Independiente Rivadavia look to extend cup run, host La Guaira | OneFootball

Mendoza’s Lepra, in great form both locally and internationally, welcomes the Venezuelan side with the aim of maintaining a perfect record.

On Matchday 3 of Copa Libertadores Group C, Independiente Rivadavia will host Deportivo La Guaira at 7 p.m. at the Malvinas Argentinas Stadium. Coached by Alfredo Berti, they sit top of Zone B and the overall table, with a perfect record in the international tournament, and will look to stay on this path against the Venezuelan team.

How Independiente Rivadavia and Deportivo La Guaira arrive for the Copa Libertadores clash

Independiente Rivadavia will look to extend the dream spell they are enjoying. Mendoza’s Lepra is coming off a 5-1 thrashing of Gimnasia (M) in the Mendoza derby and leads both the overall table and Zone B with 33 points, meaning they would play every Apertura playoff tie at home, as long as they advance. They will close out the first phase on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. away to Aldosivi.

“The team has no ceiling; we have to keep going along these lines. We beat our biggest rival convincingly, but now we have to think about Thursday’s match,” Alfredo Berti said, thrilled with his team’s current form. Unbeaten in their last 8 matches in all competitions, with 7 wins and 1 draw, Independiente Rivadavia also has a perfect record in the Copa: they beat Bolívar 1-0 in their opener and then pulled off a Maracanazo by defeating Fluminense 2-1.

Deportivo La Guaira will look to pull off an upset in Mendoza. The Venezuelan side, which drew with Fluminense and Bolívar in the first two rounds, is second in the group with 2 points, above Flu and the Bolivian team, both on 1 point. Domestically, they are also enjoying a great run: they are coming off a 1-0 away win over Trujillanos, are top of the table, and have qualified for the final quadrangular stage.

On Matchday 4, the home side will again play at the Malvinas Argentinas against Fluminense on Wednesday, May 6 at 9:30 p.m., while the visitors will face Bolívar in Venezuela on the same day, but at 7 p.m.

Independiente Rivadavia’s probable starting XI vs. Deportivo La Guaira, for the Copa Libertadores

Nicolás Bolcato; Ezequiel Bonifacio, Leonard Costa, Sheyko Studer, Luciano Gómez; José Florentin, Tomás Bottari, Matías Fernández; Sebastián Villa, Alex Arce and Fabrizio Sartori. Head coach: Alfredo Berti.

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