BUENOS AIRES. Boca Juniors and Estudiantes didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Boca Juniors was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (62%)​.

The match was played at the Estadio Alberto José Armando stadium in Buenos Aires on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Sebastían Zunino with the assistance of Adrián Del Barba and Hugo Páez. The 4th official was Franco Acita. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 22.78 degrees Celsius or 73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Boca Juniors was in firm control of the ball 62% while Estudiantes was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Boca Juniors was more pushing with 37 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. However, that was not enough Boca Juniors to win the match​.

Boca Juniors shot 10 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Estudiantes shot 7 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Boca Juniors received 3 yellow cards (Ezequiel Bullaude, Valentín Barco and Marcelo Saracchi). Regarding the opposition, Estudiantes received 1 yellow card (Benjamín Rollheiser).

Standings

After playing this match, Boca Juniors will have 11 points to move up in the 20th place. On the other side, Estudiantes will have 10 points to move up in the 24th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Boca Juniors will play away against Godoy Cruz on the 18th of November with a 6-1 head to head record in favor of Boca Juniors (2 draws).

Estudiantes will play away agasint Central Cordoba SdE on the 11th of November with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Estudiantes (3 draws).

Boca Juniors – Formation

Boca Juniors started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

The manager Jorge Francisco Almirón Quintana decided to play with the following team: Javier García (7.5), Lucas Blondel (7.5), Bruno Valdez (7.3), Aaron Anselmino (7.3), Marcelo Saracchi (7.5), Jabes Saralegui (6.8), Jorman Campuzano (7.5), Ezequiel Bullaude (7.0), Vicente Taborda (7.0), Lucas Janson (7.3) and Norberto Briasco (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Sergio Romero, Facundo Roncaglia, Nicolás Figal, Pol Fernández, Luis Advíncula, Frank Fabra, Valentín Barco (7.0), Juan Ramírez (6.8), Ezequiel Fernández, Diego González (6.7), Luca Langoni  (6.8) and Marcelo Weigandt.

Substitutions

Boca Juniors made 4 changes: Jabes Saralegui for Valentín Barco (60′), Jorman Campuzano for Diego González (60′), Norberto Briasco for Luca Langoni  (60′) and Vicente Taborda for Juan Ramírez (78′).

Best player: Marcelo Saracchi​

The most impressive player for Boca Juniors was Marcelo Saracchi.

His rating is (7.5) with 61 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 10. He performed 5 crosses.

Estudiantes – Formation

Estudiantes started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Eduardo Rodrigo Domínguez played with: Mariano Andújar (7.1), Leonardo Godoy  (7.5), Santiago Núñez (7.3), Ezequiel Muñoz (7.1), Zaid Romero (7.0), Eros Mancuso (7.1), Fernando Zuqui (7.8), Jorge Rodríguez (7.0), José Sosa (7.3), Benjamín Rollheiser (6.6) and Mauro Méndez (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Fabricio Iacovich , Guido Carrillo (6.4), Gastón Benedetti (6.8), Franco Zapiola, Juan Cruz Guasone, Alexis Manyoma, Matías Godoy, Gonzalo Piñeiro (6.8), Juan Zozaya and Axel Atum (6.7).

Estudiantes could not rely on the presence of Axel Atum (injured) and Gonzalo Piñeiro (injured).

Substitutions

Estudiantes made 4 changes: Mauro Méndez for Guido Carrillo (67′), Benjamín Rollheiser for Axel Atum (73′), Eros Mancuso for Gastón Benedetti (73′) and Jorge Rodríguez for Gonzalo Piñeiro (84′).

Best player: Fernando Zuqui​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Estudiantes was Fernando Zuqui.

His rating is (7.8) with 29 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Superliga.​

• Boca Juniors – Estudiantes – 0-0