Boca Juniors vs Belgrano
Boca Juniors fans will have felt heartbroken after the team’s 1-0 away defeat at River Plate in a hard-fought Superclasico after conceding the winner in the third minute of stoppage time. That result represented their fourth loss across the last six league games, along with one victory and one draw. The defending champions remain producing a poor campaign in the Liga Profesional, accumulating 18 points after 15 rounds. On a positive note, Boca beat Racing Club 3-1 in their last home match in this competition after one draw and three defeats in domestic action at Estadio La Bombonera. Striker Dario Benedetto remains doubtful while he recovers from an injury, as well as Luca Langoni and Frank Fabra. Valentin Barco, who has been replacing Fabra lately, is involved in the U20 World Cup. In addition, Guillermo Fernandez and Alan Varela have both reached the yellow-card limit and are suspended for Sunday, as well as centre back Nicolas Valentini, who was sent off.
Belgrano returned to winning ways last weekend, when they secured a massive 1-0 home success over Atletico Tucuman thanks to a strike from Pablo Vegetti in the first half. That result represented their fifth victory across the last seven league matches, along with one draw and one defeat. Therefore, El Pirata climbed into sixth spot of the Liga Profesional table on 27 points after 15 rounds in their return to the top flight. Guillermo Farre’s men grabbed 13 of those points on the road as a product of four victories, one draw and three losses.
Boca will try to recover from the disaster of the Superclasico but will have way too many missings due to suspensions and injuries. Despite this I expect them to be able to score at home and also concede due to their vulnerable defense so a couple of goals are definitely possible here.