FLORENCIO VARELA. Defensa y Justicia was ultimately too strong for Rosario Central with the goal of F. Pizzini (4′), M. Merentiel (12′) and W. Bou (60′).

The match was played at the Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello stadium in Florencio Varela on Friday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Fernando Andrés Rapallini with the help of Cristian Navarro and Maximiliano Castelli. The 4th official was Cristian Cernadas. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.9 degrees Celsius or 60.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Defensa y Justicia was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Rosario Central that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Rosario Central was putting more pressure with 65 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Defensa y Justicia found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Defensa y Justicia shot 11 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Rosario Central shot 16 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Defensa y Justicia didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Rosario Central received 4 yellow cards (L. Ferreyra, M. Ruben, N. Ferreyra and U. Ciccioli).

Standings

After this encounter, Defensa y Justicia will have 34 points like Lanús to lose in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Rosario Central will stay with 24 points like Argentinos Juniors to climb in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Defensa y Justicia will play away against Unión Santa Fe on the 20th of November with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Unión Santa Fe (2 draws).

Rosario Central will host Atlético Tucumán on the 20th of November with a 2-2 head to head record.

Defensa y Justicia – Formation

Defensa y Justicia started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Sebastián Beccacece decided to play with the following team: Ezequiel Unsaín (7.2), Nicolás Tripichio (6.2), Adonis Frías (7.3), Nazareno Colombo (7.4), Marcelo Benítez (8.0), Kevin Gutiérrez (6.7), Francisco Pizzini (7.4), Gabriel Hachen (7.4), Walter Bou (7.9), Carlos Rotondi (7.3) and Miguel Merentiel (8.4).

The home team had on the bench: Raúl Loaiza, Franco Paredes, Alexis Soto, Hugo Fernández, Marcos Ledesma, Matías Rodríguez, Hugo Silva, Tomás Escalante, Rodrigo Contreras and Braian Rivero.

Substitutions

Defensa y Justicia made only 1 change substituting C. Rotondi for A. Soto (85′)​.

Best player: Miguel Merentiel​

The most impressive player for Defensa y Justicia was Miguel Merentiel.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 27 passes (70% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6.

Rosario Central – Formation

Rosario Central started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

On the opposite side, Cristian Alberto González Peret played with: Jorge Broun (6.2), Facundo Almada (6.2), Nicolás Ferreyra (7.0), Gastón Ávila (6.7), Rafael Sangiovani (7.1), Diego Zabala (6.1), Pedro Emanuel Ojeda (6.4), Francesco Lo Celso (7.0), Lautaro Blanco (7.3), Lucas Gamba (7.6) and Marco Rubén (5.8).

These were the players on the bench: Ulises Ciccioli (6.3), Lautaro Giaccone, Luca Martínez, Michael Covea (6.5), Mateo Tanlongo, Luciano Ferreyra (6.7), Juan Pablo Romero and Ricardo Garay.

Substitutions

Rosario Central made 4 changes: N. Ferreyra for U. Ciccioli (46′), D. Zabala for L. Ferreyra (46′), R. Sangiovani for M. Covea (64′) and E. Ojeda for M. Tanlongo (85′).

Best player: Lucas Gamba​

The most impressive player for Rosario Central was Lucas Gamba.

His rating is (7.6) with 16 passes (81% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Defensa y Justicia – Rosario Central – 3-0