On Feb 12th, River Plate will host Argentinos Juniors at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in a Superliga match in the ever popular Capital Federal derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 34 degrees, which hopefuly doesnt affect the pace of the match. In their last match, River Plate recorded a 1-2 loss against Belgrano. Pablo Vegetti Pfaffen struck first for Belgrano in the 38th minute, then Pablo Vegetti Pfaffen added another in the 67th minute. River Plate is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 19th placed Argentinos Juniors, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Racing Club. Rodrigo Cabral scored the first goal for Argentinos Juniors in the 74th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Racing Club couldn’t manage to score, and Argentinos Juniors took the shutout win. Argentinos Juniors is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season River Plate won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Gastón Verón and Kevin Mac Allister are the top scorers for Argentinos Juniors in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. River Plate is glad to have Miguel Borja in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals.