River Plate vs Estudiantes

River Plate took an important point on their visit to third-placed San Lorenzo following a scoreless draw in an intense clash last Saturday. As a result, El Millonario made it 54 points at the top of the Liga Profesional table, nine above Talleres, which means they will lift their 37th league title in history in the event of avoiding the defeat here. In fact, Martin Demichelis’ men lost a single game across their last eight in this competition (winning five and drawing two). Furthermore, River are on nine consecutive victories at Estadio Monumental in domestic action, having kept seven clean sheets in that time.

Estudiantes are currently finding trouble to claim victories in the league. Last Saturday, the team had to settle for a scoreless home draw against Racing Club in an uneventful match, a result that means El Pincha are now on five league matches without a win, drawing four and losing one in that spell. Following that streak, Eduardo Dominguez’s men remain out of the Copa Libertadores’ spots, accumulating 39 points and trailing fourth-placed Lanus by two. On away turf, Estudiantes remain winless in their last four in this competition, with three stalemates and one defeat. On Tuesday 11, they lost 2-1 away at Ecuador’s Barcelona SC in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana playoff.

River will win the championship even with a draw here, but since they’ve been so strong at home and Estudiantes is very likely to rest some regulars because they have a very important must win game midweek in Sudamericana, I expect a comfortable home win.

BET: River Plate -1.25 @ 1.87