Week 9 features a match on Sunday Apr 10th, where River Plate hosts Argentinos Juniors at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in a clash of these two evenly matched Superliga teams in the ever popular Capital Federal derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, a perfect day for football. 2nd placed River Plate is fresh off their 2-1 win against Defensa y Justicia. Joaquín Fernández struck first for River Plate in the 40th minute on a feed from Santiago Simon, then Simon added another in the 63rd minute. River Plate should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Argentinos Juniors recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Banfield. Javier Cabrera struck first for Argentinos Juniors in the 8th minute, then Luciano Gomez added another in the 38th minute In the end, Banfield was frustrated by Argentinos Juniors’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Argentinos Juniors ended the match with the shutout victory. Argentinos Juniors is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Argentinos Juniors hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Zalazar and Kevin Mac Allister, and they each have 1 goal. Joaquín Fernández has been the most prolific scorer on River Plate in his last five matches with 2 goals.