CA River Plate (ARG) v Colo-Colo Betting Tips [19 May 2022]

As they host Chilean side Colo Colo in the Copa Libertadores, River Plate will hope to bounce back after their 2-1 loss at home to Tigre in the Argentinian league. The two face off in Group F, where River Plate leads with 10 points and Colo Colo are second on seven points. A point from this game will grant River Plate a place in the quarter finals and they will be targeting that, at the least. River Plate have already beaten Colo Colo this season – when they met on Match Day 3, it ended 2-1 in favor of the Argentines. One area of focus for them will be in defence though – they have managed just one clean sheet in the last eight games. In River Plate’s last 10 matches, both teams have scored in seven. Four of their last five matches have produced over 2.5 goals and in the last five games they’ve scored 13 goals.

Colo Colo haven’t scored as many goals as River Plate, but they have some consistency in scoring. They are coming from a 4-0 win over Coquimbo Unido in the Chilean domestic league; their second straight win and 13th straight game in which they scored. However, the recent win is Colo Colo’s only clean sheet in nine matches, with both sides scoring in eight of their last 10. Colo Colo’s last five away matches have recorded no clean sheet, but Colo Colo have scored in each of them. They will be looking to return to winning ways in the Copa Libertadores, having lost one and drawn the other but they also need to work on their defence. So far, they have no clean sheet in their opening four matches in Copa Libertadores.

Both Colo Colo and River Plate do not come into this game with many clean sheets. In Copa Libertadores, Colo Colo haven’t kept any clean sheet so far, while River Plate have conceded in the last two matches. This is still expected to play out here, with both teams hoping to advance to the next round. Go for both teams to score.