Week 23 brings us a match on Oct 6th where Estudiantes will travel to Capital Federal to battle River Plate in a Superliga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 9th placed River Plate, recorded a 0-1 loss against Talleres Córdoba. Diego Ortegoza scored the first goal for Talleres Córdoba in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, River Plate was frustrated by Talleres Córdoba’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Talleres Córdoba ended the match with the shutout victory. River Plate should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while 19th placed Estudiantes is fresh off their 2-4 loss against Colón. Pierotti scored the first goal for Colón in the 19th minute, then Fernando Zuqui tied it up for Estudiantes in the 32nd minute , but luckily for Colón it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. Estudiantes is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Estudiantes won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Estudiantes’s most prolific scorer has been Mauro Boselli. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Miguel Borja has been the most prolific scorer on River Plate in his last five matches with two goals.