Match Report
2 points and 4 places separated them: Boca Juniors 1st with 29, Tigre 5th with 27. On recent form Tigre sat only 52nd league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Per game in the league, Boca Juniors were scoring 1.75 and conceding 0.75, Tigre 1.13 and 0.75, against a competition average of 0.98 goals per team per game.
Boca Juniors arrived on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 12 consecutive games. Tigre were unbeaten in 8.
Across 12 recorded meetings, Boca Juniors have 8 wins to Tigre's 2, with 2 draws, at 2.75 goals per meeting. Recent meetings have been cagier — 1.8 goals per game across the last five against 2.75 historically.
Estadio Alberto José Armando, capacity 54,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-0.
Goal scorers
Boca Juniors: Ayrton Costa (73'), Edinson Cavani (90')
Key stats
Possession: Boca Juniors 74% · Tigre 26% · Total shots: 9-12 · On target: 4-4 · Corners: 8-6