In a weekend match on Saturday Jun 25th, in week 5, River Plate plays host to Lanús in a meeting of these two closely matched Superliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 13th placed River Plate is fresh off their 5-1 win against Unión Santa Fe. Braian Romero scored the first goal for River Plate in the 16th minute, then Joaquín Fernández added another in the 59th minute. With 18 points in their last 10 matches River Plate should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 16th placed Lanús, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Colón. Lautaro Acosta struck first for Lanús in the 85th minute on a feed from Tomas Belmonte, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Colón was frustrated by Lanús’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Lanús ended the match with the shutout victory. Lanús is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season River Plate won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Guillermo Ortíz and Emiliano Gonzalez are the top scorers for Lanús in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. River Plate’s most prolific scorer has been Julián Álvarez. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches.