ROSARIO. Rosario Central overcame Racing Club to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Rosario Central to strike first with a goal of G. Infantino at the 57′. Then it was a goal in the 66′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, M. Ruben gave the win to Rosario Central in the 80′ minute with a goal. Racing Club lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

Rosario Central remained in 9 people redcard K. Gonzalez (87′ for a red card) and G. Avila (90′ for a double yellow card) were sent off.

The match was played at the Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre stadium in Rosario on Saturday and it started at 11:15 pm local time. The referee was Darío Herrera who was helped by Facundo Rodríguez and Marcelo Bistocco. The 4th official was Luis Lobo Medina. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 17.4 degrees Celsius or 63.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Racing Club was in firm control of the ball 58% while Rosario Central was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Racing Club was more aggressive with 77 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 9 were on target. Even so, Rosario Central succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Rosario Central shot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Racing Club shot 14 times, 9 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Rosario Central received 2 yellow cards (E. Ojeda and F. Lo Celso). On the other side, Racing Club received 4 yellow cards (I. Piatti, M. Rojas, C. J. Alcaraz and C. J. Alcaraz).

G. Avila (Rosario Central) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (90′).

G. Avila (Rosario Central) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (87′).

Standings

After this match, Rosario Central will have 24 points like Argentinos Juniors to move down in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, Racing Club will stay with 23 points like Godoy Cruz to move up in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Rosario Central will play away with Unión Santa Fe on the 31st of October with a 4-2 head to head in favor of Rosario Central (2 draws).

Racing Club will host Defensa y Justicia on the 29th of October with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Defensa y Justicia (4 draws).

Rosario Central – Formation

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

The manager Cristian Alberto González Peret decided to play with the following team: Jorge Broun (8.1), Damián Martínez (6.9), Facundo Almada (6.5), Gastón Ávila (7.2), Lautaro Blanco (7.1), Gino Infantino (7.5), Pedro Emanuel Ojeda (6.5), Emiliano Vecchio (6.8), Francesco Lo Celso (6.3), Lucas Gamba (6.6) and Marco Rubén (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Ricardo Garay, Ignacio Russo, Leandro Desábato, Nicolás Ferreyra, Luca Martínez (6.2), Juan Pablo Romero, Rafael Sangiovani, Luciano Ferreyra (6.1), Diego Zabala (6.7), Lucas Amud and Michael Covea (6.3).

Rosario Central could not rely on the presence of M. Covea (injured).

Substitutions

Rosario Central made 4 changes: E. Vecchio for M. Covea (56′), F. Lo Celso for D. Zabala (70′), M. Ruben for L. Martinez Dupuy (82′) and G. Infantino for L. Ferreyra (82′).

Best player: Jorge Broun​

The most impressive player for Rosario Central was the goalkeeper: Jorge Broun. His rating is 8.13. He performed 7 saves.

Racing Club – Formation

Racing Club started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

On the opposite side, Fernando Rubén Gago played with: Gabriel Arias (6.6), Juan Cáceres (7.6), Leonardo Sigali (7.1), Fernando Prado (7.0), Eugenio Mena (7.0), Aníbal Moreno (6.3), Mauricio Martínez (7.0), Matías Rojas (7.2), Tomás Chancalay (7.5), Lisandro López (7.2) and Enzo Copetti (7.6).

They had on the bench: Gastón Gómez, Benjamín Garré (7.1), Carlos Alcaraz (6.9), Ignacio Piatti (6.1), Maximiliano Lovera, Joaquín Novillo, Matías Núñez, Iván Pillud, Darío Cvitanich (6.2), Julián López, Ignacio Galván (6.2) and Iván Maggi.

Substitutions

Racing Club made 5 changes: M. Rojas for I. Piatti (69′), L. Lopez for C. J. Alcaraz (73′), E. Mena for I. Galvan (74′), T. Chancalay for B. Garre (86′) and A. Moreno for D. Cvitanich (86′).

Best player: Juan Cáceres​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Racing Club was Juan Cáceres.

His rating is (7.6) with 64 passes (87% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 6 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