River Plate vs San Martin de Tucuman Predictions

Sunday’s Superliga Argentina action sees River Plate doing battle with the struggling San Martin de Tucuman. The hosts are expected to claim all 3 points with very few issues.

Back to back 1-1 draws away at Rosario Central and Banfield respectively can hardly be considered bad results, but River will be desperate to return to winning ways on Sunday, with the chase for a Copa Libertadores spot still on. Four points adrift of the top 4, Los Millonarios still have plenty of work to do however and with the season drawing to a close, every match is now of paramount importance.

As such, Sunday’s game is one Marcelo Gallardo’s troops simply have to be winning, against such an inferior opponent on paper. Truth be told, the hosts were quite fortunate not to lose at Banfield last weekend but having won 8 of their last 13 Superliga home games, including a 2-0 win over leaders Racing in their last fixture at the Monumental, confidence can be high in an improved showing here.

Meanwhile, San Martin de Tucuman look to be heading for an immediate return to the second tier and without a manager in place at the time of writing, they come into this clash in total disarray. The build-up to last week’s crunch 6 pointer against Belgrano was plagued by discontent in the playing squad and that showed on the pitch, with the side very lucky to claim a point in a 0-0 draw, due to Belgrano missing a huge number of chances.

Said performance prompted boss Walter Coyette to leave and the visitors are now in a position in which they don’t look like recovering from. Without a win in 5 Superliga games, and rock bottom of the average points table used to relegate sides, it’s fair to say confidence is running low in visiting ranks coming into this one.

Ultimately, this match looks to be a complete mismatch on paper and likely will be on the pitch as well. Man for man, River are by far a stronger side than a San Martin outfit that is without doubt one of the weakest in the division and the hosts will be extremely confident in getting the job done as a result.

As far as the betting goes, we really like the look of backing River to win to nil and are more than happy to do so with maximum confidence. They’ve kept a clean sheet in 7 of their last 12 Superliga home games and given the manner in which San Martin played last time out, a big home win looks the only possible outcome, with a 3-0 margin of River victory potentially on the cards.