It's time to decide the outcome of the Copa Libertadores 8th Finals meeting between River Plate and Athletico PR. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for River and Athletico PR.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Athletico PR, who are travelling more than 1800 kilometers to play this game.
River Plate form and stats
Last season their Copa Libertadores adventure ended in the finals.This match is a Copa Libertadores match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in this competition. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, River are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
River are returning here after visiting Rosario Central in a Superliga game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Robert Rojas scored the goal(s). Preceding that game was the away draw at Athletico PR that finished 1-1.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for River home games with this odds we find ten games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, one draw and four defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.
The match schedule is unforgiving for River as they have a new game in only four days, a Superliga match thankfully also at home. Godoy Cruz are visiting.
Athletico PR form and stats
Athletico PR was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the 8th finals last season, when Boca Juniors turned out to be too strong.Athletico PR have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 3-1-7 (11 played). Total Copa Libertadores statistics for Athletico PR: 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
Athletico are travelling again after losing away to Palmeiras in their previous match (0-3). Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against River Plate in the Copa Libertadores.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Athletico PR played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected two times.
The schedule is very tough for Athletico now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Serie A game at Fluminense is waiting in only four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Athletico as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Athletico have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Athletico PR - River 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): River Plate one win, one draw and Athletico PR one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. de Souza 4 goals | C. Ferreira de Souza 3 goals |  R. Rojas 2 goals |
River Plate missing players
Athletico PR missing players
| River Plate | Athletico PR | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 53 | 21 | Scored | S | 13 | 24 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 20 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.9 | 12.4 | ||
| 5.7 | 7.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 38% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Mineiro | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 42 |
| 2 | Sao Paulo | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 41 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 39 |
| 4 | Internacional | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 37 |
| 5 | Palmeiras | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 37 |
| 6 | Santos | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | Fluminense | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 35 |
| 8 | Gremio | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 34 |
| 9 | Fortaleza | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Corinthians | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | -4 | 29 |
| 11 | Athletico PR | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 28 |
| 12 | Bahia | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -8 | 28 |
| 13 | Atletico GO | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 28 |
| 14 | Bragantino | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 26 |
| 15 | Ceara | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -5 | 26 |
| 16 | Sport Recife | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -12 | 25 |
| 17 | Vasco da Gama | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 24 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -12 | 20 |
| 19 | Botafogo | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 20 |
| 20 | Goias | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -12 | 16 |