Boca Juniors play Auckland City on Tuesday at the Club World Cup and there are a few factors determining how they could advance to the next round.
Group C at the Club World Cup will be finalized on Tuesday with Boca Juniors against Auckland City and Benfica against the already advanced Bayern Munich. Boca Juniors drew 2-2 against Benfica in their opening match at the Club World Cup and lost 2-1 against Bayern Munich.
They are presently third in the group with one point, ahead of the already eliminated Auckland City who have zero point but behind second place Benfica on four points and first place Bayern Munich who have six points. Boca have a -1 goal advantage while Benfica have a +6 goal advantage.
The Argentine club play Auckland City who let in 10 goals against Bayern Munich and six goals against Benfica. Boca will need to win by eight goals and hope that Benfica lose against Bayern to advance to the next round at the Club World Cup. If Benfica get a draw or a win, Boca Juniors are eliminated.
For Benfica, Ángel Di María is joint top scorer at the Club World Cup with three goals, having scored once against Boca Juniors and twice against Auckland City. Nicolás Otamendi also has one goal for Benfica.
Both matches on Tuesday will be played at the same time.
A miracle is needed…
Benfica must lose to Fcbayern and boca need to win and score more goals against Auckland
Boca is not that type of a team, wont score more than 6.