CAPITAL FEDERAL. Gimnasia La Plata beats Argentinos Juniors 4-2. Argentinos Juniors was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (63%).​

The match was played at the Estadio Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Capital Federal on Monday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Hernán Mastrángelo who was helped by Andrés Barbieri and Juan Vázquez. The 4th official was Jorge Nelson Sosa.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Argentinos Juniors had a superior ball possession 63% while Gimnasia La Plata was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Argentinos Juniors had a more offensive attitude with 79 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 7 were on target. Still, Gimnasia La Plata managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Argentinos Juniors shot 21 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Gimnasia La Plata shot 13 times, 8 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Argentinos Juniors received 2 yellow cards (Facundo Ferreyra and Thiago Nuss). Talking about the opposition, Gimnasia La Plata received 3 yellow cards (Felipe Sánchez, Nicolás Colazo and A. Lescano).

Standings

After playing this match, Argentinos Juniors will stay with 0 points like TBC to move down in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Gimnasia La Plata will have 0 points like TBC to move down in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Argentinos Juniors will play away against Talleres Córdoba on the 27th of May with a 4-2 head to head in favor of Talleres Córdoba (0 draws).

Gimnasia La Plata will play away agasint Talleres Córdoba on the 22nd of July with a 4-4 head to head statistic.

Argentinos Juniors – Formation

Argentinos Juniors started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Gabriel Alejandro Milito decided to play with the following team: Federico Lanzillota (6.1), Luciano Sánchez (5.8), Miguel Torren (7.2), Lucas Villalba (6.2), Santiago Montiel (6.1), Matías Vera (6.1), Javier Cabrera (7.2), Federico Redondo (7.1), Francisco González Metilli (7.0), Leonardo Heredia (6.9) and Gabriel Ávalos (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Pablo Minissale, Franco Moyano, Facundo Ferreyra (6.1), Marco Di Cesare, Leonel González, Fabricio Domínguez (6.9), Juan Cardozo, Rodrigo Cabral (6.8), Mariano Bittolo, Alexis Martín Arias and Thiago Nuss (6.5).

Substitutions

Argentinos Juniors made 4 changes: Matías Vera for Fabricio Domínguez Huertas (64′), Leonardo Heredia for Facundo Ferreyra (64′), Santiago Montiel for Rodrigo Cabral (72′) and Javier Cabrera for Thiago Nuss (72′).

Best player: Miguel Torren​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Argentinos Juniors was Miguel Torren.

His rating is (7.2) with 42 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.

Gimnasia La Plata – Formation

Gimnasia La Plata started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Sebastián Ariel Romero played with: Tomás Durso (7.4), Bautista Barros Schelotto (6.8), Bruno Palazzo (7.0), Felipe Sánchez (7.1), Matías Melluso (8.0), Agustín Sanchez (6.2), Agustín Bolívar (6.2), Franco Soldano (7.4), Alan Lescano (9.1), Nicolás Colazo (6.6) and Ivo Mammini (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Agustín Ramírez (6.4), Rodrigo Castillo, Guillermo Enrique, Nicolás Contín, Diego Mastrangelo, Alexis Steimbach (6.6), Franco Torres (7.6), Tomás Muro, Alan Sosa (6.8), Leandro Mamut, Tomás Fernández and Nelson Insfrán.

Substitutions

Gimnasia La Plata made 4 changes: Nicolás Colazo for Alexis Steimbach (56′), Matías Vera for Alan Sosa (68′), Agustín Bolívar for Franco Ramón Torres (83′) and Ivo Mammini for Agustín Ramírez (83′).

Best player: Alan Lescano​

The player that probably impressed the most for Gimnasia La Plata was Alan Lescano.

His rating is (9.1) with 2 goals, 21 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Argentinos Juniors – Gimnasia La Plata – 2-4
• Tigre – Huracán – 1-0