| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boca Juniors | 15 | D1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8/15 | 9-4 |
| Olimpia | 15 | W2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10/15 | 10-2 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boca Juniors | 144 | 1 | 3 | 1 | W | 941 | -797 |
| Olimpia | 1370 | 1 | 1 | 0 | D | 1421 | -51 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2016-10-09
2 points and 1226 places separated them: Boca Juniors 144th with 3, Olimpia 1370th with 1. Recent form told a different story for Boca Juniors: only 941st in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 144th. Scoring rates set the scale: Boca Juniors 4 scored and 3 conceded per game, Olimpia 2 and 2, with the league averaging 1.75.
The venue was Estadio Alberto José Armando in Buenos Aires, with room for 54,000 spectators.
