Match Report
9 points and 9 places separated them: Boca Juniors 1st with 29, Belgrano 10th with 20. On recent form Belgrano sat only 29th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 10th overall. Per game in the league, Boca Juniors were scoring 1.75 and conceding 0.75, Belgrano 0.81 and 0.69, against a competition average of 0.98 goals per team per game.
Level finishes had become the habit for Belgrano: three in a row.
The sides have met 9 times in the GioScore results database: 6 wins for Boca Juniors, 1 draw and 2 for Belgrano, at 3.33 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 67% of the meetings.
The match was played at Estadio Alberto José Armando (capacity 54,000). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 1-2.
Goal scorers
Boca Juniors: Exequiel Zeballos (66') · Belgrano: Leandro Paredes (62' og), Lucas Passerini (58')
Key stats
Possession: Boca Juniors 64% · Belgrano 36% · Total shots: 19-7 · On target: 7-3 · Corners: 7-4