CIUDAD DE SANTA FE. Unión Santa Fe defeats Rosario Central 3-1. Unión Santa Fe got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from M. Luna Diale (1′) and I. Machuca (25′). Rosario Central tried to recover with a goal from M. Ruben (31′). However, the match was closed by a goal (90′) scored by J. Garcia for Unión Santa Fe.

The match was played at the Estadio 15 de Abril stadium in Ciudad de Santa Fe on Sunday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Hernán Mastrángelo with the assistance of Diego Verlotta and Iván Aliende. The 4th official was Fabricio Llobet.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had an upper hand in terms of ball possession. Unión Santa Fe was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Rosario Central that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Unión Santa Fe was more aggressive with 76 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Unión Santa Fe won the match​.

Unión Santa Fe shot 25 times, 10 on target, 15 off target. Regarding the opposition, Rosario Central shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Unión Santa Fe received 3 yellow cards (F. Vera, E. Roldan and E. Britez). On the opposite side, Rosario Central received 7 yellow cards (D. Martinez, J. Luques, R. Garay, G. Infantino, M. Covea, N. Ferreyra and N. Ferreyra).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Unión Santa Fe will have 25 points to stay in the 13th place. Talking about the opposition, Rosario Central will stay with 24 points like Argentinos Juniors to stay in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Unión Santa Fe will play away against Newell’s Old Boys on the 8th of November with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Newell’s Old Boys (3 draws).

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

Unión Santa Fe – Formation

Unión Santa Fe adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Gustavo Adolfo Munúa Vera decided to play with the following team: Sebastián Moyano (6.8), Federico Vera (6.4), Franco Calderón (7.4), Juan Portillo (7.1), Claudio Corvalán (6.7), Imanol Machuca (7.9), Juan Nardoni (6.5), Enzo Roldán (6.5), Gastón González (6.7), Fernando Márquez (7.0) and Mauro Luna Diale (8.8).

The home team had on the bench: Juan Manuel García (7.5), Federico Bonansea, Kevin Zenon (6.8), Nicolás Peñailillo (7.0), Brian Blasi (7.1), Nicolás Blandi, Marco Borgnino, Daniel Juárez, Emanuel Brítez (6.7), Nicolás Cordero, Máximo Ceratto and Lucas Esquivel.

Substitutions

Unión Santa Fe made 7 changes: F. Vera for B. Blasi (58′), F. Vera for B. Blasi (58′), J. Nardoni for E. Britez (67′), J. Nardoni for E. Britez (68′), I. Machuca for N. Penailillo (77′), G. Gonzalez for K. Zenon (77′) and I. Machuca for N. Penailillo (78′).

Best player: Mauro Luna Diale​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Unión Santa Fe was Mauro Luna Diale.

His rating is (8.8) with 1 goal, 30 passes (76% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 4 crosses.

Rosario Central – Formation

Also Rosario Central adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

On the opposite side, Cristian Alberto González Peret played with: Jorge Broun (7.1), Damián Martínez (6.4), Facundo Almada (7.1), Ricardo Garay (6.4), Lautaro Blanco (7.1), Gino Infantino (6.8), Leandro Desábato (6.3), Michael Covea (6.5), Francesco Lo Celso (7.1), Lucas Gamba (6.7) and Marco Rubén (7.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Ignacio Russo, Luca Martínez, Nicolás Ferreyra (6.9), Diego Zabala (6.6), Fernando Rodríguez, Luciano Ferreyra (6.8), Julio Luques (6.6), Rafael Sangiovani (6.8) and Juan Pablo Romero.

Rosario Central could not rely on the presence of J. Luques (injured).

Substitutions

Rosario Central made 3 changes: L. Desabato for J. Luques (29′), R. Garay for N. Ferreyra (46′) and M. Covea for L. Ferreyra (56′).

Best player: Marco Rubén​

The most impressive player for Rosario Central was Marco Rubén.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 8 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 4. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Unión Santa Fe – Rosario Central – 3-1
• Estudiantes – River Plate – 1-1
• San Lorenzo – Godoy Cruz – 1-0
• Newell’s Old Boys – Independiente – 1-0