River Plate will need to win by two goals at home to lift their third Recopa Sudamericana title without penalties following a 1-0 away defeat at Athletico Paranaense last week (the away goals rule doesn’t apply in this competition). The team haven’t seen domestic action last weekend as they had been knocked out of the Superliga Cup by Atletico Tucuman two weeks ago. El Millonario won one of their last four competitive games, drawing one and losing two. However, they are on four home matches unbeaten, having claimed three wins in that spell.
Athletico Paranaense’s striker Marco Ruben scored in the first half and allowed his team to manage a 1-0 home victory over River Plate. It was their only success in the last four competitive games, with one draw and two defeats. They would earn their second continental title in case of avoiding the defeat in Buenos Aires. Coach Tiago Nunes picked an alternative XI on Sunday when the team lost 3-2 at Flamengo, which means O Furacao earned seven points in the first six rounds in the Brazilian league. Athletico Parananense is winless in their last eight away matches, earning only two draws in that span.
Athletico Paranaense will be tough to beat, but River Plate are strong at home and the Brazilians have been experiencing trouble in their last travels. IÂ can definitely see at least 2 goals here and I have to go with this short line.
BET: OVER 2 @ 1.78
