CA Central Cordoba vs CA Boca Juniors, Superliga Argentina 2026 APERTURA

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Liga Profesional · 2026

CA Central Cordoba

1 – 2

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CA Boca Juniors

Sat 2 May 2026 · 19:15 UTC Alfredo Terrera HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 43' Alan Velasco

0–2 45' Milton Gimenez

Michael Santos 56' 1–2

Fernando Martinez 15' Y

Y 20' Juan Barinaga

Y 39' Tomas Belmonte

Y 80' Milton Delgado

Marco Iacobellis 88' Y

Alejandro Maciel 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

CA Central Cordoba vs CA Boca Juniors — Superliga Argentina at Alfredo Terrera.

CA Central Cordoba 27 games · 31 pts (2026/26)
CA Boca Juniors 27 games · 42 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Nazareno Arasa
Assistant 1 Gabriel Chade
Assistant 2 Jose Castelli

25 games this season 🟨 3.3/game ⚽ 6.8 goals/game 🟥 3 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	CA Velez Sarsfield	27	51
2	CA Talleres	27	48
3	Racing Club	27	46
4	CA Huracan	27	46
5	CA River Plate	27	43
6	CA Boca Juniors	27	42
7	CA Independiente	27	40
8	CA Tucuman	27	40
9	CA Union	27	40
10	CA Platense	27	39
11	CS Independiente Rivadavia	27	38
12	Estudiantes de La Plata	27	36
13	Instituto AC Cordoba	27	36
14	CA Lanus	27	36
15	CD Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba	27	35
16	CA Belgrano	27	35
17	CD Riestra	27	35
18	CA Tigre	27	34
19	Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata	27	32
20	CA Rosario Central	27	32
21	CSyD Defensa y Justicia	27	32
22	CA Central Cordoba	27	31
23	AA Argentinos Juniors	27	30
24	CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	27	29
25	CA Newell's Old Boys	27	28
26	CA Sarmiento de Junin	27	26
27	CA Banfield	27	24
28	CA Barracas Central	27	23

Head-to-Head

CA Central Cordoba 6 games · Avg 3.5 goals CA Boca Juniors

Last 5 meetings

2026-05-02 CA Central Cordoba 1–2 CA Boca Juniors 2025-09-22 CA Boca Juniors 2–2 CA Central Cordoba 2024-05-19 CA Central Cordoba 2–4 CA Boca Juniors 2023-02-05 CA Boca Juniors 0–0 CA Central Cordoba 2020-02-17 CA Central Cordoba 0–4 CA Boca Juniors

Recent Form

CA Central Cordoba

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 May	CA Boca Juniors	H	1–2	L
24 Apr	CA Lanus	A	0–0	D
20 Apr	CA Platense	H	4–3	W
14 Apr	CA Velez Sarsfield	A	0–1	L
05 Apr	CA Newell's Old Boys	H	1–3	L
23 Mar	Estudiantes de La Plata	A	0–5	L

CA Boca Juniors

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 May	CA Central Cordoba	A	2–1	W
23 Apr	CSyD Defensa y Justicia	A	4–0	W
19 Apr	CA River Plate	A	1–0	W
11 Apr	CA Independiente	H	1–1	D
02 Apr	CA Talleres	A	1–0	W
22 Mar	Instituto AC Cordoba	H	2–0	W

Season Stats

CA Central Cordoba		CA Boca Juniors
#22	Position	#6
31	Points	42
27	Played	27
8 / 7 / 12	W / D / L	11 / 9 / 7
29	Scored	30
36	Conceded	23
-7	GD	+7
1.15	PPG	1.56
30%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

83% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

27% Clean Sheets
CA Central Cordoba this season

45% Clean Sheets
CA Boca Juniors this season

CA Central Cordoba are 22nd (31 pts). CA Boca Juniors are 6th (42 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

CA Central Cordoba

0-15

–/7

16-30

1/5

31-45

5/6

46-60

5/4

61-75

2/5

76+

5/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

CA Boca Juniors

0-15

2/7

16-30

7/2

31-45

7/1

46-60

4/5

61-75

2/–

76+

9/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

CA Central Cordoba

Michael Santos	9 G	2 A
Diego Barrera	4 G

CA Boca Juniors

Miguel Merentiel	10 G	2 A
Santiago Ascacibar	5 G	2 A
Milton Gimenez	4 G

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. CA Boca Juniors get us underway at Alfredo Terrera.
5' CA Central Cordoba are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined CA Boca Juniors backline.
10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Miguel Merentiel, as he is very good at scoring at Alfredo Terrera with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
15' The referee calls foul for Fernando Martinez. He receives a card.
20' Juan Barinaga picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
25' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both CA Central Cordoba and CA Boca Juniors are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
30' CA Central Cordoba are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
34' It is a substitution in CA Boca Juniors team. Juan Barinaga is replaced by Marcelo Weigandt on 34 minute.
39' Tomas Belmonte was booked on 39.
43' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Alan Velasco makes it 0-1.
45' What a strike from Milton Gimenez! The score is 0-2.
46' A tactical swap from CA Central Cordoba — Santiago Moyano on, Lucas Gonzalez off on 46 minutes.
51' It looks like no one’s ball. CA Boca Juniors is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
56' GOAL! Fernando Martinez fires home to make it 1-2!
61' Both keepers have barely been tested. CA Central Cordoba and CA Boca Juniors are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
66' CA Boca Juniors manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Tomas Aranda is hanging Exequiel Zeballos on the field on 66 minute.
67' Horacio Tijanovich gets the nod from CA Central Cordoba. He replaces Fernando Martinez and will look to change the dynamic.
72' CA Boca Juniors has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
76' William Alarcon makes way for Leandro Paredes at the 76 minute mark. A tactical switch from CA Boca Juniors.
80' Milton Delgado picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
85' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
88' The referee shows CA Central Cordoba player a card on 88.
88' Another substitution for CA Central Cordoba to replace Matias Vera by Lucas Varaldo on 88 minute.
90' CA Central Cordoba player sees a card in front of him.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from CA Boca Juniors to claim maximum points.

Lineups

CA Central Cordoba Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Lucas Pusineri

CA Boca Juniors Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

29
Angel Romero ↓ Milton Delgado 76'
30
Tomas Belmonte
4
Jorge Figal
20
Alan Velasco
24
Juan Barinaga ↓ Marcelo Weigandt 34'
7
Exequiel Zeballos ↓ Tomas Aranda 66'
27
Malcom Braida
9
Milton Gimenez ↓ Miguel Merentiel 66'
12
Leandro Brey
26
Marco Pellegrino
15
William Alarcon ↓ Leandro Paredes 76'

Bench

Coach Claudio Ubeda

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Miguel Merentiel	3
Nicolas Ezequiel Fernandez	2
Carlos Tevez	2
Angel Romero	2
Martin Cuitino	1
Sebastian Villa	1
Mateo Sanabria	1
Eduardo Salvio	1

Head to Head

CA Central Cordoba Form

2026-05-02 CA Central Cordoba 1–2 CA Boca Juniors L 2026-04-24 CA Lanus 0–0 CA Central Cordoba D 2026-04-20 CA Central Cordoba 4–3 CA Platense W 2026-04-14 CA Velez Sarsfield 1–0 CA Central Cordoba L 2026-04-05 CA Central Cordoba 1–3 CA Newell's Old Boys L 2026-03-23 Estudiantes de La Plata 5–0 CA Central Cordoba L

CA Boca Juniors Form

2026-05-02 CA Central Cordoba 1–2 CA Boca Juniors W 2026-04-23 CSyD Defensa y Justicia 0–4 CA Boca Juniors W 2026-04-19 CA River Plate 0–1 CA Boca Juniors W 2026-04-11 CA Boca Juniors 1–1 CA Independiente D 2026-04-02 CA Talleres 0–1 CA Boca Juniors W 2026-03-22 CA Boca Juniors 2–0 Instituto AC Cordoba W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.08 CA Central Cordoba xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.93 CA Boca Juniors xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 57% + Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

CA Central Cordoba22% Draw24% CA Boca Juniors54%

Actual: CA Boca Juniors win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 3.01

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

CA Central Cordoba or Draw

46%

Draw or CA Boca Juniors

78%

CA Central Cordoba or CA Boca Juniors

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

CA Central Cordoba17% Draw43% CA Boca Juniors40%

Actual: CA Boca Juniors win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.1%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 2

0 – 1

8.8%

0 – 0

6.6%

1 – 3

6.1%

0 – 3

5.7%

2 – 1

5.4%

2 – 2

5.2%

1 – 0

4.5%

2 – 3

3.4%

1 – 4

Asian Handicap — CA Central Cordoba

Handicap	CA Central Cordoba covers	Push	CA Boca Juniors covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	5%	92%
-1.5	8%	—	92%
-1	8%	12%	80%
-0.5	20%	—	80%
+0.5	44%	—	56%
+1	44%	22%	33%
+1.5	67%	—	33%
+2	67%	17%	16%
+2.5	84%	—	16%

Clean Sheet

CA Central Cordoba keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

CA Boca Juniors keeps clean sheet

34% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.