Huracan vs River Plate Prediction and Betting Odds | Liga Profesional July 3
Huracan vs River Plate Betting Preview
WagerTalk soccer handicapper Kevin Dolan shares his thoughts on Sunday’s showdown in Argentina between Huracan and River Plate. These teams are tied in the Liga Profesional table entering Match Day 6.
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| Sunday, July 3 | Liga Profesional Betting Notes |
|---|---|
| Hurcan: | +220 |
| River Plate: | +130 |
| Draw: | +220 |
| Total: | 2.5 Goals (Odds Above Courtesy of DraftKings) |
| Game Time: | 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT |
Huracan vs River Plate Analysis
Two teams tied on points clash on Sunday over in the Argentinian Liga Profesional as River Plate travels to the Estadio Tomas Adolfo Duco to take on Huracan this weekend.
After a slow start to the season, River Plate has picked up two straight wins heading into Sunday’s game and face a team in Huracan who is in some good form of their own right now, running unbeaten over their last four games.
All of the last five head-to-head’s between the two teams have been hotly contested with River Plate winning two, Huracan winning one with two draws apiece.
Results Yet To Catch Up To River Plate’s Underlying Data
While River Plate ownsa respectable scoring record this season, bagging an average of 1.4 goals per game so far this year, those numbers don’t reflect how dominant River Plate have been on the underlying data.
River Plate owns the league’s best expected goals tally at 2.04 xG on average (next best is Racing Club at 1.91 xG) and River Plate also owns the league’s best xG numbers on the road this season also and by quite a huge margin (1.9 xG compared with next best’s Boca Juniors 1.58 xG), so it’s very likely only a matter of time until that success gets converted into actual results for River Plate.
Huracan Continues To Be Solid Defensively
Huracan remains one of only three teams this season to not allow a single goal to opponents at home as they’ve continued to shut down opposing teams at the Adolfo Duco.
Huracan have allowed the second-fewest shots on goal in the league at home this year also (just 6.5 shots per game on average) and rank top-five in overall expected goals against this season as well, which means Huracan will likely be very hard to break down here on Sunday.
Huracan vs River Plate Prediction
Those data points for River Plate are extremely hard to ignore ahead of this clash and we expect them to bounceback from a recent Copa Libertadores loss to Velez Sarsfield in midweek with a win here on Sunday against Huracan.
While Huracan has extra rest ahead of this game and have been impressive defensively this season, their recent four game unbeaten streak came against teams ranked 26th, 24th, 11th and 19th respectively, and River Plate represents a huge step up from that.
Huracan’s only defeat this season came against a very good Racing Club team and this could well end up going the same way on Sunday as Racing Club ran out comfortable 2-0 winners over Huracan in that game and out-shot them 21-7.
Take River Plate to win outright on the road on Sunday against Huracan over in the Argentinian Liga Profesional.
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Meet the Author
‘The sharpest sports mind in Ireland’ is how one prominent newspaper dubbed Kevin Dolan after he became the first foreigner ever to win the World Series of Handicapping tournament back in 2015. “The Irishman” made his start wagering on GAA, football, soccer and boxing, all to immense success. Since becoming a professional bettor, he has since lit up the sports betting scene in the U.S. and abroad, winning two handicapping awards and writing a best-selling book on sports handicapping named ‘The Complete Guide to Sports Betting’.
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