“Santiago Ascacíbar breaks the deadlock on the stroke of half-time, converting to make it 1-0 and send Boca into the break with the lead their pressure deserved.”
Pivotal“Gabriel Neves picks up a yellow card for a foul shortly after coming on as a substitute, adding to Estudiantes' disciplinary concerns as they pressed for an equaliser.”
Boca Juniors
Estudiantes
Outstanding performance
Boca Juniors•GoalkeeperBoca Juniors ground out a 1-0 win over Estudiantes at home through a combination of territorial dominance and a single moment of quality right on the stroke of half-time. Santiago Ascacíbar's header capped a frantic spell of pressure before the break, with Guido Marcelo Carrillo and Miguel Merentiel both being denied in the build-up moments earlier. Boca controlled the contest comfortably — 61% possession, 612 passes at 87% accuracy, and 76 dangerous attacks to Estudiantes' 47 — yet the scoreline flattered neither side in terms of excitement, as the visitors actually produced four shots on target to Boca's two, keeping goalkeeper busy throughout and threatening a leveller that never came. For Boca, three points in the Liga Profesional consolidate their standing, while Estudiantes will leave frustrated, having created enough in glimpses but failing to convert their better-than-expected efficiency in front of goal.
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Gastón BenedettiYellow CardYellow card shown to Gaston Benedetti Taffarel.
Guido Marcelo Carrillo's header is saved.
Brian Nicolas Aguirre takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Alan Velasco takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Camilo Rey Domenech is on, and Leandro Daniel Paredes is off.
Substitution: Kevin Zenon comes on for Leonel Flores.
On Sebastian Villa Cano, off Tomas Aranda.
Gabriel NevesYellow CardGabriel Neves receives a yellow card.
Yellow card issued to Leonel Flores.
Leonel Flores takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Offside.
Gabriel Neves comes on for Tiago Palacios.
Facundo Farias comes on for Alexis Castro.
Sebastian Villa Cano comes on for Miguel Merentiel.
Corner awarded.
Substitution: Brian Nicolas Aguirre comes on for Joaquin Tobio Burgos.
Edwin Steven Cetre Angulo is on, and Fabricio Perez is off.
Leonel Flores takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Yellow card issued to Lucas Ezequiel Piovi.
Offside.
Fabricio Perez takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Tomas Aranda takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Santiago Ascacibar takes a shot with his right foot and scores.
First half ends with a score of 1-0.
assist: Lautaro Blanco
Goal! Santiago Ascacibar scores to make it 1-0.
Miguel Merentiel takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Leonel Flores takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Guido Marcelo Carrillo attempts a header but misses the shot.
Corner awarded.
Guido Marcelo Carrillo's right-footed shot is saved.
Miguel Merentiel takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Milton Delgado takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Tomas Aranda takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Guido Marcelo Carrillo takes a left-footed shot, but it is saved.
Shot by Joaquin Tobio Burgos with his left foot is saved.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Santiago Ascacibar takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Shot by Alexis Castro with his left foot, but he misses.
Kick-off! The referee is Nazareno Arasa.
Boca Juniors host Estudiantes on Wednesday in a fixture relocated from La Bombonera to Huracán's Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó due to poor pitch conditions, adding an unusual twist to an already charged derby. With Boca still hunting their first Liga Profesional win and Estudiantes riding a 3-0 victory over Defensa y Justicia, the stakes are real for both sides in the early table shake-up.
