NIORT. Platense overcomes Unión Santa Fe 1-0 after N. Servetto scored a penalty (63′).

The match was played at the Stade René Gaillard stadium in Niort on Monday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Fernando Espinoza with the support of Maximiliano Del Yesso and Maximiliano Castelli. The 4th official was Jorge Broggi.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

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

Attitude and shots

Platense had a more offensive attitude with 75 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Platense won the match​.

Platense shot 14 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Unión Santa Fe shot 4 times, 0 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Platense received 5 yellow cards (Ramiro Macagno, Nadir Zeineddin, Nicolás Servetto, Leonel Picco and Franco Díaz). On the other side, Unión Santa Fe received 3 yellow cards (Sebastián Moyano, Patricio Tanda and Nicolás Paz).

Standings

After playing this match, Platense will have 7 points to move up in the 22nd place. On the other side, Unión Santa Fe will stay with 7 points to remain in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Platense will host TBC on the 18th of November with a 0-0 head to head.

Unión Santa Fe will host Tigre on the 18th of November with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of Tigre (3 draws).

Platense – Formation

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

The manager Martín Palermo decided to play with the following team: Mateo Pellegrino, Ramiro Macagno (7.0), Raúl Lozano (7.3), Ignacio Vazquez (7.5), Gastón Suso (7.7), Juan Infante (7.3), Leonel Picco (7.8), Franco Díaz (7.7), Nicolás Castro (7.1), Ciro Rius (6.8), Nicolás Servetto (7.3) and Agustín Ocampo (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Sasha Marcich, Facundo Russo, Gonzalo Asis, Joaquín Blázquez, Juan Pablo Pignani, Miguel Jacquet, Nadir Zeineddin (6.3), Luciano Ferreyra (6.8), Jerónimo Cacciabue, Gonzalo Valdivia (6.4) and Ronaldo Martinez.

Substitutions

Platense made 4 changes: Nicolás Servetto for Nadir Zeineddin (66′), Agustín Ocampo for Luciano Ferreyra (65′), Nicolás Castro for Gonzalo Valdivia (77′) and Ciro Rius for Facundo Russo (90′).

Best player: Leonel Picco​

The player that probably impressed the most for Platense was Leonel Picco even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 33 passes (73% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.

Unión Santa Fe – Formation

Unión Santa Fe started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Cristian Alberto González Peret played with: Sebastián Moyano (7.3), Federico Vera (6.3), Nicolás Paz (7.0), Franco Pardo (7.3), Claudio Corvalán (7.3), Kevin Zenón (7.0), Tiago Banega (6.4), Joaquín Mosqueira (7.1), Mateo Del Blanco (7.0), Gonzalo Morales (6.6), Mauro Luna Diale (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Nicolás Campisi, Lisandro Morales, Tomás González, Francisco Gerometta  (6.7), Patricio Tanda (7.0), Rafael Profini, Juan Pablo Ludueña, Daniel Juárez (6.7) and Nicolás Orsini (6.4).

Substitutions

Unión Santa Fe made 4 changes: Mateo Del Blanco for Nicolás Orsini (46′), Tiago Banega for Patricio Tanda (46′), Federico Vera for Francisco Gerometta  (76′) and Nicolás Paz for Daniel Juárez (69′).

Best player: Claudio Corvalán​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Unión Santa Fe was Claudio Corvalán.

His rating is (7.3) with 52 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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

• Platense – Unión Santa Fe – 1-0
• Sarmiento – Belgrano – 0-0
• Godoy Cruz – Racing Club – 1-1
• Banfield – River Plate – 1-1
• Colón – Argentinos Juniors – 3-1