Week 6 brings us a match on Mar 14th, where Estudiantes hosts Boca Juniors at Estadio Ciudad De La Plata in a clash of the Superliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, a perfect day for football. 1st placed Estudiantes is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Vélez Sarsfield. Lucas Janson struck first for Vélez Sarsfield in the 10th minute, then Leandro Díaz tied it up for Estudiantes in the 89th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Estudiantes. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Estudiantes should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 5th placed Boca Juniors is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Huracán. Matías Cóccaro Ferreira struck first for Huracán in the 70th minute on a feed from Franco Cristaldo, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Boca Juniors couldn’t manage to score, and Huracán took the shutout win. Boca Juniors is looking for direction having 2 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Estudiantes won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Darío Benedetto has been the most prolific scorer on Boca Juniors in his last 5 matches with three goals. Estudiantes has been fortunate! In the last 5 matches, both Mauro Boselli and Leandro Díaz are on scoring streaks. They have each scored 4 goals for Estudiantes and look to continue their dominance.