BUENOS AIRES. Boca Juniors found a way to reverse the scoreline against Racing Club. Racing Club was truly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).
The match was played at the Estadio Alberto José Armando stadium in Buenos Aires on Sunday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Pablo Echavarría assisted by Juan Pablo Belatti and Pablo Acevedo. The 4th official was Jorge Nelson Sosa. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 22.95 degrees Celsius or 73.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.
Match Statistics
- ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
- 12 Total 14
- 7 On Target 3
- 4 Off Target 7
- 1 Shots blocked 4
- 73 Attack 98
- 43 Dangerous attack 73
- 63 Ball safe 76
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 9
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 13 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Racing Club had a strong ball possession 62% while Boca Juniors was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Racing Club was more pushing with 73 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. Still, Boca Juniors was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.
Boca Juniors shot 12 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Racing Club shot 14 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Boca Juniors received 1 yellow card (Kevin Zenón). Talking about the opposition, Racing Club received 2 yellow cards (Juan Fernando Quintero and Bruno Zuculini).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Boca Juniors has 0 points like Argentinos Juniors to go down in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Racing Club will stays with 0 points like Argentinos Juniors to soar in the 20th place.
Next matches
Boca Juniors – Formation
Boca Juniors
73'
81'
64'
Boca Juniors started with a 4-1-3-2 line-up (4-1-3-2).
The manager Diego Hernán Martínez decided to play with the following team: Javier García , Lucas Blondel , Cristian Lema , Nicolás Valentini , Lautaro Blanco , Jabes Saralegui , Cristian Medina , Mauricio Benítez , Kevin Zenón , Edinson Cavani and Luca Langoni .
The home team had on the bench: Marcelo Saracchi, Ezequiel Bullaude, Marcos Rojo, Darío Benedetto, Lucas Janson, Leandro Brey , Miguel Merentiel , Luis Advíncula , Frank Fabra, Aaron Anselmino , Vicente Taborda and Jorman Campuzano .
Boca Juniors could not rely on the presence of Leandro Brey (injured).
Substitutions
Boca Juniors made 5 changes: Jabes Saralegui for Luis Advíncula (46′), Luca Langoni for Miguel Merentiel (62′), Javier García for Leandro Brey (73′), Mauricio Benítez for Aaron Anselmino (62′) and Edinson Cavani for Jorman Campuzano (82′).
Player of the match: Lucas Blondel
The most impressive player for Boca Juniors was Lucas Blondel.
His rating is with 1 goal, 29 passes (62% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 9 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.
Racing Club – Formation
Racing Club
Racing Club started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Gustavo Adolfo Costas Makeira played with: Gabriel Arias , Juan Ignacio Nardoni , Nazareno Colombo , Santiago Sosa , Agustín García Basso , Gabriel Rojas , Bruno Zuculini , Leonel Miranda , Juan Fernando Quintero , Maximiliano Salas and Adrian Martinez .
They had on the bench: Iván Pillud, Roger Martínez , Johan Carbonero , Agustín Urzi, Germán Conti, Baltasar Rodríguez , Santiago Solari, Leonardo Sigali, Facundo Mura, Tobías Rubio, Ignacio Galván and Facundo Cambeses.
Substitutions
Racing Club made 4 changes: Maximiliano Salas for Roger Martínez (69′), Gabriel Rojas for Ignacio Galván (82′), Leonel Miranda for Baltasar Rodríguez (82′) and Bruno Zuculini for Johan Carbonero (69′).
Player of the match: Juan Fernando Quintero
The player that probably impressed the most for Racing Club was Juan Fernando Quintero.
His rating is with 1 goal, 61 passes (84% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 8 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Superliga.
- Boca Juniors – Racing Club – 4-2
- Tigre – Lanús – 2-3
