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

La Lepra from Mendoza, in excellent form both locally and internationally, hosts the Venezuelan side aiming to maintain a perfect record.

On the third matchday 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 competition, and will look to stay on this path against the Venezuelan team.

How Independiente Rivadavia and Deportivo La Guaira come into this Copa Libertadores clash

Independiente Rivadavia will look to extend the dream run they are enjoying. La Lepra from Mendoza 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 it would play all its Apertura playoff ties at home, provided it gets there. It will close out the first phase on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. away to Aldosivi.

“This team has no ceiling, we have to keep going down this path. 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 8 matches across all competitions, with 7 wins and 1 draw, Independiente Rivadavia also has a perfect record in the Copa: it beat Bolívar 1-0 in its debut and pulled off a Maracanazo by defeating Fluminense 2-1.

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

On matchday four, 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 play in Venezuela on the same day at 7 p.m. against Bolívar.

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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