lead, we were never able to control the possession.
Probable lineup (4-1-3-2): Franco Armani, Robert Rojas, Leandro González Pirez, Enzo Díaz, Milton Casco, José Paradela, Enzo Pérez, Ezequiel Barco, Ignacio Fernández, Miguel Borja, Pablo Solari.
Betting on Arsenal
The team from Sarandí is one of the worst teams in the Argentine League, and so far has only obtained one point in a 1-1 draw against Estudiantes at home. Thus, it shares the last place with Colón de Santa Fe and Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero.
Their last match was a 3-0 defeat against Fernando Gago’s Racing, a team that stop its intensity in attack after scoring the third goal. The statistics show that Carlos Ruiz’s team played at home that night and could only have the ball 34% of the time, while taking only four effective shots at goal and committing 15 fouls. They were clearly on the ropes against an opponent that aims to fight for big things and in that sense is at least one step above them.
Probable lineup (3-4-2-1): Alejandro Medina; Ignacio Gariglio, Maximiliano Centurión, Facundo Cardozo; Néstor Breitenbruch; Gonzalo Muscia, Felipe Peña, Leonardo Marchi; Flabian Londoño, Luis Leal; Lautaro Guzmán.
JefeBet Prediction
River Plate and Arsenal have met 30 times in their history, with the Millonario winning on 14 occasions and Arsenal with five victories.
The only hope for Ruiz’s team is that River continues to show the defensive weaknesses it has shown so far and thus be able, with some counterattack, to complicate the game. However, at JefeBet we believe that this will not happen, and the 90 minutes will be controlled by the home team.
Prediction: River Plate wins 3-0.
