River Plate vs Defensor Sporting betting tip 2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Primera Division match on February 08th, 2025

River Plate and Defensor Sporting will play on Saturday, February 08th, 2025 in a Primera Division game to be held in Uruguay, check the River Plate vs Defensor Sporting betting tip 2025 to win with your bets.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events, and odds.

Stadium and City where River Plate vs Defensor Sporting will occur

The game will be played in the small Estadio Luis Franzini stadium, in the city of Montevideo, with a capacity for 6000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Introduction to the River Plate vs Defensor Sporting betting tip 2025

River Plate come from a draw in the last match. The game against Cerro, valid for the Primera Division, ended with a 1-1. The team coached by L. López Breijo entered the field in the last match with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for CONMEBOL Libertadores, Defensor Sporting, who used a 4-4-1-1 formation, faced the Monagas team with a final score of 2-0.

The last encounter between these teams was a Primera Division game on 16-10-2024, in the 2024 season, that ended with Defensor Sporting winning 0-1.

Defensor Sporting was in 12th place when they last played River Plate who was 8th place in Primera Division. Defensor Sporting played using the 3-5-1-1 formation while River Plate responded with a 3-4-1-2 arrangement.

River Plate

Leveraging their home advantage in this match, the team will strive to maximize their points tally at the beginning of the championship. Under the guidance of coach Luis Diego López Breijo, the team will take to the field with a single-minded focus on securing victory. With the majority of playing time spent on the attack, there is a strong likelihood of an elevated number of corner kicks, presenting an enticing market opportunity.

Current leaderboard

River Plate comes to this 1 fixture of the local league Apertura tournament standing in 5 position in the table. So far, the team has earned 1 points, with 0 victories, 1 draws and 0 losses.

This is the second match of River Plate as the local team in the current season. In the first game at home, they faced Cerro and won, 1-0.

His game control is regularly achieved through an average possession rate of 58%. Usually, teams that achieve an average possession rate above 50% have their opponents dominated.

Defensor Sporting

Despite being the away team in this clash, Defensor Sporting will aim to secure a draw in the game to prevent a significant point deficit early in the tournament. To achieve this objective, it is anticipated that Álvaro Bica's team will adopt a more defensive approach, potentially leading to a low number of goals conceded or a high number of cards issued in the match.

Current leaderboard

Defensor Sporting comes to this 1 fixture of the local league Apertura tournament standing in 2 position in the table. So far, the team has earned 3 points, with 1 victories, 0 draws and 0 losses.

The team plays as a visitor once again in the tournament. In the Defensor Sporting first match as a visitor, they played against Miramar Misiones and left the field with a draw, with a score of 0-0.

While Defensor Sporting may not have the highest average number of shots on target in the league, their accuracy is remarkable. Their games have an average of 4 shots on target and 2 goals, indicating that more than 40% of their shots on goal end up being goals.

For bettors some entries may be relevant for this game, namely:

As we are at the beginning of the competition, there is still little data to be studied, that allows suggestions for good bets. However, it is important to note that, usually, in the first games of a tournament, the matches have goals in the first half. The teams are still getting familiar, and there is no interest in maintaining any specific result due to the leaderboard.

Corners market betting suggestions

Although the sample is still small, and therefore less accurate, due to the tournament being in the initial rounds, it is already possible to have an average of corners won by these teams. Adding the number of corner shots of these two teams, we reach an average of 3.5 per game.

Score market betting suggestions

The number of goals that both teams scored and conceded at the start of the championship round can be a successful betting parameter. River Plate didn't score any goal in the last round games and conceded in 1 opportunity, while Defensor Sporting scored 2 times and didn't concede any goal.

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