Match Report
Boston River, 4th with 26 points, sat 21 points above River Plate (7th, 5). On recent form Boston River sat only 33rd league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Per game in the league, Boston River were scoring 1.73 and conceding 0.67, River Plate 0.86 and 1.43, against a competition average of 1.17 goals per team per game.
Boston River carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this. River Plate had lost four in a row. Boston River had banked 11 of the last 15 points on offer; River Plate, 1.
GioScore's database holds 9 meetings between the two: 4 for Boston River, 3 for River Plate and 2 drawn, at 2.33 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 33% of the wins in this fixture. Goals at both ends are the pattern: both teams scored in 67% of the meetings.
Parque José Nasazzi in Montevideo staged the fixture, a ground that holds 6,500. Boston River led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-0.
Goal scorers
Boston River: Agustín Albarracín Basil (15'), Agustín Albarracín Basil (26')