AVELLANEDA. River Plate snatched a late win Independiente 1-0 after M. Suarez scored just 1 goal (90′). River Plate was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Estadio Libertadores de América stadium in Avellaneda on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Fernando Andrés Rapallini who was helped by Maximiliano Del Yesso and Sebastián Rainieri. The 4th official was Fernando Echenique. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13.5 degrees Celsius or 56.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

River Plate was in firm control of the ball 66% while Independiente was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

River Plate had a more offensive attitude with 77 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why River Plate won the match.​

Independiente shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, River Plate shot 20 times, 4 on target, 16 off target.

Cards

Independiente received 1 yellow card (J. Cazares). Talking about the opposition, River Plate received 2 yellow cards (P. Solari and F. Armani).

Standings

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Independiente will play away with Arsenal de Sarandi on the 1st of October with a 6-1 head to head stats in favor of Independiente (2 draws).

River Plate will host Talleres Córdoba on the 24th of September with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of Talleres Córdoba (0 draws).

Independiente – Formation

Independiente started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Juan José Serrizuela decided to play with the following team: Milton Álvarez (6.5), Alex Vigo (7.0), Sergio Barreto (6.7), Juan Manuel Insaurralde (7.3), Lucas Rodríguez (6.7), Damián Batallini (7.1), Lucas Romero (6.7), Alan Soñora (7.5), Tomás Pozzo (6.6), Leandro Benegas (7.4) and Leandro Fernández (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Sebastián Sosa, Javier Vallejo, Gabriel Hachen (6.6), Santiago Rodríguez, Juan Cazares (6.2), Patricio Ostachuk, Rodrigo Márquez (6.8), Julian Romero, Lucas González (6.8), Edgar Elizalde, Joaquín Laso and Justo DAngelo.

Independiente could not rely on the presence of L. Gonzalez (injured).

Substitutions

Independiente made 4 changes: T. A. Pozzo for R. L. Marquez De Meneses (70′), L. Fernandez for G. Hachen (82′), A. Sonora for L. Gonzalez (82′) and D. Batallini for J. Cazares (86′).

Best player: Alan Soñora​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Independiente was Alan Soñora.

His rating is (7.5) with 39 passes (87% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 13. He performed 2 crosses.

River Plate – Formation

River Plate started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Marcelo Daniel Gallardo played with: Franco Armani (7.1), Milton Casco (7.8), Emanuel Mammana (7.4), Paulo Díaz (8.0), Elías Gómez (7.7), Agustín Palavecino (7.8), Enzo Pérez (6.7), Rodrigo Aliendro (6.3), Pablo Solari (7.3), Lucas Beltrán (7.0) and Esequiel Barco (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Jonathan Maidana, Javier Pinola, Miguel Borja (6.8), Bruno Zuculini (6.5), Ezequiel Centurión, Juan Quintero, Leandro González Pírez, Nicolás de la Cruz (6.5), Santiago Simón, Marcelo Herrera and Matías Suárez (7.3).

River Plate could not rely on the presence of B. Zuculini (injured).

Substitutions

River Plate made 4 changes: E. Perez for B. Zuculini (26′), R. Aliendro for M. Borja (58′), L. Beltran for N. De La Cruz (58′) and E. Barco for M. Suarez (75′).

Best player: Paulo Díaz​

The player that probably impressed the most for River Plate was Paulo Díaz even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.0) with 88 passes (94% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Superliga.​

• Boca Juniors – Platense – 2-1
• Newell’s Old Boys – Colón – 0-0
• Independiente – River Plate – 0-1
• Aldosivi – Huracán – 0-1
• San Lorenzo – Estudiantes – 0-0