AVELLANEDA. Defensa y Justicia conquered Racing Club to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Defensa y Justicia to strike first with a goal of W. Bou at the 47′. Then F. Paredes scored again for Defensa y Justicia in the 51′ minute with a goal. Eventually, E. Copetti reduced the distance for Racing Club with a penalty. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.​ Racing Club lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón stadium in Avellaneda on Friday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Germán Delfino who had the assistance of Gabriel Chade and Norberto Páez. The 4th official was Julio César Barraza. The weather was rainy. The temperature was hot at 27.2 degrees Celsius or 80.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 36%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Racing Club was in firm control of the ball 60% while Defensa y Justicia was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Racing Club was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Defensa y Justicia was capable to find the solution to win this contest.​

Racing Club shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Defensa y Justicia shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Racing Club received 1 yellow card (M. Rojas). Talking about the opposition, Defensa y Justicia received 1 yellow card (N. Colombo).

Standings

After playing this match, Racing Club will stay with 23 points like Sarmiento to stay in the 15th place. Regarding the opposition, Defensa y Justicia will have 31 points like Vélez Sarsfield and Lanús to move down in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Racing Club will play away against Atlético Tucumán on the 6th of November with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Atlético Tucumán (2 draws).

Defensa y Justicia will host Rosario Central on the 5th of November with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Defensa y Justicia (2 draws).

Racing Club – Formation

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

The manager Fernando Rubén Gago decided to play with the following team: Gabriel Arias (6.6), Juan Cáceres (6.4), Leonardo Sigali (6.6), Fernando Prado (6.8), Eugenio Mena (6.4), Aníbal Moreno (7.2), Mauricio Martínez (7.0), Tomás Chancalay (7.0), Matías Rojas (6.1), Lisandro López (7.2) and Enzo Copetti (7.6).

The home team had on the bench: Gastón Gómez, Nery Domínguez (7.2), Ignacio Galván, Joaquín Novillo, Iván Pillud (6.5), Fabricio Domínguez, Benjamín Garré (7.1), Julián López, Leonel Miranda, Javier Correa (6.9), Maximiliano Lovera (7.0) and Imanol Segovia.

Substitutions

Racing Club made 5 changes: T. Chancalay for B. Garre (46′), A. Moreno for N. Dominguez (46′), J. Caceres for J. Correa (53′), M. Martinez for I. .. Pillud (60′) and L. Lopez for M. Lovera (85′).

Best player: Enzo Copetti​

The most impressive player for Racing Club was Enzo Copetti.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 18 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.

Defensa y Justicia – Formation

Defensa y Justicia started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Talking about the opposition, Sebastián Beccacece played with: Ezequiel Unsaín (7.4), Nicolás Tripichio (6.4), Adonis Frías (6.7), Nazareno Colombo (6.4), Marcelo Benítez (6.8), Gabriel Hachen (7.3), Kevin Gutiérrez (6.7), Francisco Pizzini (6.7), Walter Bou (7.2), Carlos Rotondi (6.8) and Miguel Merentiel (7.0).

They had on the bench: Marcos Ledesma, Matías Rodríguez, Hugo Silva, Alexis Soto (6.7), Manuel Duarte, Hugo Fernández, Raúl Loaiza (6.3), Braian Rivero, Rodrigo Contreras, Tomás Escalante and Franco Paredes (7.3).

Substitutions

Defensa y Justicia made 4 changes: F. Pizzini for F. Paredes (46′), M. Benitez for R. Loaiza (79′), M. Merentiel for A. Soto (79′) and K. Gutierrez for B. Rivero (89′).

Best player: Ezequiel Unsaín​

The player that probably impressed the most for Defensa y Justicia was the goalkeeper: Ezequiel Unsaín. His rating is 7.40. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Racing Club – Defensa y Justicia – 1-2