Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — River Plate 5th with 26 points, Huracán 2nd with 10, 16 apart. On recent form River Plate sat only 22nd league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Per game in the league, River Plate were scoring 1.39 and conceding 1.22, Huracán 1.5 and 1, against a competition average of 1.13 goals per team per game.
Huracán had lost four in a row.
The venue was Parque Federico Omar Saroldi, with room for 6,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: River Plate led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-0.
Goal scorers
River Plate: Rodrigo Emmanuel Cabrera Aquino (36'), Diego Vera (73')
Key stats
Possession: River Plate 44% · Huracán 56% · Total shots: 12-4 · On target: 6-2 · Corners: 7-4