Hasta El Gol SiempreExpected starting XIs for River Plate (in red & white stripes here) vs Boca Juniors (blue and yellow hoops) on Tuesday, 16th November 2010.

River's 4-4-2 is as likely to turn into a 4-2-3-1 at times, since both wide men are considerably more attacking than Matías Almeyda and Walter Acevedo in the middle, and Ariel Ortega will drop off from the front line.

Juan Román Riquelme is in for Boca after returning ten days ago against Argentinos Juniors, and the introduction of Pablo Mouche to replace Lucas Viatri will add some much-needed pace (if, it's true, a massive dash of utter, utter idiocy) to Boca's strikeforce.

River defender Jonatan Maidana, and Boca midfielder Jesús Méndez, have both played for the clubs they're playing against; as have the managers of both teams, Boca's Claudio Borghi and River's J.J. López (albeit very briefly).

This XI was used to illustrate the following blog post in preparation for the superclásico:

http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2010/11/16/river-plate-vs-boca-juniors-starting-lineups/

If you want to, you'll be able to follow live updates from the game on hastaelgolsiempre.com, from 7pm local time (10pm Greenwich Mean Time).

16.11.2010