BUENOS AIRES. Boca Juniors was finally too much to handle for Huracán with the goal of A. E. Almendra (33′), L. Vazquez (62′) and M. Rojo (76′ pen). Boca Juniors took advantage of its superior ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó stadium in Buenos Aires on Saturday and it started at 11:15 pm local time. The referee was Nicolás Lamolina who had the assistance of Hernán Maidana and Sebastián Rainieri. The 4th official was Yael Falcón Pérez. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.8 degrees Celsius or 60.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Boca Juniors was in firm control of the ball 60% while Huracán was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Huracán was more aggressive with 103 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, Boca Juniors found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

Huracán shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Boca Juniors shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Huracán received 2 yellow cards (M. Diaz and C. Ibanez). On the other side, Boca Juniors received 2 yellow cards (E. Rolon and M. Weigandt).

Standings

After playing this match, Huracán will stay with 22 points like Racing Club to stay in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Boca Juniors will have 27 points like Lanús to move down in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Huracán will play away with Banfield on the 20th of October with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Banfield (1 draw).

Boca Juniors will host Godoy Cruz on the 21st of October with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of Boca Juniors (1 draw).

Huracán – Formation

Huracán started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Frank Darío Kudelka decided to play with the following team: Marcos Díaz (6.2), Ismael Quilez (5.5), Jonathan Galván (7.0), Lucas Merolla (6.2), César Ibáñez (6.7), Franco Cristaldo (7.2), Fabián Henríquez (6.3), Lucas Vera (6.2), Jhonatan Candia (6.4), Matías Cóccaro (7.4) and Rodrigo Cabral (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Enrique Triverio (6.2), Iván Erquiaga, Diego Mercado (6.4), Sebastián Meza, Jonas Acevedo, Nicolás Silva (6.5), Raúl Lozano, Leandro Grimi, Patricio Toranzo, Sebastián Ramírez, Federico Marín and Santiago Moya.

Substitutions

Huracán made 4 changes: J. Candia for E. Triverio (68′), F. Cristaldo for D. A. Mercado Carrizo (78′), M. Coccaro for N. Silva (78′) and R. Cabral for S. Ramirez (89′).

Best player: Matías Cóccaro​

The most impressive player for Huracán was Matías Cóccaro.

His rating is (7.4) with 8 passes (62% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 17.

Boca Juniors – Formation

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

On the opposite side, Sebastián Alejandro Battaglia played with: Agustin Rossi (8.5), Marcelo Weigandt (7.3), Carlos Izquierdoz (7.5), Marcos Rojo (7.5), Frank Fabra (7.1), Rodrigo Montes (6.3), Esteban Rolón (7.1), Agustín Almendra (7.9), Aaron Molinas (6.4), Cristian Pavón (6.8) and Luis Vázquez (7.9).

They had on the bench: Diego González, Carlos Zambrano, Exequiel Zeballos, Lisandro López, Juan Ramírez (7.0), Norberto Briasco (7.3), Alan Varela, Agustín Sández, Cristian Medina, Agustín Lastra, Vicente Taborda and Eros Mancuso.

Substitutions

Boca Juniors made 5 changes: A. Molinas for N. Briasco (63′), L. Vazquez for J. Ramirez (77′), M. Weigandt for E. Mancuso (87′), R. Montes for C. Medina (87′) and C. Pavon for E. Zeballos (87′).

Best player: Agustin Rossi​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Boca Juniors was the goalkeeper: Agustin Rossi. His rating is 8.45. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Vélez Sarsfield – Arsenal de Sarandi – 0-0
• Defensa y Justicia – Estudiantes – 2-1
• Sarmiento – Unión Santa Fe – 3-4
• Gimnasia La Plata – Newell’s Old Boys – 1-0
• Lanús – Banfield – 1-1
• Huracán – Boca Juniors – 0-3