Belgrano host Argentinos Juniors in the Clausura round three, and the visitors took all three points with a single goal. The final score read 0:1 after a match where momentum shifted sharply around the half-time interval. By then the hosts had lost their disciplinary edge and were chasing the game from behind.
Fernando Alvarez struck just before the break to put Argentinos ahead, the ball finding the net at forty-five minutes plus two. The goal came after a period where Belgrano had pressed forward with some conviction, but the visitors held their nerve to protect a slender advantage. And here's the thing — such moments often define how a season unfolds more than any statistical average.
The turning point arrived earlier, at thirty-nine minutes when Franco Vazquez saw red for Belgrano. The hosts had already received a yellow card at twenty-seven, and the second offence proved costly. To be fair, that kind of disciplinary lapse doesn't happen in isolation; it reflects a team under pressure, and Belgrano were certainly that.
The statistics tell a story of a side that controlled territory but couldn't convert. Argentinos Juniors held sixty-four percent possession and registered four shots on target against two, while their expected goals count came in at one point zero four compared to Belgrano's fifty-one hundredths. Many shots with one goal means chances went begging, and that was the pattern all evening.
The result keeps Argentinos in third place on twenty-nine points from sixteen games, while Belgrano remain fifth with twenty-six. Both sides had drawn their previous meeting in May, so this was a chance to settle the argument. The visitors blew them away and walked away with the win.