CA River Plate (ARG) vs Atletico Mineiro Prediction & Betting Tips - Copa Libertadores

Prediction published on 09/08/2021, 22:45  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 10/08/2021 at 11:44 in Copa Libertadores Prediction

River Plate will be the only Argentinian side at the quarter finals of the Copa Libertadores and they will hope to fly their flag as high as possible against Brazilian dominance at this stage. They actually face a Brazilian opponent in Atletico Mineiro and starting at home, River Plate will be gunning for a first leg advantage. The Argentines will hope for a break here after going winless in their last three matches. Ahead of this game, they lost 2-1 away to Godoy Cruz in the league. The last time they faced a Brazilian side in this competition, they lost 3-1 at home to Fluminense and coming here they beat Argentinos Juniors 3-1 on aggregate. They have two wins in their last five Copa Libertadores matches and in the same competition, they have no win in the last two home matches. River Plate have also failed to keep a clean sheet in the last five home matches in the Copa Libertadores.

Atletico Mineiro are enjoying a good run ahead of this game. They are coming from a 2-1 win over Juventude, which saw them go top of the Serie A and they will be inspired for this game. That win was their fourth in five matches and Atletico have lost just once in their last 12 – a 2-1 reverse to Bahia in the Copa do Brasil. They have scored two or more goals in four of the last five matches and kept three clean sheets. In the last round of the Copa Libertadores, Atletico eliminated another Argentine side – Boca Juniors, on penalties, after playing to a 0-0 aggregate draw. In their last four Copa Libertadores matches, Atletico have clean sheets and are unbeaten in the last nine.