River Plate vs Platense
River Plate want to hold onto their few chances to fight for the title. Last Sunday, the team secured an important 1-0 away success at Patronato thanks to a strike from Miguel Borja in the second half. That result represented their third consecutive victory in league action (without even conceding) to make it 41 points in the Liga Profesional, trailing leaders Boca Juniors (who hold one game in hand) by four at the moment, and occupying one of the Copa Libertadores places in the aggregate table. River won four of their last six home matches in this competition, losing the other two.
Platense suffered a surprising 2-1 home defeat to Colon in an intense match in the previous round. El Calamar are now on five league games without a win, having drawn two and lost three in that time. Accumulating 31 points in the Liga Profesional, Omar De Felippe’s secured their top-flight status for next season last weekend after the losses of Aldosivi and Patronato.
River is finally looking like River again after three consecutive wins, their last home game was a great 5-0 vs Estudiantes and I expect them to beat easily this Platense that is more relaxed after securing their place in the top division for next season.