Overview
- Boca beat Estudiantes 2-1 in La Plata to keep control of direct Copa Libertadores qualification.
- Exequiel Zeballos missed a late first-half penalty off the post then put Boca ahead early in the second half.
- Estudiantes equalized through Edwuin Cetré from the spot after goalkeeper Agustín Marchesín conceded a foul.
- Miguel Merentiel won it with a stoppage-time penalty following a break where Fabricio Pérez fouled after Ander Herrera surged into the area.
- Boca sits second in the annual table on 56 points behind uncatchable Rosario Central, with River on 52 and a Superclásico at La Bombonera that would clinch group-stage entry for Boca with a win.