River vs Barracas Central

River Plate wants to stay alive in their fight for the title. Last time out, the team celebrated a hard-fought 3-2 away success at Instituto, with Facundo Colidio netting the winner just eight minutes before the final whistle. El Millonario made it five league matches unbeaten (two victories and three draws) to accumulate 33 points in the Liga Profesional (nine behind leaders Velez Sarsfield with six rounds to go) and also to hold onto their Copa Libertadores’ berth in the aggregate table. River lost only one of their last 19 as the hosting side in domestic action, winning ten and drawing eight in that spell. Striker Miguel Borja returns from suspension on Monday. Marcos Acuna, affected by a muscle injury, won’t feature.

Barracas Central returned to their usual standards last Wednesday, when they were dominated by Racing Club and succumbed to a 2-0 loss as hosts at Deportivo Riestra. That result represented their third defeat across the last six league matches (along with one victory and two draws). El Guapo remain bottom-placed in the Liga Profesional on 16 points, which places them far away from any big aim in the remaining six rounds

River needs to keep winning to secure a Copa Libertadores 2025 place and after looking good vs Banfield and Instituto, they shouldn’t have any issues against one of the worst teams in the league like this clueless Barracas.

BET: River -1.75 @ 1.91