Huracán 2:1 River Plate
Huracán took a shock victory at the Estadio Monumental, beating River Plate 2:1 in the Clausura's tenth round on Friday evening. The result shifted the table, moving the visitors away from the bottom half while extending River's struggles at home.
Oscar Cortes opened the scoring in the ninth minute, a moment that caught the hosts off-guard. To be fair, River dominated possession but never quite found rhythm until Galvan equalised in the 65th. And here's the thing — the equaliser didn't change the mood. Blondel's strike in the 80th minute turned the game on its head.
River Plate made eight substitutions throughout, trying to find answers. They brought on Almada early at the six-minute mark, then Andrada alongside a yellow card for Palazzo in the 36th. Kalinger came on for the 62nd, followed by Gil, Acuna, and the three for Huracán's Cortes in the 88th. By then, the result felt inevitable.
The statistics tell the story of a mismatch between territory and efficiency. River held 75% of possession with 639 passes, creating 1.62 expected goals from 17 shots. Huracán managed 25% possession, 225 passes, and 0.23 expected goals from just seven attempts. Three shots on target for the hosts yielded one goal. Two shots on target for the visitors produced two.
River remain second with 29 points from 16 matches, five wins and two draws away from the lead. Huracán sit seventh with 22 points, four defeats in their last five games now broken by this result. We had backed the home side at 37% confidence — the prediction didn't hold, and the visitors' refusal to defend deep changed everything.
