CA Huracan beat River Plate 1-2 in the Liga Profesional, taking the points with a late winner after River had drawn level. The hosts controlled the ball at Estadio Monumental, but Huracan converted the thinner share of chances and held on.

Match Summary

Huracan were in front after nine minutes through O. Cortes. River then spent the rest of the first half with most of the possession, without finding a reply before the interval. M. Palazzo was booked for the visitors in that opening period.

The pattern held after the restart until T. Galvan scored in the 65th minute. A. Correa had the assist, and River were level at last. C. Ibanez was shown a yellow two minutes later. Huracan still found a reply. L. Blondel restored Huracan's lead in the 80th minute, O. Cortes with the assist this time, and that proved to be the last goal of the match.

River continued to press in the closing stages. J. Bisanz picked up a late caution for Huracan, yet the score stayed 1-2 through to the whistle.

Key Moments

The early lead mattered because Huracan were never going to win a territorial contest. They finished with a quarter of the ball and 0.23 expected goals, so going in front so soon forced River to chase for most of the night.

The equalizer briefly suggested that volume would tell. It did not. The winner, coming with ten minutes of regular time left, left River needing another goal after they had already taken 20 shots and still put only three on target.

Five corners to none told the same story. Huracan did not need territory. They needed the two finishes they produced, and they got them.

Match Statistics

River Plate held 75 percent of possession and outshot CA Huracan 20 to 7. Shots on target were 3-2 in the home side's favor, and expected goals ran 1.62 to 0.23. River also won every corner, five to zero. Huracan collected three yellow cards to River's one, with no red cards shown. The useful numbers sat with the hosts. The result did not.

See also

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