Tigre vs River Plate
Tigre secured an important point on their visit to title candidates Racing Club last Sunday, when they displayed enjoyable football to make it a 2-2 away draw. El Matador remain unbeaten after three Liga Profesional rounds, accumulating five points (four behind league leaders Lanus), and suffered a single loss in their last 15 league games, winning eight and drawing six. Furthermore, Tigre won six and drew five of the last 12 at home, only losing to Sarandi Arsenal 4-1 in that time.
River Plate secured a highly-celebrated 2-1 home success over Argentinos Juniors last Sunday, when they reversed the score thanks to penalties netted by Miguel Borja and Ezequiel Barco. Martin Demichelis’ men accumulated six points in the Liga Profesional, three behind leaders Lanus. In fact, El Millonario won three of their last four matches in this competition, losing only once in that spell. River were beaten by Belgrano 2-1 in their last away game, which stopped a streak of five consecutive domestic wins on the road.
I can expect nothing but goals here as this two very solid attacking teams meet. Tigre has scored and conceded in every game so far, River did the same in all but the 2-0 win vs Central Cordoba.