Week 5 brings us a match on Mar 6th, where Boca Juniors will host Huracán at Estadio Alberto José Armando in a meeting of these two evenly matched Superliga teams in the anticipated Avellaneda derby. In their last match, Boca Juniors recorded a 2-2 draw against Independiente. Darío Benedetto scored the first goal for Boca Juniors in the 17th minute on a penalty kick, then Gastón Togni got the equalizer for Independiente in the 31st minute on a feed from Damian Batallini . Boca Juniors is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while 5th placed Huracán is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Vélez Sarsfield. Jhonatan Candia Hernández struck first for Huracán in the 38th minute from the penalty spot, then Matías Cóccaro Ferreira added another in the 41st minute In the end, Vélez Sarsfield couldn’t muster any offence and Huracán ran away with the shutout win. Huracán is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Boca Juniors won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Huracán has been fortunate! In the last 5 matches, both Matías Cóccaro Ferreira and Jhonatan Candia Hernández are on scoring streaks. They have each scored 4 goals for Huracán and look to continue their dominance.. Boca Juniors is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Villa Cano and Darío Benedetto each having 3 goals in their last 5.