River Plate vs Urawa Red Diamonds Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 06/17/25

River Plate has the richest history of all the clubs in Argentina and will want to prove it is worthy of challenging the best teams the world has to offer in this tournament. Their opening game against Japanese team Urawa Red Diamonds looks potentially tricky on paper as their opponents qualified by winning the 2023 Asian Champions League. However, Urawa’s domestic season has been underwhelming — just 9 victories have been claimed in 21 J-League games, and while that is enough to be 3rd in the standings, a total of 26 goals does not bode well. Take River, unbeaten in 6 Copa Libertadores fixtures this season, to make a winning start.

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