The 2021 Copa Sudamericana resumes this week and we have reached the final round of group games. River Plate begin the week in second place in the group on 10 points, 2 points adrift of Penarol who are top.
Corinthians are in third place on 7 points and with only the top team progressing, they have already been eliminated from the competition.
Corinthians come into the game having thrashed Sport Huancayo 5-0 at home in their previous fixture. It was not enough to keep them in qualifying contention for the knockout stages of the tournament but it was a good response to the 2 defeats prior to that match.
Corinthians had lost 4-0 away to Penarol in the Copa Sudamericana and 2-0 at Palmeiras in the Paulista semi-final.
Corinthians have been struggling to win games of late and they have recorded only 2 wins from their last 9 matches in all competitions. However, they have not been easy to beat and Corinthians have lost only 3 of their 21 games in all competitions.
Home form in the Copa Sudamericana shows Corinthians have lost 2 of their last 3 matches but are undefeated in 8 of their last 10 at the Neo Química Arena. Only one team has scored in each of their last 6 home fixtures in the Copa Sudamericana.
River Plate come into the match having recorded a narrow 1-0 win at Nacional in the Division Profesional in Paraguay. That result leaves them 10th in the table and they already have plenty of work to do in order to catch the leaders.
The win over Nacional means River Plate are undefeated in their last 5 games in all competitions. They have recorded 3 victories in those 5 matches, 2 of which have come in the Copa Sudamericana at home against Sport Huancayo and Penarol. Both fixtures ended in a 2-1 win for River Plate.
Their away form in the Copa Sudamericana shows 2 wins and 2 defeats in their 4 most recent games. Both teams have scored in 3 of those 4 matches and River Plate have seen over 2.5 goals in all 4 of their away fixtures.
Corinthians will be counting on striker Luan Vieira to score the goals to win this game. The Brazilian forward has 3 goals to his name in the competition this season.
River Plate have not been scoring goals freely in this group and midfielder Marcelo González has scored 3 of their 6 goals in the Copa Sudamericana.
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