San Lorenzo vs Boca Juniors
San Lorenzo returned to winning ways in league action last Saturday, when beating Atletico Tucuman 3-1 away from home thanks to a convincing performance. As a result, El Ciclon remain second-placed in the Liga Profesional table on 20 points, trailing leaders River Plate by four after succumbing to a single defeat across their last eight games in this competition (alongside five victories and two draws). Furthermore, San Lorenzo hold an impressive eight-match unbeaten streak of seven victories and one draw in domestic action at their own stadium, without even conceding in that spell.
Boca Juniors returned to their worst version last Sunday, when they suffered an unexpected 2-1 home defeat to Colon, who were bottom-placed before the game, after conceding in stoppage time. That result represented their third loss across the last five league matches, alongside one victory and one draw. As a result of that streak, El Xeneize remain on 14 points in the Liga Profesional, occupying 12th place of the league table and trailing leaders River Plate by ten so far. On away turf, Boca secured six of those points as a product of two victories and two losses in domestic action in 2023. After two league games under interim coach Mariano Herron, Jorge Almiron will make his debut on Wednesday.
They reach this big derby in completely different situations, with San Lorenzo in great form and Boca in a terrible one, hoping that their new coach can make a difference but there’s no way that this will happen after two training sessions so I’m going with the hosts to continue their great run.