Newell’s Old Boys made it three losses in their last four league matches (along with a single win) last Monday, when they lost 1-0 at league leaders Argentinos Juniors. After that defeat, La Lepra continues threatened by relegation as they remain seven points above the bottom three in that table. However, their campaign is good this term, having accumulated 21 points with one game in hand and 16 points from 21 available at home. Newell’s Old Boys’ boss Frank Kudelka welcomes back Julian Fernandez as the defensive midfielder has served his one-week suspension and is available.
Last weekend, River Plate had their away game at Independiente postponed as they played the Copa Libertadores’ final (losing 2-1 to Brazil’s Flamengo). In the league, they lost 1-0 at home to Rosario Central, which stopped their five-game unbeaten run in the Superliga (four successes, one draw). They are now on 24 points, four behind leaders.
River won’t have Enzo Perez, Milton Casco and Nicolas de la Cruz, 3 of their starters, and I really can’t imagine them with their minds 100% on this game after losing the Copa Libertadores final just a week ago, so I’m going with the hosts to get something.