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Liga Profesional de Fútbol08/08/2026, 08:00 PM

Tigre – River Plate1 : 0

Why the model thinks so

Tigre
1.04
Total xG
2.26
River Plate
1.22
Expected goals from our model, before kickoff

How the model gets there: each factor adds goals to or takes goals from one team's expected goals.

FactorTigreRiver Plate
Low-scoring league (2.1 goals/match)−0.43−0.43
Attack strength (1.54x league average)+0.37
4 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (0.6 goals/match)−0.22
Declining form (0.6 vs 1.3 season average)−0.22
4 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (0.8 goals/match)−0.15
Declining form (1 vs 1.3 season average)−0.09
Standings disadvantage (pos 10 vs 2, 8 places gap)−0.09
Small sample (9 matches), regression to mean−0.09
Small sample (9 matches), regression to mean+0.06
Standings advantage (pos 2 vs 10, 8 places gap)+0.05
Defensive strength (0.9 conceded vs 0.9 league avg)+0.02
Facundo Colidio not in squad (5 goals, 3 assists)
Marcos Acuña not in squad (1 goals, 1 assists)
30% of goal output missing (only 76% available)
Full strength squad available

Key factors

  • River Plate plays without Facundo Colidio and Marcos Acuña which reduces their starting XI strength to 76%
  • Tigre is in more stable form while River Plate is struggling with four consecutive defeats
  • Tigre recently averaged 4.0 shots on target with 52% possession while River Plate averaged 4.0 shots on target with 66% possession

Risks

  • Tigre has a severe rest disadvantage with only 2 days of break compared to River Plate's 6 days
  • Both teams have struggled offensively in recent games averaging 1.0 goals for Tigre and 0.6 goals for River Plate compared to their season averages
  • Limited data availability due to missing weather information in the dataset

All probabilities

Result
Tigre30%
Draw32%
River Plate38%
Double chance
Tigre or draw62%
River Plate or draw70%
No draw68%
Goals
Over 1.568%
Under 1.532%
Over 2.539%
Under 2.561%
Over 3.519%
Under 3.581%
Both teams score
Yes47%
No53%

Most likely scores

1:1
15%
0:0
12%
0:1
11%
1:0
9%
1:2
8%

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. Tigre with Jabes Saralegui: 0.8 goals/game. Without: 0 goals/game (6 of 8 games)
  2. River Plate with Aníbal Moreno: 1.2 goals/game. Without: 0 goals/game (6 of 8 games)
  3. Tigre: 5 of 8 games without conceding in H1, but only 2 over 90 minutes
  4. River Plate: 67% of xG value comes in the second half (last 8 games with xG data)

Lineups

Tigre 4-4-1-1 · River Plate 4-2-3-1

Tigre
  • 12 F. Zenobio
  • 4 V. Moreno
  • 2 J. Laso
  • 20 A. Barrionuevo
  • 3 N. Banegas
  • 10 J. Saralegui
  • 8 M. Garay
  • 30 J. Elías
  • 22 S. López Grobin
  • 28 G. Martínez
  • 29 I. Russo Cordero
River Plate
  • 41 S. Beltrán
  • 29 G. Montiel
  • 30 N. Otamendi
  • 28 L. Martínez Quarta
  • 3 F. Ortega
  • 6 A. Moreno
  • 50 T. Andrada
  • 35 J. Freitas
  • 10 Á. Correa Martínez
  • 26 T. Galván
  • 18 L. Beltrán
Substitutes
  • 16 N. Dubersarsky
  • 21 S. Medina
  • 19 A. Oviedo Álvarez
  • 11 T. Serrago
  • 32 J. Villalba
  • 27 S. González
  • 17 G. Soto Arredondo
  • 24 F. Álvarez
  • 25 I. Subiabre
  • 50 I. Peluffo
  • 23 G. Requena
  • 26 L. Morales
  • 13 L. Rivero Cruz
  • 19 R. Borré Maury
  • 24 J. Meza
  • 33 E. Centurión
  • 15 F. Vera
  • 31 F. González
  • 44 L.Silva
  • 20 G. González Apud
  • 43 V. Lucero

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