Week 2 features a match on Saturday Jun 11th, where River Plate and Atlético Tucumán will play a match in Capital Federal in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Superliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. 20th placed River Plate is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Defensa y Justicia. Neither Defensa y Justicia nor River Plate could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 8 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. River Plate should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while atlético Tucumán sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Colón. Facundo Christian Farias scored the first goal for Colón in the 34th minute on a penalty shot, then Cristian Menéndez tied it up for Atlético Tucumán in the 83rd minute on a penalty shot earning Atlético Tucumán at least a draw. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 24th of April, River Plate hosted Atlético Tucumán in their last match together. River Plate and Atlético Tucumán battled to a 1-1 draw. Joaquín Fernández struck first for River Plate in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a penalty, but Ramiro Ruiz Rodriguez got the equalizer for Atlético Tucumán in the 58th minute on a penalty earning them at least the one point.
Atlético Tucumán’s most prolific scorer has been Cristian Menéndez. The Argentinian attacker has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches. River Plate is fortunate enough to have Julián Álvarez in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals.