Copa Libertadores Final: The Preview
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River Plate awaits Boca Juniors at El Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires in the second leg of the Copa Libertadores final. The first leg at La Bombonera ended with a 2-2 draw, but this is not significant advantage for River since there is no away goals rule in this final.
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If we look only football facts then we should take into account that this River beat Boca in three of their last four meetings.
River Plate left La Boca neighborhood with a 2-2 draw, so fans are now optimistic about the return leg which will be played at their stadium. River avoided defeat at La Bombonera, but also stayed without key attacker Rafael Santos Borre through suspension. The Colombian attacker scored three goals in six game in the Libertadores this season and probably will be replaced by Ignacio Scocco, excellent attacker who is battling to return from injury in time for the second leg.
As we already mentioned in the final there is no away goal rule, but still a draw is good result for Los Millonarios as usually home field is huge advantage in the Libertadores. Four of the last five winners of the competition played the second leg of the final in their home stadium.
CA River Plate (Arg) and Boca Juniors Betting Odds and Predictions
The matches between the two sides often include multiple red cards with six players sent out across their last seven meetings. In this way the first leg was a bit of anomaly as we saw “just” six yellow cards (4 for Boca, 2 for River). One reason for this was the fact that ten players who went into the first leg were just a card away from suspension (as we mentioned earlier, only Santos Borre will eventually be suspended).
The threat of suspension will be removed for the second leg, so we think that bets on over for number of cards have huge value.
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Editor's Pick
A tight game with a lot of cards and quite possible a penalty-kick. So, the best bet is probably OVER on yellow cards and red card to be shown.
