It's the second try for points this season as Boca Juniors and Central Cordoba SdE battle it out at Estadio Alberto José Armando.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
This has all the signs of an engrossing game with lots of spark and bustle as both squads are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!
Boca Juniors form and stats
In the previous season, Boca Juniors's league results were 11 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses, results that produced 4th spot in the Superliga. During these 25 matches they scored {35 goals} and gave away 19. Performing at their own stadium in the last season Boca Juniors produced 6-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with {19 goals} and 8 conceded. Boca Juniors have played 1 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Juniors's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Atletico Tucuman (placed 20th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Romero, a forward, was the top player for the team in that fixture, receiving a rating of 8.43 (out of 10). Romero scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 7 times and had 35 successful passes (of 42 total).
Preceding that match, a home loss in the Super Cup against Racing Club.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Boca Juniors at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Central Cordoba SdE form and stats
Let's have a look at how Central Cordoba SdE performed last season in the Superliga: They landed a 22nd position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 8 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded {36 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 9/19 goals scored/conceded.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus River Plate with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Castelli, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.25. Castelli hit two key passes.
A 1-3 defeat away at Velez Sarsfield before that.Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the preceeding four meetings): Boca Juniors won three games, zero matches ended with a draw and Central Cordoba SdE got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / one.
Top Goalscorers
  Ó. Romero Villamayor 1 goals |
Boca Juniors missing players
Central Cordoba SdE missing players
| Boca Juniors | Central Cordoba SdE | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 17 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Boca Juniors | Last season | Central Cordoba SdE | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 3 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 91% | ||
| 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 82% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 45% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 9% | ||
| 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 55% | ||
| 67% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 9% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 45% | ||
| 6.7 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.3 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.9 | ||
| 7.3 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 27% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 26% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 8.5 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Huracan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | River Plate | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Tigre | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Banfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Lanús | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Barracas Central | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | San Lorenzo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Boca Juniors | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Rosario Central | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Independiente | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Newell's Old Boys | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Platense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Instituto | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Belgrano | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Gimnasia La Plata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Godoy Cruz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Sarmiento | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Racing Club | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Estudiantes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Colon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Talleres Cordoba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Argentinos Juniors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Atletico Tucuman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 21 | Defensa y Justicia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 22 | Central Cordoba SdE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 27 | Union Santa Fe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Velez Sarsfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
