MONTEVIDEO. Defensor Sporting tops River Plate 4-0 after playing a incredible match. J. Valiente (2′), Lucas Agazzi Galeano (18′), J. Valiente (37′) and A. Balboa (79′).
The match was played at the Parque Federico Omar Saroldi stadium in Montevideo on Sunday and it started at 10:00 am local time. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 25.9 degrees Celsius or 78.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.
Match Statistics
- 0 Ball Possession 0
Shots
- 8 Total 12
- 2 On Target 5
- 6 Off Target 7
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 91 Attack 112
- 51 Dangerous attack 62
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 0
Fouls
- 7 Total 15
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. River Plate was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Defensor Sporting that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Defensor Sporting was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Defensor Sporting won the contest.
River Plate shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Defensor Sporting shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
River Plate received 1 yellow card (Jonathan Dos Santos). On the other side, Defensor Sporting received 2 yellow cards (L. De los Santos and A. Balboa).
(River Plate) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (46′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, River Plate will stay with 16 points like Deportivo Maldonado to sit in the 7th place. On the other side, Defensor Sporting will have 23 points like Cerro Largo to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Primera Division, River Plate will host Liverpool on the 12th of May with a 16-14 head to head stats in favor of Liverpool (6 draws).
Defensor Sporting will play away agasint Danubio on the 12th of May with a 16-12 head to head in favor of Defensor Sporting (13 draws).
River Plate – Formation
River Plate
46'
66'
46'
River Plate started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Gustavo Díaz Domínguez decided to play with the following team: Fabrizio Correa, Maxi Pereira, Gonzalo Viera, Roque Ramírez, Cristian Barros, Walter Gargano, Joaquín Trasante, Ramiro Cristobal, Pablo López, Jonathan Dos Santos and Gonzalo Castro.
The home team had on the bench: Rodrigo Formento, Martín Marta, Ezequiel Busquets, Facundo Kidd, Pablo García, Matías Alfonso, Agustin Vera, Ihojan Fabián Pérez Cuadro, Rodrigo Pintado and Hernán Rivero.
Substitutions
River Plate made 6 changes: P. López for Ihojan Fabián Pérez Cuadro (46′), W. Gargano for M. Alfonso Colina (46′), R. Ramírez for Facundo Kidd Álvarez (70′), W. Gargano for Pablo García (70′), Joaquín Trasante Hernández for Facundo Kidd Álvarez (76′) and C. Barros for Facundo Bonifazi (77′).
Defensor Sporting – Formation
Defensor Sporting
18'
Defensor Sporting started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Marcelo Fabián Méndez Russo played with: Matías Dufour, Juan Pintado, Guillermo De Los Santos, Yefferson Quintana, Nicolás Rodríguez, Santiago Scotto, Hernán Figueredo, Rodrigo Perez, Lucas Agazzi, Adrián Balboa and Joaquin Valiente.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Nicolás Rossi, Matías Rocha, Facundo Bonifazi, Fernando Elizari, Gonzalo Freitas, Lucas Paul De los Santos, Juan Jorge, Mauricio Amaro, Augusto Cambon and Álvaro Navarro.
Substitutions
Defensor Sporting made 4 changes: H. Figueredo for Ezequiel Busquets (46′), S. Scotto for Fernando Elizari (67′), N. Rodríguez for Álvaro Navarro (67′) and J. Valiente for Lucas Paul de los Santos Ruiz Díaz (76′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Primera Division.
