Overview

• Luciano Giménez scored the winner with a header at 46 minutes of the first half after a Matko Miljevic pass set up Tomás Guidara’s cross.
• Banfield controlled the first half and created the clearer opportunities, including a Rodrigo Auzmendi pair of one-on-ones saved and a Luis Abraham shot off the crossbar.
• Gabriel Vega was sent off about a minute after entering for a violent elbow and studs-up challenge on Juan Bisanz around the 26th minute of the second half.
• The result ended Huracán’s six-match winless run across competitions and a scoring drought exceeding 450 minutes.
• Huracán now sits sixth in Group A on 16 points, while Banfield is tenth with 14 after the match at Tomás Adolfo Ducó refereed by Pablo Dóvalo.