BUENOS AIRES. River Plate overcomes Boca Juniors with a 2-0 win with a goal from S. Rondón (41′) and a goal from E. Díaz (90′).
The match was played at the Estadio Alberto José Armando stadium in Buenos Aires on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Andrés Merlos with the collaboration of Juan Pablo Belatti and Sebastián Rainieri. The 4th official was Ariel Penel. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 19.08 degrees Celsius or 66.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 30%.
Match Statistics
- 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
- 13 Total 18
- 3 On Target 8
- 5 Off Target 8
- 5 Shots blocked 2
- 66 Attack 76
- 41 Dangerous attack 44
- 105 Ball safe 113
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 3
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 14 Total 13
- 5 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Boca Juniors was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. River Plate that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
River Plate was putting more pressure with 44 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why River Plate won the match.
Boca Juniors shot 13 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, River Plate shot 18 times, 8 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Boca Juniors received 5 yellow cards (Bruno Valdez, Marcelo Saracchi, Exequiel Zeballos, Jorman Campuzano and Nicolás Valentini). Regarding the opposition, River Plate received 3 yellow cards (Enzo Díaz, Nacho Fernández and Franco Armani).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Boca Juniors will stay with 7 points to soar in the 20th place. Talking about the opposition, River Plate will have 13 points to gain in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Superliga, Boca Juniors will host Unión Santa Fe on the 17th of October with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of Boca Juniors (2 draws).
River Plate will host Talleres Córdoba on the 7th of October with a 6-3 head to head stats in favor of Talleres Córdoba (0 draws).
Boca Juniors – Formation
Boca Juniors adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Jorge Francisco Almirón Quintana decided to play with the following team: Sergio Romero , Marcelo Weigandt , Bruno Valdez , Nicolás Valentini , Marcelo Saracchi , Jorman Campuzano , Lucas Blondel , Ezequiel Bullaude , Juan Ramírez , Lucas Janson and Darío Benedetto .
The home team had on the bench: Facundo Roncaglia, Nicolás Figal, Exequiel Zeballos , Pol Fernández, Edinson Cavani , Javier García, Miguel Merentiel, Luis Advíncula, Frank Fabra, Valentín Barco , Ezequiel Fernández and Cristian Medina .
Boca Juniors could not rely on the presence of Edinson Cavani (injured).
Substitutions
Boca Juniors made 5 changes: Ezequiel Bullaude for Ezequiel Fernández (46′), Jorman Campuzano for Exequiel Zeballos (69′), Marcelo Saracchi for Edinson Cavani (70′), Lucas Blondel for Cristian Medina (46′) and Juan Ramírez for Valentín Barco (46′).
Best player: Sergio Romero
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Boca Juniors was the goalkeeper: Sergio Romero. His rating is 7.65. He performed 5 saves.
River Plate – Formation
Also River Plate adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Martín Gastón Demichelis played with: Franco Armani , Marcelo Herrera , Leandro González Pírez , Paulo Díaz , Milton Casco , Nicolás de la Cruz , Enzo Pérez , Nacho Fernández , Manuel Lanzini , Esequiel Barco and Salomón Rondón .
They had on the bench: Sebastián Boselli, Ramiro Funes Mori , Matías Suárez, Agustín Palavecino, Miguel Borja, Enzo Díaz , Facundo Colidio , Pity Martínez , Rodrigo Aliendro , Santiago Simón, Ezequiel Centurión and Pablo Solari.
River Plate could not rely on the presence of Enzo Díaz (injured) and Pity Martínez (injured).
Substitutions
River Plate made 5 changes: Nacho Fernández for Rodrigo Aliendro (63′), Salomón Rondón for Facundo Colidio (63′), Milton Casco for Enzo Díaz (63′), Manuel Lanzini for Ramiro Funes Mori (83′) and Enzo Pérez for Pity Martínez (83′).
Best player: Nicolás de la Cruz
The player that probably impressed the most for River Plate was Nicolás de la Cruz even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 61 passes (70% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 21. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Superliga.
- Talleres Córdoba – Belgrano – 0-0
- Colón – Unión Santa Fe – 0-0
- Banfield – Lanús – 1-0
- Boca Juniors – River Plate – 0-2
- Estudiantes – Gimnasia La Plata – 0-0