River vs Boca
In round 14, River Plate secured a valuable 1-1 away draw at Atletico Tucuman thanks to an own goal from Joaquin Pereyra in the 86th minute, considering coach Martin Demichelis picked a completely alternative XI. Thanks to that result, El Millonario made it nine league games unbeaten (winning eight and drawing one) to accumulate 34 points at the top of the Liga Profesional table, holding a six-point gap over San Lorenzo in second. At home, the side are on four consecutive domestic victories without even conceding. On Tuesday 2, River lost 5-1 away at Fluminense in a Copa Libertadores group game.
Boca Juniors will face the Superclasico after their first league victory under coach Jorge Almiron: last weekend, they beat Racing Club 3-1 at home to break a worrying four-match winless streak of one draw and three losses in this competition. Therefore, El Xeneize made it 18 points in the Liga Profesional, which is still an unacceptable campaign for the defending champions, who are now sitting into 13th spot of the league table.
The Superclasico of Argentine football is always a game like no other. River stumbled midweek at Brazil where they suffered a heavy defeat, while Boca is showing some improvement under Jorge Almiron, they won the derby against Racing last week and also at Chile in Copa Libertadores on Wednesday, so even though River are big favorites here I expect to see a balanced game with neither team taking big risks as their main goal here will be not to lose.