BUENOS AIRES. Boca Juniors and Sarmiento draw 1-1. M. Merentiel scored the first goal (9′) for Boca Juniors. J. Mauri  settled the score (72′). Boca Juniors was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%)

The match was played at the Estadio Alberto José Armando stadium in Buenos Aires on Thursday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Sebastían Zunino with the collaboration of Ezequiel Brailovsky and José Castelli. The 4th official was Pablo Giménez. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was extremely hot at 32.54 degrees Celsius or 90.57 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Boca Juniors had a superior ball possession 60% while Sarmiento was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Boca Juniors was more pushing with 68 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Boca Juniors to win the match​.

Boca Juniors shot 11 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sarmiento shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Boca Juniors received 1 yellow card (Pol Fernández). Talking about the opposition, Sarmiento received 1 yellow card (Juan Manuel Insaurralde).

Standings

After playing this match, Boca Juniors has 0 points to occupy the 6th place in the table. On the opposite side, Sarmiento has 0 points (24th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Boca Juniors will play away against Tigre on the 5th of February with a 7-0 head to head record in favor of Boca Juniors (1 draw).

Sarmiento will host Defensa y Justicia on the 6th of February with a 5-2 head to head stats in favor of Sarmiento (0 draws).

Boca Juniors – Formation

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

The manager Diego Hernán Martínez decided to play with the following team: Sergio Romero (6.8), Luis Advíncula (7.9), Cristian Lema (7.3), Nicolás Figal (7.0), Frank Fabra (6.4), Luca Langoni  (6.6), Jorman Campuzano (6.7), Pol Fernández (7.0), Kevin Zenón (7.7), Edinson Cavani (5.4) and Miguel Merentiel (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Ezequiel Bullaude, Darío Benedetto (7.0), Lucas Janson (6.7), Javier García, Juan Ramírez, Bruno Valdez, Norberto Briasco, Aaron Anselmino, Lucas Blondel, Mauricio Benítez (7.0), Jabes Saralegui (6.8) and Marcelo Weigandt.

Boca Juniors could not rely on the presence of Darío Benedetto (injured).

Substitutions

Boca Juniors made 3 changes: Edinson Cavani for Darío Benedetto (74′), Jorman Campuzano for Mauricio Leonel Benítez (55′) and Pol Fernández for Lucas Janson (84′).

Player of the match: Luis Advíncula​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Boca Juniors was Luis Advíncula.

His rating is 7.9 with 46 passes (89% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 6 crosses.

Sarmiento – Formation

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

Sergio Gabriel Rondina played with: Fernando Monetti (7.0), Elías López (6.6), Juan Cruz Guasone (6.8), Diego Calcaterra (7.1), Juan Manuel Insaurralde (6.6), Gabriel Díaz (7.0), Fernando Godoy (7.0), Sergio Quiroga (7.1), José Mauri  (7.8), Iván Morales (6.4) and Agustín Fontana (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Jerónimo Pourtau, Yamil Garnier, P. Pérez (6.7), Lisandro López (6.4), Manuel Mónaco, Santiago Morales, Facundo Ferreyra , Maico Quiroz (6.6), Alfredo Amarilla, Joaquín Gho (7.3), David Gallardo (6.6) and Nahuel Gallardo.

Substitutions

Sarmiento made 5 changes: José Mauri  for P. Pérez (77′), Sergio Quiroga for David Gallardo (61′), Juan Cruz Guasone for Joaquín Gho (46′), Iván Morales for Maico Quiroz (77′) and Agustín Fontana for Lisandro López (66′).

Player of the match: José Mauri ​

The most impressive player for Sarmiento was José Mauri .

His rating is 7.8 with 1 goal, 24 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• Barracas Central – River Plate – 0-2
• Boca Juniors – Sarmiento – 1-1