October 11th features a match where River Plate hosts Platense in a meeting of these two Superliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which is great football weather. River Plate sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 5-0 blowout win against Estudiantes. Miguel Borja struck first for River Plate in the 25th minute on a feed from De La Cruz Arcosa, then Miguel Borja added another in the 29th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Estudiantes couldn’t manage to score, and River Plate took the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches River Plate should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 14th placed Platense, recorded a 1-2 loss against Atlético Tucumán. Ramiro Angel Carrera scored the first goal for Atlético Tucumán in the 2nd minute, then in the 24th minute, Carlo Lattanzio sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Vicente Taborda. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
River Plate and Platense last played eachother at the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti on the 9th of May. River Plate won by a score of 2 to 1. José Paradela scored the first goal for River Plate in the 11th minute, then in the 14th minute, Horacio Tijanovich sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Braian Mansilla.
Platense is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Jorge Benitez and Ramiro González each only have 1 goal in their last five. Miguel Borja has been the most prolific scorer on River Plate in the last five matches with three goals.