After their heartbreaking loss in the Copa Libertadores’ final, River Plate managed three important points by beating Newell’s Old Boys 3-2 away in spite of having trailed 2-0 at one point. Losing only one of their last seven league matches (five wins, one draw), El Millonario is now on 27 points (two behind leaders) with one game in hand. On a sorry note, their home campaign is irregular: River registered three wins, one draw and three losses.
San Lorenzo managed an easy 2-0 home victory over Patronato last weekend, which means the team are on three league matches unbeaten (having claimed seven points from nine on offer). Therefore, Diego Monarriz’s men are now on 23 points in the league table, six behind leaders. However, El Ciclon has been weak on away turf lately, earning a single point in their last three travels.
An open game expected here given both have weak defences but have been scoring a lot lately.