CIUDAD DE SANTA FE. Defensa y Justicia succeeded in turn the table against Unión Santa Fe.

The match was played at the Estadio 15 de Abril stadium in Ciudad de Santa Fe on Thursday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Silvio Trucco who had the assistance of Diego Martín and Ernesto Callegari. The 4th official was José Sandoval.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Unión Santa Fe was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Defensa y Justicia that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Unión Santa Fe was has a more offensive attitude with 91 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, Defensa y Justicia succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Unión Santa Fe shot 17 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Defensa y Justicia shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Unión Santa Fe received 2 yellow cards (J. Garcia and C. Corvalan). On the opposite side, Defensa y Justicia received 1 yellow card (N. Tripichio).

Standings

After this match, Unión Santa Fe will stay with 25 points like Argentinos Juniors to hold in the 15th place. On the opposite side, Defensa y Justicia will have 37 points to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Unión Santa Fe will play away with Arsenal de Sarandi on the 25th of November with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Arsenal de Sarandi (3 draws).

Defensa y Justicia will play away agasint Atlético Tucumán on the 24th of November with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Defensa y Justicia (2 draws).

Unión Santa Fe – Formation

Unión Santa Fe started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Gustavo Adolfo Munúa Vera decided to play with the following team: Sebastián Moyano (5.7), Federico Vera (6.4), Franco Calderón (6.6), Emanuel Brítez (7.1), Claudio Corvalán (7.5), Imanol Machuca (7.0), Juan Nardoni (5.9), Enzo Roldán (6.8), Gastón González (7.4), Juan Manuel García (7.3) and Mauro Luna Diale (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Juan Portillo, Nicolás Cordero (6.2), Daniel Juárez (6.5), Mauro Pittón, Kevin Zenon, Nicolás Peñailillo (7.0), Brian Blasi, Marco Borgnino, Lucas Esquivel, Máximo Ceratto and Federico Bonansea.

Substitutions

Unión Santa Fe made 3 changes: I. Machuca for N. Cordero (70′), J. Nardoni for N. Penailillo (77′) and F. Vera for D. Juarez (82′).

Best player: Claudio Corvalán​

The most impressive player for Unión Santa Fe was Claudio Corvalán.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 35 passes (68% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.

Defensa y Justicia – Formation

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

Sebastián Beccacece played with: Ezequiel Unsaín (7.0), Nicolás Tripichio (5.8), Adonis Frías (7.4), Nazareno Colombo (6.6), Marcelo Benítez (6.1), Kevin Gutiérrez (7.0), Francisco Pizzini (7.8), Gabriel Hachen (6.2), Walter Bou (8.8), Carlos Rotondi (7.2) and Miguel Merentiel (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Alexis Soto (6.4), Matías Rodríguez, Hugo Fernández, Hugo Silva, Raúl Loaiza (6.8), Tomás Escalante, Rodrigo Contreras, Juan Gabriel Rodríguez (6.6), Braian Rivero and Marcos Ledesma.

Substitutions

Defensa y Justicia made 4 changes: G. Hachen for R. Loaiza (62′), M. Benitez for A. Soto (62′), C. Rotondi for J. Rodriguez (74′) and W. Bou for B. Rivero (90′).

Best player: Walter Bou​

The player that probably impressed the most for Defensa y Justicia was Walter Bou.

His rating is (8.8) with 2 goals, 24 passes (66% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• Unión Santa Fe – Defensa y Justicia – 2-3
• Patronato – Lanús – 3-2