Deportivo Riestra – Rosario Central

Deportivo Riestra had nothing to do against Estudiantes’ offensive power and ended up losing 2-0 away last Monday despite having put up a good fight at the defending champions. El Malevo remain on three points after two Liga Profesional matches and they claimed a single victory across the last five in league action (along with two stalemates and two losses), which keeps them just four points above bottom-placed Independiente Rivadavia in the point-average table.

Rosario Central are going through a little crisis. Last Monday, El Canalla registered a disappointing 1-1 home stalemate against Tigre (the worst team of the league season), netting the equaliser in the 95th minute. In fact, El Canalla earned their first point in two Liga Profesional matches and made it six league games without a win (two stalemates and four defeats), a streak that places them in the 21st spot of the aggregate rankings. To make matters worse, Central are on five consecutive defeats as the visiting side in domestic action.

Rosario Central have a must win game at Uruguay in Copa Libertadores next Tuesday, so they will use a lineup full of reserves here and conceding how poor they’ve been lately and that Deportivo Riestra won 2 out of their last 3 home games without conceding goals, I’m going to trust them to continue their decent run here with another 3 points.

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