MONTEVIDEO. Defensor Sporting beats Torque with a 2-0 win with a goal from A. Barco (45′) and a goal from A. Navarro (59′).
The match was played at the Estadio Luis Franzini stadium in Montevideo on Friday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 13.33 degrees Celsius or 55.99 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.
Match Statistics
- 51 Ball Possession 49
Shots
- 15 Total 9
- 6 On Target 2
- 8 Off Target 6
- 1 Shots blocked 1
- 116 Attack 116
- 62 Dangerous attack 43
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 2
Fouls
- 11 Total 14
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Defensor Sporting was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Torque that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Defensor Sporting was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Defensor Sporting won the match.
Defensor Sporting shot 15 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Torque shot 9 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Defensor Sporting received 1 yellow card (Guillermo De Los Santos). Regarding the opposition, Torque received 3 yellow cards (Sebastián Guerrero, Santiago Nicolas Costa and Andrew Teuten).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Defensor Sporting will have 8 points to hold in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Torque will stay with 16 points like Plaza Colonia to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Primera Division, Defensor Sporting will play away against Liverpool on the 18th of October with a 16-12 head to head in favor of Liverpool (7 draws).
Torque will host Peñarol on the 18th of October with a 5-4 head to head stats in favor of Peñarol (3 draws).
Defensor Sporting – Formation
Defensor Sporting started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Marcelo Fabián Méndez Russo decided to play with the following team: Matías Dufour, Juan Pintado, Guillermo De Los Santos, Enzo Martínez, Nicolás Rodríguez, Gonzalo Freitas, Alfonso Barco, Fernando Elizari, Anderson Duarte, Joaquin Valiente and Alvaro Navarro.
The home team had on the bench: Nicolás Rossi, Rodrigo Cabrera, Facundo Bernal, Kevin Ramírez, Augusto Cambon, Yefferson Quintana, Rodrigo Perez, Hernán Figueredo, Leandro Barcia and Lucas Agazzi.
Substitutions
Defensor Sporting made 5 changes: Anderson Duarte for Lucas Agazzi (86′), Alvaro Navarro for Kevin Ramírez (72′), Fernando Elizari for Facundo Bernal (81′), Alfonso Barco for Rodrigo Perez (81′) and Joaquin Valiente for Leandro Barcia (86′).
Torque – Formation
Torque started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Leonardo Alfredo Ramos Giró played with: Gastón Guruceaga, Hernán Petrik, Joaquin Pereyra, Juan Pablo Segovia, Franco Pizzichillo, Franco Catarozzi, Nicolás Previtali, José Álvarez, Tiago Palacios, Nicolás Siri and Franco Nicola.
These were the players on the bench: Maximiliano Villa, Sebastián Guerrero, Santiago Nicolas Costa, Bruno Morales, Lucas Rodríguez, Francisco Tinaglini, Tobias Correa, Andrew Teuten, Oscar Salomón and Julián Pou.
Substitutions
Torque made 5 changes: Franco Pizzichillo for Sebastián Guerrero (68′), Tiago Palacios for Bruno Morales (69′), José Álvarez for Lucas Rodríguez (83′), Franco Nicola for Andrew Teuten (69′) and Nicolás Previtali for Santiago Nicolas Costa (41′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Primera Division.
- Fénix – Plaza Colonia – 1-4
- Defensor Sporting – Torque – 2-0