CIUDAD DE SANTA FE. Sarmiento conquers Colón with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by J. Toledo (2′), a goal from L. Gondou (85′) and a goal from L. Gondou (85′). Colón was truly superior in terms of ball possession (65%).​

The match was played at the Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López stadium in Ciudad de Santa Fe on Friday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Pablo Echavarría with the help of Iván Núñez and Daiana Milone. The 4th official was Fabricio Llobet.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Colón had a strong ball possession 65% while Sarmiento was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Colón was more aggressive with 69 dangerous attacks and 27 shots of which 9 were on target. Anyhow, Sarmiento found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Colón shot 27 times, 9 on target, 18 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sarmiento shot 10 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Colón received 3 yellow cards (Jorge Benítez, Andrew Teuten and Laureano Troncoso). On the opposite side, Sarmiento received 2 yellow cards (Sebastián Meza and Fernando Martínez).

Standings

After playing this match, Colón stays with 0 points to occupy the 11th place in the table. On the opposite side, Sarmiento has 0 points (24th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Colón will play away against Arsenal de Sarandi on the 29th of July with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Colón (2 draws).

Sarmiento will host Talleres Córdoba on the 1st of July with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of Talleres Córdoba (1 draw).

Colón – Formation

Colón adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Marcelo Saralegui Arregín decided to play with the following team: Ignacio Chicco (6.8), Eric Meza (6.3), Facundo Garcés (6.4), Paolo Goltz (7.0), Andrew Teuten (7.3), Santiago Pierotti (7.1), Cristian Vega (6.4), Leonel Picco (6.8), Carlos Arrua (7.6), Jorge Benítez (6.2) and José Neris (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Juan Álvarez, Natanael Troncoso (6.2), Tomás Galván, Gian Nardelli, Ramón Ábila (6.4), Matías Ibáñez, Augusto Schott, Lucas Acevedo, Julián Chicco (7.2) and Joaquín Ibáñez.

Substitutions

Colón made 3 changes: Cristian Vega for Julián Chicco (46′), Leonel Picco for Natanael Laureano Troncoso (59′) and Jorge Benítez for Ramón Ábila (60′).

Best player: Carlos Arrua​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Colón was Carlos Arrua.

His rating is (7.6) with 28 passes (85% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 7 crosses.

Sarmiento – Formation

Also Sarmiento adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Israel Alejandro Damonte played with: Sebastián Meza (8.2), Gonzalo Bettini (6.8), Manuel Garcia (7.3), Franco Sbuttoni (7.6), Jean Rosso (7.1), Sergio Quiroga (7.1), Emiliano Méndez (6.8), Fernando Martinez (7.8), Yair Arismendi (6.5), Javier Toledo (7.1) and Luciano Gondou (7.8).

They had on the bench: Lisandro López (6.8), Lucas Melano (6.4), Santiago Morales, José Devecchi, Gastón Gerzel, David Gallardo (6.4), Gabriel Díaz, Diego Azcurra, Luis Garnier, Harrinson Mancilla (6.4), Manuel Mónaco and Juan Kaprof.

Substitutions

Sarmiento made 4 changes: Yair Arismendi for David Gallardo (42′), Javier Toledo for Lisandro López (71′), Sergio Quiroga for Harrinson Mancilla (77′) and David Gallardo for Lucas Melano (77′).

Best player: Sebastián Meza​

The most impressive player for Sarmiento was the goalkeeper: Sebastián Meza. His rating is 8.15. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Central Cordoba SdE – Belgrano – 0-1
• Platense – Atlético Tucumán – 1-1
• Defensa y Justicia – Newell’s Old Boys – 1-0
• Colón – Sarmiento – 0-2
• San Lorenzo – Godoy Cruz – 1-0