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The historical record that River reached against Arsenal at the Monumental

El Millonario beat the Sarandí team 3-1 for the Professional League Cup and reached a new mark.

  • 19/09/2023 • 23:50

River beat Arsenal 3-1 at the Monumental stadium, for the fourth round of zone A of the Professional League Cup, with a double from Colombian Miguel Borja and a great goal from Uruguayan Nicolás de la Cruz.

 

With this result, the Millonario reached a new historical record for the club: it reached 17 consecutive victories at home between the Professional League, the Copa Libertadores and the Professional League Cup.

 

same rival that suffered the last defeat at home: the Sarandí team. On February 26 they had lost 2-1 in the Professional Football League. Since then he has only accumulated wins every time he played.

 

River left behind its record of 15 successes in a row between 1907 and 1909 (amateur era). In addition, they also surpassed Boca Juniors, their eternal rival, who in 1930 had 16 successes in a row at home.

 

River's winning streak at home

3-0 to Godoy Cruz (date 7 of the Professional Football League)

 

1-0 to Unión (date 9 of the LPF)

 

3-0 to Gimnasia La Plata (date 11 of the LPF)

 

4-2 to Sporting Cristal (group stage of the Copa Libertadores)

 

2-0 to Independiente (date 13 of the LPF)

 

1-0 to Boca (date 15 of the LPF)

 

2-1 to Platense (date 17 of the LPF)

 

1-0 to Defense and Justice (date 19 of the LPF)

 

2-0 to Fluminense (group stage of the Copa Libertadores)

 

3-1 to Institute (date 21 of the LPF)

 

2-0 to The Strongest (group stage of the Copa Libertadores)

 

2-0 to Colón (date 23 of the LPF)

 

3-1 to Students (date 25 of the LPF)

 

2-1 to Racing (date 27 of the LPF)

 

2-1 to Inter from Brazil (round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores)

 

5-1 to Barracas Central (date 2 of the League Cup)

 

3-1 to Arsenal (date 4 of the League Cup)