River Plate vs Nacional betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Primera Division match on August 18th, 2024

River Plate and Nacional will on Sunday, August 18th, 2024 play in a Primera Division football game in Uruguay, check the River Plate vs Nacional betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Where to follow the live game

See everything about the match live on Betarena, including statistics, events, odds, and everything that can help with your sports betting.

Stadium and City where River Plate vs Nacional 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, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Introduction to the River Plate vs Nacional betting tip 2024

River Plate come from a draw in the last match. The game against Racing, valid for the Primera Division, ended with a 2-2. The team coached by F. Palladino Soba entered the field in the last match with a 4-3-3 formation.

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Primera Division, Nacional, who used a 4-1-4-1 formation, faced the Peñarol team with a final score of 1-1.

The last time these teams met was for a Primera Division match, on 16-02-2024, referring to the 2024 season, which ended with a victory of the Nacional team by 2-1.

The last time River Plate faced Nacional it was in Primera Division. River Plate, then in 5th place opened with a play using the 4-2-3-1 formation, while Nacional, who was in 2nd place, played using a 4-3-1-2 tactic.

River Plate

With the home advantage in their favor, the team will strive to accumulate the maximum number of points at the start of the championship. Led by coach Francisco Ricardo Palladino Soba, the team will approach the match with a single-minded focus on securing victory. The team's attacking tactics may result in an unusual number of corner kicks, making this market one to keep an eye on.

Nacional

Even as a visitor in the duel, Nacional will try to get a tie in the match, avoiding a significant point gap at the beginning of the tournament. With this goal in mind, it is expected that Martín Arrospide's team will act in a more defensive manner, which can cause a low number of goals conceded or even a high number of cards in the match.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

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 5.17 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, until now, River Plate has received 41 yellow cards and 3 reds in 15 matches played. At the same time, Nacional was cautioned with yellow cards in 41 opportunities and received no red card in 15 games.

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