FLORENCIO VARELA. Defensa y Justicia beat Platense to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Defensa y Justicia to strike first with a goal of M. Merentiel at the 54′. Then it was a goal in the 61′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, R. Loaiza gave the win to Defensa y Justicia in the 81′ minute with a goal. Defensa y Justicia took advantage of its superior ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello stadium in Florencio Varela on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Fernando Espinoza with the help of Hernán Maidana and Pablo Acevedo. The 4th official was Ariel Penel. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 19.1 degrees Celsius or 66.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 34%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Defensa y Justicia was in firm control of the ball 56% while Platense was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Platense was more aggressive with 73 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Defensa y Justicia was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Defensa y Justicia shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Platense shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Defensa y Justicia received 1 yellow card (R. Loaiza). Regarding the opposition, Platense received 1 yellow card (N. Iribarren).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Defensa y Justicia will have 28 points like Vélez Sarsfield to stay in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Platense will stay with 20 points like Sarmiento and Atlético Tucumán to stay in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Defensa y Justicia will play away against Racing Club on the 29th of October with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Defensa y Justicia (4 draws).

Platense will host Atlético Tucumán on the 30th of October with a 0-0 head to head record.

Defensa y Justicia – Formation

Defensa y Justicia started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Sebastián Beccacece decided to play with the following team: Ezequiel Unsaín (7.3), Franco Paredes (7.2), Nicolás Tripichio (7.4), Nazareno Colombo (7.1), Alexis Soto (6.8), Gabriel Hachen (7.0), Kevin Gutiérrez (7.0), Francisco Pizzini (6.8), Walter Bou (6.6), Carlos Rotondi (7.3) and Miguel Merentiel (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Marcos Ledesma, Matías Rodríguez, Tomás Escalante, Marcelo Benítez (7.3), Hugo Fernández, Raúl Loaiza (7.1), Manuel Duarte, Braian Rivero, Lucas Barrios and Rodrigo Contreras.

Substitutions

Defensa y Justicia made 3 changes: G. Hachen for R. Loaiza (66′), A. Soto for M. Benitez (75′) and M. Merentiel for H. Fernandez (90′).

Best player: Miguel Merentiel​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Defensa y Justicia was Miguel Merentiel.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 19 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 9.

Platense – Formation

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

On the opposite side, Claudio Spontón played with: Luis Ojeda (6.5), Augusto Schott (6.1), Nahuel Iribarren (6.8), Kevin Lomonaco (6.4), Juan Infante (6.7), Horacio Tijanovich (7.3), Hernán Lamberti (7.2), Ivan Gómez (6.6), Gastón Gerzel (6.2), Matías Tissera (7.3) and Brian Mansilla (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Jorge De Olivera, Cristian Marcial, Facundo Cardozo, Lucas Acevedo (6.2), Nicolás Bertolo, Mauro Bogado (6.9), Franco Baldassarra, Facundo Russo (6.3), Roberto Bochi, Tomás Sandoval (6.6), Florián Monzón and Facundo Curuchet (6.4).

Platense could not rely on the presence of L. Acevedo (injured).

Substitutions

Platense made 5 changes: I. Gomez for F. Curuchet (61′), G. Gerzel for M. Bogado (61′), M. Tissera for T. Sandoval (76′), K. Lomonaco for L. Acevedo (80′) and B. Mansilla for F. Russo (80′).

Best player: Horacio Tijanovich​

The player that probably impressed the most for Platense was Horacio Tijanovich.

His rating is (7.3) with 31 passes (61% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 19. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Defensa y Justicia – Platense – 2-1
• Rosario Central – Racing Club – 2-1