Union vs River
Union Santa Fe are one of the best squads in the league at the moment. Last Wednesday, the team showed good skills to beat Rosario Central 1-0 at home, with Mauro Pitton scoring the winner in the 70th minute. El Tatengue climbed into second spot of the Liga Profesional table on 17 points, just one behind leaders Huracan, and also kept their Copa Sudamericana berth in the aggregate rankings after winning six, drawing two and losing only one of their last nine in league action. Furthermore, Cristian Gonzalez’s men made it four consecutive victories at Estadio 15 de Abril. Captain Claudio Corvalan has served his one-game suspension and is available for Sunday.
River Plate played far below expectations again last Sunday, but they still were able to beat relegation candidates Sarmiento 1-0 at home thanks to a direct freekick netted by Franco Mastantuono in the 87th minute. El Millonario stopped a three-match winless run of one draw and two defeats to accumulate 13 points in the Liga Profesional, five behind leaders Huracan, and to remain into the Copa Libertadores’ zone in the aggregate table. On a sorry note, River are now on three away defeats in a row in domestic action. Marcelo Escudero will take over as interim boss on Sunday. Striker Facundo Colidio remains out injured.
Union has been more than solid lately, very confident and have no missings for this game so I can’t see why they would be underdogs at home. River will have Marcelo Gallardo back as coach but he will start working on Monday, so in this round I would expect them to be the same dull and clueless team they were under their previous coach.