MONTEVIDEO. Nacional beat Racing to win 2-1. F. Martínez was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Nacional to strike first with a goal of Federico Martínez at the 26′. Then it was a penalty in the 39′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Federico Martínez gave the win to Nacional in the 57′ minute with a goal scoring a double.

The match was played at the Estadio Centenario stadium in Montevideo on Thursday and it started at 8:00 pm local time.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Racing was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Nacional that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Nacional was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 4 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Nacional won the match.​

Racing shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Nacional shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Racing received 3 yellow cards (Jose Varela, Luis Mejía and Leandro Vega). Talking about the opposition, Nacional received 2 yellow cards (Diego Polenta and Francisco Ginella).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Racing will stay with 2 points like Plaza Colonia and Cerro Largo to gain in the 14th place. On the other side, Nacional will have 11 points to drop in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Primera Division, Racing will host La Luz on the 20th of October with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Racing (0 draws).

Nacional will play away agasint River Plate on the 20th of October with a 21-12 head to head statistic in favor of Nacional (10 draws).

Racing – Formation

The manager Eduardo Fabián Espinel Porley decided to play with the following team: Luis Mejía, Agustín Pereira, Hugo Magallanes, Leandro Vega, Diego Sosa, Lucas Lemos, Jose Varela, Tomas Veron Lupi, Jonathan Urretaviscaya, Agustín Nicolás Alaniz Sani and Octavio Rivero.

The home team had on the bench: Nicolás Gentilio Martínez, Agustin Da Rocha, Juan Rivero, Agustín Vuletich, Santiago Otegui Ferreira, Mateo Nicolas Suarez, Matías Velázquez Maldonado, Mateo Emanuel Carrizo González, Alexander Nahuel Hernández Domínguez and Emiliano Méndez.

Substitutions

Racing made 5 changes: Jonathan Urretaviscaya for Matías Velázquez Maldonado (74′), Agustín Nicolás Alaniz Sani for Agustin Da Rocha (78′), Lucas Lemos for Mateo Emanuel Carrizo González (78′), Jose Varela for Juan Rivero (89′) and Tomas Veron Lupi for Agustín Vuletich (78′).

Nacional – Formation

Álvaro Gutiérrez Felscher played with: Salvador Ichazo, Lucas Nahuel Morales Burruzo, Daniel Bocanegra, Diego Polenta, Gabriel Báez, Yonathan Rodríguez, Francisco Ginella, Federico Martínez, Diego Zabala, Gonzalo Castro and Juan Ignacio Ramírez.

These were the players on the bench: Thiago Helguera, Emanuel Gigliotti, Franco Fagúndez, Christian Almeida, Diego Rodríguez, Franco Romero, Ignacio Nahuel Suárez Ferreira, Galeano, Bruno Damiani and Luciano Ezequiel Inverso Esnal.

Substitutions

Nacional made 2 changes: Juan Ignacio Ramírez for Bruno Damiani (67′) and Federico Martínez for Galeano (87′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Primera Division.​

• Racing – Nacional – 1-2