BUENOS AIRES. Vélez Sarsfield and Independiente didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Vélez Sarsfield was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Estadio José Amalfitani stadium in Buenos Aires on Saturday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Sebastían Zunino who was helped by Hugo Páez and Pablo Acevedo. The 4th official was Mauro Biasutto. The weather was clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 31.2 degrees Celsius or 88.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Vélez Sarsfield was in firm control of the ball 59% while Independiente was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Independiente was more aggressive with 37 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Independiente to win the match​.

Vélez Sarsfield shot 11 times, 2 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Independiente shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Vélez Sarsfield received 2 yellow cards (Lucas Pratto and Valentín Gómez). Talking about the opposition, Independiente received 5 yellow cards (Ayrton Costa , Damián Pérez, Cristian Báez, Joaquín Laso and Nicolás Garayalde).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Vélez Sarsfield has 0 points to occupy the 28th place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Independiente has 0 points (17th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Vélez Sarsfield will host Unión Santa Fe on the 22nd of July with a 5-3 head to head stats in favor of Vélez Sarsfield (0 draws).

Independiente will play away agasint Central Cordoba SdE on the 15th of July with a 2-2 head to head statistic.

Vélez Sarsfield – Formation

The manager Alexander Jesús Medina Reobasco decided to play with the following team: Leonardo Fabián Burián Castro, Tomás Ezequiel Guidara, Francisco Gabriel Ortega, Miguel Marcelo Brizuela, Diego Valentín Gómez, José Ignacio Florentín Bobadilla, Juan Ignacio Méndez, Nicolás Garayalde, Lucas David Pratto, Lucas Ezequiel Janson and Walter Ariel Bou.

The home team had on the bench: Abiel Osorio, Santiago Thomas Castro, Christian Nahuel Ordoñez, Elías Lautaro Cabrera, Patricio Ezequiel Pernicone, Julián Fernández, Leonardo Rafael Jara, Gianluca Prestianni Gross, Gastón Gómez and Mateo Seoane.

Substitutions

Vélez Sarsfield made 5 changes: Walter Bou for Julián Fernández (46′), Lucas Pratto for Santiago Thomas Castro (60′), Juan Ignacio Méndez for Abiel Osorio (60′), Nicolás Garayalde for Leonardo Jara (82′) and Tomás Guidara for Elías Lautaro Cabrera (83′).

Independiente – Formation

Julio César Falcioni played with: Rodrigo Francisco Jesús Rey, Cristhian Javier Báez, Joaquín Laso, Edgar Joel Elizalde Ferreira, Ayrton Enrique Costa, Iván José Marcone, A. Mulet, Kevin López, Rodrigo Márquez, Matías Daniel Giménez Rojas and Javier Nicolás Vallejo.

These were the players on the bench: Santiago Hidalgo Massa, Diego Alexandre Segovia Hernández, Damián Alfredo Pérez, Juan Ramón Cazares Sevillano, Fernando Sebastián Da Rosa, Martín Ezequiel González, Brian Martínez, Sergio Fabián Ortíz, Tomás Agustín Pozzo, Santiago Salle, Mateo Baltasar Barcia Fernández and Martín Cauteruccio Rodríguez.

Substitutions

Independiente made 5 changes: Edgar Elizalde  for Damián Pérez (10′), Rodrigo Márquez for Mateo Baltasar Barcia Fernández (59′), Kevin López for Juan Cazares (59′), Matías Giménez Rojas for Martin Cauteruccio (60′) and Javier Vallejo for Tomás Agustín Pozzo (89′).

Results of the day

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

• Talleres Córdoba – Boca Juniors – 2-1
• Rosario Central – Arsenal de Sarandi – 2-1
• Vélez Sarsfield – Independiente – 0-0
• Banfield – Gimnasia La Plata – 0-0
• River Plate – Argentinos Juniors – 2-1