AVELLANEDA. Platense defeated Racing Club to win 2-1. A goal from B. Rodríguez was decisive in the 85min. It was Platense to strike first with a penalty of Nicolás Castro at the 19′. Then Ronaldo Martinez scored again for Platense in the 55′ minute. Eventually, Baltasar Rodríguez reduced the distance for Racing Club (85′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Racing Club was much better in terms of ball possession (75%).
The match was played at the Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón stadium in Avellaneda on Sunday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Darío Herrera assisted by Ezequiel Brailovsky and Ernesto Callegari. The 4th official was José Carreras. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21.92 degrees Celsius or 71.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 39%.
Match Statistics
- ! 75 Ball Possession 25
Shots
- 17 Total 9
- 5 On Target 2
- 9 Off Target 3
- 3 Shots blocked 4
- 0 Attack 0
- 0 Dangerous attack 0
- 40 Ball safe 38
- 0 Penalties 1
- 8 Corners 2
- 6 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 5 Total 6
- 1 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 6 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Racing Club was in firm control of the ball 75% while Platense was struggling with a 25% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Racing Club was more aggressive with 0 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, Platense managed to find the solution to win this match.
Racing Club shot 17 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Platense shot 9 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Racing Club received 1 yellow card (Jonatan Gómez). On the opposite side, Platense received 4 yellow cards (Nicolás Castro, Mateo Pellegrino, Iván Rossi and Gastón Suso).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Racing Club will stay with 12 points to drop in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Platense will have 11 points to drop in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Superliga, Racing Club will host Central Cordoba SdE on the 4th of November with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Racing Club (3 draws).
Platense will host TBC on the 18th of November with a 0-0 head to head record.
Racing Club – Formation
Racing Club adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Fernando Rubén Gago decided to play with the following team: Gabriel Arias , Gastón Martirena , Leonardo Sigali , Gonzalo Piovi , Gabriel Rojas , Juan Ignacio Nardoni , Aníbal Moreno , Jonatan Gómez , Juan Fernando Quintero , Roger Martínez and Agustin Ojeda .
The home team had on the bench: Nicolás Kozlovsky, Iván Pillud, Nazareno Colombo , Gabriel Hauche , Matías Tagliamonte, Maximiliano Romero, Nicolás Oroz, Facundo Mura, Baltasar Rodríguez , Tobías Rubio , Ignacio Galván and Santino Vera.
Substitutions
Racing Club made 4 changes: Gastón Martirena for Tobías Rubio (46′), Agustin Ojeda for Gabriel Hauche (46′), Juan Ignacio Nardoni for Baltasar Rodríguez (65′) and Gabriel Rojas for Ignacio Galván (72′).
Best player: Gonzalo Piovi
The most impressive player for Racing Club was Gonzalo Piovi.
His rating is with 107 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 17. He performed 1 cross.
Platense – Formation
Also Platense adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Martín Palermo played with: Ramiro Macagno , Raúl Lozano , Ignacio Vazquez , Gastón Suso , Juan Infante , Franco Díaz , Leonel Picco , Nicolás Castro , Ciro Rius , Ronaldo Martinez and Sasha Marcich .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Nicolás Morgantini, Iván Rossi , Mateo Pellegrino , Agustín Ocampo , Joaquín Blázquez, Juan Pablo Pignani, Miguel Jacquet, Nadir Zeineddin, Luciano Ferreyra , Jerónimo Cacciabue, Gonzalo Valdivia and Maximiliano Zalazar.
Substitutions
Platense made 5 changes: Ronaldo Martinez for Mateo Pellegrino (60′), Leonel Picco for Iván Rossi (60′), Sasha Marcich for Gonzalo Valdivia (78′), Ciro Rius for Agustín Ocampo (78′) and Nicolás Castro for Luciano Ferreyra (87′).
Best player: Juan Infante
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Platense was Juan Infante even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 11 passes (55% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Superliga.
- Unión Santa Fe – Sarmiento – 1-0
- Central Cordoba SdE – Tigre – 1-0
- River Plate – Talleres Córdoba – 1-0
- Racing Club – Platense – 1-2
- Instituto – Gimnasia La Plata – 1-1
- Argentinos Juniors – Independiente – 0-0