CIUDAD DE SANTA FE. Racing Club beats Unión Santa Fe 3-1. Racing Club was much better in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Estadio 15 de Abril stadium in Ciudad de Santa Fe on Friday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Nicolás Ramírez with the help of Miguel Savorani and Mariano Viale. The 4th official was César Ceballo.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Racing Club was in firm control of the ball 66% while Unión Santa Fe was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Unión Santa Fe was more aggressive with 42 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, Racing Club found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Unión Santa Fe shot 8 times, 5 on target, 1 off target. Regarding the opposition, Racing Club shot 11 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Unión Santa Fe received 5 yellow cards (Gustavo Munúa, Luciano Aued, Martín Cañete , Claudio Corvalán and Federico Vera). Talking about the opposition, Racing Club received 3 yellow cards (Emiliano Insúa, Jonatan Gómez and Óscar Opazo).

(Unión Santa Fe) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (38′).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Unión Santa Fe will stay with 0 points like TBC to climb in the 29th place. On the other side, Racing Club will have 0 points like TBC to move up in the 19th 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 statistic in favor of Defensa y Justicia (2 draws).

Racing Club will host Central Cordoba SdE on the 22nd of July with a 1-1 head to head.

Unión Santa Fe – Formation

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

The manager Gustavo Adolfo Munúa Vera decided to play with the following team: Santiago Andrés Mele Castanero, Gastón Claudio Corvalán, Oscar Piris, Federico Vera, Lucas Ángel Esquivel, Luciano Román Aued, Yeison Stiven Gordillo Vargas, Imanol Machuca, Martín Ezequiel Cañete, Mauro Luna Diale and Daniel Eduardo Juárez.

The home team had on the bench: Kevin Andrés Zenon, Mateo García Franzotti, Franco Calderón, Tomás González, Jerónimo Domina, Thiago Vecino Berriel, Juan Ludueña, Enzo Martín Roldán, Joaquín Mosqueira, Sebastián Emanuel Moyano, Francisco Joel Gerometta and Junior Osvaldo Marabel Jara.

Unión Santa Fe could not rely on the presence of Junior Marabel (injured).

Substitutions

Unión Santa Fe made 5 changes: Daniel Juárez for Junior Marabel Jara (46′), Luciano Aued for Kevin Andrés Zenon (46′), Martín Cañete  for E. Roldán (70′), Yeison Gordillo for Jerónimo Domina (89′) and Federico Vera for Tomás González (89′).

Racing Club – Formation

Racing Club started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Fernando Rubén Gago played with: Gabriel Arias Arroyo, Emiliano Adrián Insúa Zapata, Jonathan Sebastián Galván, Gabriel Hernán Rojas, Facundo Mura, Jonathan David Gómez, Matías Nicolás Rojas Romero, Anibal Ismael Moreno, Juan Ignacio Martín Nardoni, Maximiliano Samuel Romero and Johan Stiven Carbonero Balanta.

These were the players on the bench: Tomás Agustín Avilés, Gastón Nicolás Reniero, Santiago Alexander Quirós, Nicolás Adrián Oroz, Edwin Andrés Cardona Bedoya, Iván Alexis Pillud, Óscar Mauricio Opazo Lara, Matías Nicolás Tagliamonte, José Paolo Guerrero González, Gabriel Agustín Hauche and Héctor Fértoli.

Racing Club could not rely on the presence of Gabriel Hauche (injured) and Óscar Opazo (injured).

Substitutions

Racing Club made 4 changes: J. Carbonero for Gabriel Hauche (17′), Gabriel Rojas for Óscar Opazo (46′), Juan Ignacio Nardoni for José Paolo Guerrero González (67′) and Jonatan Gómez for Nicolas Oroz (67′).

Results of the day

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

• Arsenal de Sarandi – Tigre – 2-0
• Unión Santa Fe – Racing Club – 1-3
• Independiente – Colón – 2-2
• Platense – Defensa y Justicia – 1-0