Mauro Da Luz’s goal in the second half allowed River Plate (Uruguay) to take advantage of the away goals rule in February when drawing 1-1 with Santos in Brazil to advance to this second round. Last Saturday, the team won 2-1 at home over Rampla Juniors to break a six-game winless run of two draws and four defeats. They are sitting in 13th spot of the Uruguayan league table on 13 points in as many rounds. River booked three wins, three draws and a single defeat at home in 2019, but Tuesday’s game will take place at Estadio Centenario.
Colon hasn’t found any difficulties to beat Deportivo Municipal from Peru in the Copa Sudamericana’s first round. They won 2-0 at home to make it 5-0 on aggregate. Given that El Sabalero were knocked out of the Superliga Cup in the first round, their last competitive game took place a month ago, when they claimed a 3-0 win over third-tier side Acassuso in their Copa Argentina’s debut. Colon played seven away matches this year and they managed a single success, drawing one and losing five.
Colon is a good attacking team but they concede a lot and they come to this game completely rested, while the Uruguayan side will definitely try to get a win at home in this 1st leg so I have to take the very short OVER line.