Boca Juniors showed significant improvement in the victory over Monagas in the CONMEBOL Libertadores and hopes to repeat the performance against Sarmiento de Junín at La Bombonera for matchday 22 of the Torneo de la Liga.
The Xeneize seeks redemption in front of their people after the tough defeat suffered against Godoy Cruz in Mendoza, for that, Jorge Almirón would not think of making many changes to the team that won in the Copa.
Once again, they will not be able to count on Marcos Rojo, who suffered another muscular injury, nor Darío Benedetto, and would only make two modifications against the Verde: the return of Jorge Figal to the defense and Esteban Rolón replacing Martín Payero, who finished his loan.
The rest of the eleven would be the same as the one that beat Monagas.
Sarmiento, led by Israel Damonte, has accumulated 13 out of the last 24 points, with a somewhat irregular performance, but in the table, they are equal to Boca with 28 points but a better goal difference.
In the most recent history between both teams, the Junin team failed to win against Xeneize, who won four out of five matches, with two victories at La Bombonera and one draw in that scenario.
PROBABLE LINEUPS:
BOCA JUNIORS: Sergio Romero; Marcelo Weigandt, Bruno Valdez, Jorge Figal, Frank Fabra; Cristian Medina, Alan Varela, Esteban Rolón; Pol Fernández, Miguel Merentiel, and Valentín Barco. Head coach: Jorge Almirón
SARMIENTO: José Devecchi; Gonzalo Bettini, Manuel García, Juan Manuel Insaurralde, Franco Sbuttoni, and Gabriel Díaz; Sergio Quiroga, Emiliano Méndez, and Fernando Martínez; Lucas Melano and Luciano Gondou. Head coach: Israel Damonte
DAY AND TIME: Sunday, 21:30 hours
STADIUM: La Bombonera
OFFICIALS: Referee: Silvio Trucco Assistant referee 1: José Castelli Assistant referee 2: Damián Espinoza Fourth official: Bryan Ferreira