In this week 23 match on Oct 7th, Gimnasia La Plata hosts Boca Juniors in a Superliga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, a perfect day for football. 5th placed Gimnasia La Plata is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Barracas Central. Neri Bandiera struck first for Barracas Central in the 28th minute on a feed from Tapia, but Alexis Domínguez got the equalizer for Gimnasia La Plata in the 71st minute earning Gimnasia La Plata a comeback draw. Gimnasia La Plata is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while boca Juniors sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Vélez Sarsfield. Javier Morales struck first for Boca Juniors in the 79th minute on a feed from Varela, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Vélez Sarsfield was frustrated by Boca Juniors’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Boca Juniors ended the match with the shutout victory. Boca Juniors looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Gimnasia La Plata won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Boca Juniors’s most prolific scorer has been Darío Benedetto. He has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Gimnasia La Plata hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Nicolas Colazo and R. Sosa Acosta, and they each have 1 goal.