River Plate vs Deportivo Maldonado betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Primera Division match on June 15th, 2024

River Plate and Deportivo Maldonado will be playing against each other on Saturday, June 15th, 2024, in a Primera Division football game in Uruguay, check the River Plate vs Deportivo Maldonado betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Where to follow the live game

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

Stadium and City where River Plate vs Deportivo Maldonado will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Parque Federico Omar Saroldi stadium, in the city of Montevideo, with a capacity for 8000 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Introduction to the River Plate vs Deportivo Maldonado betting tip 2024

River Plate arrives from a defeat in the last match they played. The contest against Progreso, valid for the Primera Division, ended with a score of 1-0 in favor of the rivals.

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

In their last meeting, a Primera Division match during the 2024 season on 23-02-2024, the River Plate team emerged victorious, winning 3-1.

The last time these teams battled against each other in Primera Division, Deportivo Maldonado ranked 13th place while River Plate was in 14th place. Deportivo Maldonado took to the field with a 4-1-4-1 tactic, while River Plate deployed in a 5-3-2 formation.

River Plate

Capitalizing on their home-field advantage in this game, the team will aim to secure as many points as possible at the outset of the championship. Guided by coach Ignacio Ithurralde Sáez, the team will enter the field with the sole objective of achieving victory. With most of the game spent in attack, there is a good chance of a higher than usual number of corner kicks, a market that should not be overlooked.

Current leaderboard

River Plate are sit 13th place in the table, with 14 points achieved up to 2nd round.

This is the second match of River Plate as the local team in the current season. In the first game at home, they faced Racing and tied, 3-3.

With an average of only 3.87 shots on goal per game, the River Plate team in the league has a long way to go in terms of offensive prowess. This indicates that the team doesn't score many goals and doesn't trouble the opposing goalkeepers too much.

Deportivo Maldonado

Despite being the away team in this clash, Deportivo Maldonado 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 Alejandro Varela'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

Deportivo Maldonado is currently in 11th place in the league after the 2nd round, having gained 15 points from matches so far this season.

This will be the second game this season in which the Deportivo Maldonado team will play as a visitor. There was a 1-1 draw against Danubio in the first one.

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 4.07 per game.

Cards market betting suggestions

It is also challenging to get a precise average about the number of cards that the teams receive during the matches; however, so far, River Plate has received 41 yellow cards and 3 reds in 15 matches contested. At the same time, Deportivo Maldonado was cautioned with yellow cards in 43 opportunities and red 3 times in 15 games.

Score market betting suggestions

A good betting parameter could be the number of goals scored and conceded by both teams at the start of the championship round. River Plate didn't score any goal in the last round of games and conceded in 25 opportunities, while Deportivo Maldonado scored 14 times and conceded 19 goals as well.

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