CIUDAD DE SANTA FE. Unión Santa Fe defeats Colón 1-0 after B. Perlaza scored just 1 goal (53′).

The match was played at the Estadio 15 de Abril stadium in Ciudad de Santa Fe on Sunday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Facundo Tello Figueroa with the help of Ezequiel Brailovsky and Gabriel Chade. The 4th official was Nicolás Ramírez.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Unión Santa Fe was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Colón that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Unión Santa Fe had a more offensive attitude with 38 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 1 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Unión Santa Fe won the match​.

Unión Santa Fe shot 12 times, 1 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Colón shot 10 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Unión Santa Fe received 5 yellow cards (Oscar Piris, Claudio Corvalán, Franco Calderón, Yeison Gordillo and Bryan Castrillón). Regarding the opposition, Colón received 3 yellow cards (Julián Chicco, Ramón Ábila and Santiago Pierotti).

Standings

After this match, Unión Santa Fe will have 0 points like TBC to gain in the 29th place. On the other side, Colón will stay with 0 points like TBC to lose in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Unión Santa Fe will host Defensa y Justicia on the 29th of July with a 5-3 head to head in favor of Defensa y Justicia (2 draws).

Colón will play away agasint Arsenal de Sarandi on the 29th of July with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Colón (2 draws).

Unión Santa Fe – Formation

Unión Santa Fe started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Gustavo Adolfo Munúa Vera decided to play with the following team: Santiago Mele (6.4), Federico Vera (6.5), Franco Calderón (6.7), Oscar Piris (7.3), Claudio Corvalán (6.5), Luciano Aued (7.3), Imanol Machuca (7.5), Yeison Gordillo (6.4), Mauro Luna Diale (6.6), Kevin Zenón (6.6) and Thiago Vecino (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Gastón Comas, Tomás Gonzalez, Enzo Roldán (6.8), Juan Pablo Luduena, Jeronimo Domina (6.2), Lucas Esquivel, Francisco Gerometta, Junior Marabel (6.2), Sebastián Moyano, Bryan Castrillón (6.2), Daniel Juárez and Nicolás Paz.

Substitutions

Unión Santa Fe made 4 changes: Thiago Vecino for Junior Marabel Jara (73′), Kevin Zenón for Bryan Castrillón (73′), Mauro Luna Diale for E. Roldán (73′) and Imanol Machuca for Jerónimo Domina (83′).

Best player: Imanol Machuca​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Unión Santa Fe was Imanol Machuca even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.5) with 13 passes (53% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 4 crosses.

Colón – Formation

Colón started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Marcelo Saralegui Arregín played with: Ignacio Chicco (6.2), Augusto Schott (6.5), Facundo Garcés (7.2), Paolo Goltz (6.4), Rafael Delgado (6.3), Baldomero Perlaza (7.4), Julián Chicco (6.2), Santiago Pierotti (6.2), Carlos Arrua (6.4), Tomás Galván (6.6) and Ramón Ábila (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Joaquín Ibáñez, Natanael Troncoso, Matías Ibáñez, Jorge Benítez, Facundo Taborda, Andrew Teuten, José Neris, Juan Álvarez, Gian Nardelli, Eric Meza (6.5), Lucas Acevedo and Leonel Picco.

Substitutions

Colón made 5 changes: Augusto Schott for Eric Exequiel Meza (46′), Tomás Galván for Natanael Laureano Troncoso (80′), Santiago Pierotti for Juan Álvarez (86′), C. Arrúa for Leonel Picco (90′) and Julián Chicco for Facundo Martín Taborda (90′).

Best player: Baldomero Perlaza​

The player that probably impressed the most for Colón was Baldomero Perlaza.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 21 passes (66% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 14.

Results of the day

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

• Unión Santa Fe – Colón – 1-1
• Newell’s Old Boys – Banfield – 2-0
• Boca Juniors – Platense – 3-1