River Plate vs Urawa Reds prediction: WORLD: FIFA Club World Cup betting tips on match 2025-06-16 19:00.
[p]One of two Argentinian representatives at the revamped 2025 Club World Cup (CWC), River Plate, will begin their Group E campaign against the only Japanese competitors, Urawa Reds, at the 72,000 seater Lumen Field in Seattle.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]River Plate will make their third appearance at the CWC courtesy of being the best-ranked eligible team in the CONMEBOL four-year ranking, with their best finish of runners-up being achieved in 2015. They’ve proven they’re welcome entrants since they possess the third-longest active streak of consecutive CONMEBOL Libertadores appearances with 11, and have qualified for the round of 16 of that competition for ten straight editions. The Buenos Aires-based side may fancy themselves to cause a stir in Group E here, since they’ve lost just once in their last 17 matches (W9, D7).[/p]
[p]Urawa Reds booked their tickets to the USA courtesy of winning their third AFC Champions League in 2022, and will make their fourth appearance at the CWC with their best finish coming in 2007 when they placed third. All those accolades are surprisingly not accompanied by success domestically since they’ve only won the Japanese J1 League just once in 2006, and they come into this competition with just two victories in their last seven matches (D3, L2). [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]This will be a maiden H2H between these two sides, but River Plate will feel as if they hold the edge having beaten two previous Japanese sides in the CWC, both with an accompanying clean sheet (1-0 v Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 2015, 4-0 v Kashima Antlers in 2018). [/p]
[p]Urawa Reds have never faced South American opposition before.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Eight of River Plate’s last ten fixtures have seen both teams score.[/p]
[p]River Plate have opened the scoring in six of their last seven matches. [/p]
[p]Urawa Reds have drawn just one of their eight previous CWC matches (W3, L4).[/p]
[p]Four of Urawa Reds’ last five games saw over 2.5 goals scored.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]River Plate’s teenage star Franco Mastantuono comes into the tournament with seven goal contributions in his last nine games for the club (G5, A2), and has been victorious in ten of his 11 goalscoring appearances for the Millionaires. Ryōma Watanabe has been Urawa Reds’ most prolific scorer in their domestic campaign, with his patience being rewarded as four of his last six goals have come after half-time.[/p]
[p]The two teams boast just one significant injury each, and coincidentally it is a knee injury keeping out both River Plate’s AgustĂn Ruberto and Urawa Reds’ Kai Shibato.[/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]River Plate are the favourites to win, and they usually take no mercy on their opposition when they’re in the mood, with four of their last six victories coming by a margin of 3+ goals. Backing them in the -1 handicap market could be an avenue of value.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Peter Stavrinou[/i][/p]
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