Match Report
Boca Juniors went into the game 2nd in the table on 30 points; Independiente sat 5th on 24 — a 6-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Independiente: only 44th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 5th. Per game in the league, Boca Juniors were scoring 1.38 and conceding 0.56, Independiente 1.5 and 1.25, against a competition average of 1.03 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Boca Juniors, having scored in 8 consecutive games.
14 meetings are on record — 4 won by Boca Juniors, 3 by Independiente, 7 drawn, at 1.71 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 21% of those meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 29% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match was played at Estadio Alberto José Armando (capacity 54,000). It was 1-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-1.
Goal scorers
Boca Juniors: Milton Giménez (45') · Independiente: Matías Abaldo (9')
Key stats
Possession: Boca Juniors 61% · Independiente 39% · Total shots: 12-8 · On target: 5-1 · Corners: 3-3