A CONMEBOL Libertadores match between Fluminense and River Plate will hold on May 02th, 2023, Tuesday, in South America, check the Fluminense vs River Plate betting tip 2023 to win with your bets.
Stadium and City where Fluminense vs River Plate will occur
This match will take place on May 02th, 2023 at 00:00h (UTC). Fluminense team will try to take advantage of the fact that they play at home since the match will occur at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho stadium, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. This is something significant to consider when predicting since in the CONMEBOL Libertadores the home field factor usually makes a lot of difference.
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Introduction to the Fluminense vs River Plate betting tip 2023
The Libertadores is the kind of competition that doesn’t usually give much of a chance to the so-called “underdogs.” A proof of this is that since 2000 only 5 teams have won the title for the first time.
Another historical factor that corroborates this information is the concentration of trophies; over the more than 60 years of the Libertadores’ history, Brazilian and Argentine teams have won more than 70% of the titles played in the main club competition in the Americas.
The CONMEBOL Libertadores competition is in the Group Stage.
The last time these teams met was for a CONMEBOL Libertadores match, on 25-05-2021, referring to the 2021 season, which ended with a 1-3 win for Fluminense.
Fluminense
Fluminense come into this game with six points, on a campaign of 2 wins overall and 0 losses, plus a total of 0 draws. With this, the team is in 1st place in Group D in the CONMEBOL Libertadores.
If the CONMEBOL Libertadores were to conclude now, the Fluminense team would be going to the the 8th Finals, since they are in the position 1 of the group. So, with 4 games still to be played, Fluminense is in a good position and can get up to a maximum of 18 points in this competition if they win all these upcoming matches.
Fluminense analysis
Fluminense come from a defeat in the last match. The game against Fortaleza, valid for the Serie A, ended with a 4-2. The team coached by F. Diniz Silva lined up in a 4-2-3-1 formation.
With his reputation as a brilliant strategist, Fernando Diniz Silva could once again catch his opponent off-guard in this game. As the Fluminense coach, he has a knack for tailoring his team’s approach to suit each opponent, which typically yields positive results, particularly when playing on their home turf.
In the Serie A, the Fluminense group has 2 wins, 1 defeat and 0 draws, thus obtaining a total of 6 points after 3 rounds, ranking them in 3rd place. Also, the Fluminense team goes with a total of 7 goals scored and 4 goals conceded.
Teams typically have some control over the opponents if they had ball possession above 50%. Thus, the Fluminense team usually tries for an average ball possession of 66.5% to control the game.
The Fluminense team comes from a defeat in the CONMEBOL Libertadores, and its coach Fernando Diniz Silva wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.
Best goalscorer from Fluminense
In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Germán Cano so far in the competition. With 2 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Fluminense to achieve victorious results this season.
River Plate
It remembers that we cannot ignore this current generation of River Plate. Since the beginning of the championship, with a very competitive team, it was already considered one of the 3 favorites for the title. So it has everything to win this clash.
River Plate are with 3 points and currently occupy 3rd place in Group D which puts them outside the qualifying zone for the play-offs, with a campaign of 1 win, 0 draws, and 1 loss.
If the CONMEBOL Libertadores were to conclude now, the River Plate team would be going to the the Copa Sul-Americana, since they are in the position 3 of the group. However, with 4 games still to play, River Plate can still reach the position 1 on the league table and can get a maximum of 15 points if they win their remaining matches.
River Plate analysis
On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Superliga, River Plate, who used a 3-4-1-2 formation, faced the Atlético Tucumán team with a final score of 1-1.
Currently, in the Superliga, the River Plate emblem has 11 wins, 2 defeats and 1 draw, making a total of 34 points after 14 rounds, ranking them in 1st place. Adding to this data, the River Plate team goes with a total of 25 goals scored and 6 goals conceded.
Best goalscorer from River Plate
When we analyze the team’s attack so far, the competition’s performance at the individual level Lucas Beltrán is the player to highlight. Helping River Plate with 2 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.
It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.
Bet suggestions for this game:
Goals Top Betting Tips
Between 75-90 minutes is a good time to bet as some study have shown this to be the time where most goals occur.
Taking into consideration that River Plate scores an average of 1 goal per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.
Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.8.
Betting on goals
River Plate has an average of 2.5 goals scored, while Fluminense concedes on average 0.5 goals per match. With this and with the fact that the under 2.5 market usually gives good returns in CONMEBOL Libertadores, a good bet would be to place this bet at Bet365. The odds of 1.8 are pretty attractive.
Corners Top Betting Tips
One will find that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 7.25 corners per game, making this something to note in attempting to obtain good betting results.
River Plate is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.5 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of River Plate in this match.
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Fluminense vs River Plate betting tip 2023: FAQ
The match will be played on May 02th, 2023, Tuesday.
The match will take place at the Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
The last time these teams faced each other was in CONMEBOL Libertadores match, referring to the 2021 season, and ended with a 1-3 result for Fluminense.
For this match, the probability indicates that the net is more likely to swing between 75-90 minutes.
The bookmaker with the best odds for this match is Bet365!
