Deportivo Riestra vs Talleres
Deportivo Riestra left very good impressions on their visit to Boca Juniors last Sunday, when they secured a massive point following a 1-1 away draw. In fact, Cristian Fabbiani’s men are producing a remarkable campaign in the Liga Profesional, accumulating 28 points in 19 rounds after losing only one of the last eight games, along with three victories and four stalemates. Furthermore, Riestra have been unbeaten in their last eight matches at Estadio Guillermo Laza, winning seven and drawing one in that spell. Pedro Ramirez, Pablo Monje and Jonathan Goitia have all reached the yellow-card limit and are suspended for Sunday.
Talleres wasted another chance to approach the top of the Liga Profesional table last Sunday, when they registered a disappointing 1-1 home stalemate against relegation candidates Tigre. They remain winless in their last three in this competition, drawing two and losing one, the team are now on 32 points in this competition, trailing leaders Velez Sarsfield by six. On a positive note, La T remain occupying one of the Copa Libertadores’ places in the aggregate table. Talleres claimed a single victory across their last seven away matches in domestic action, along with three stalemates and three losses.
Talleres has a big chance of getting closer to the leaders Velez after they drew on Friday night, but they will have this very tough Riestra in front who have an unbelievable run at home with 7 wins and 1 draw. 6 of those 8 undefeated games at home had at least a couple of goals and I expect something similar here considering the visitors will have to take risks at some point because a draw could be useless for them.