MONTEVIDEO. Peñarol was eventually too good for River Plate with the goal of Franco González (30′), Camilo Mayada (35′) and Matías Arezo (59′).
The match was played at the Parque Federico Omar Saroldi stadium in Montevideo on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 20.63 degrees Celsius or 69.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 6 Total 10
- 0 On Target 3
- 6 Off Target 7
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 100 Attack 103
- 48 Dangerous attack 62
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 6
Fouls
- 12 Total 13
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. River Plate was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Peñarol that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Peñarol was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Peñarol won the match.
River Plate shot 6 times, 0 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Peñarol shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
River Plate received 3 yellow cards (Maicol Cabrera, Ricardo Chopitea and Walter Gargano). Talking about the opposition, Peñarol received 1 yellow card (Pedro Milans).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, River Plate will stay with 9 points like Nacional to remain in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Peñarol will have 10 points to drop in the 1st place.
Next matches
River Plate – Formation
River Plate
72'
61'
River Plate started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Ignacio Ithurralde Sáez decided to play with the following team: Rodrigo Formento, Ricardo Chopitea, Gonzalo Viera, Santiago Brunelli, Matias Alfonso, Walter Gargano, Jonathan Barboza, Cristian Barros, Deivis Faustino Barone Mora, Pablo López and Tiziano Correa.
The home team had on the bench: Yonatan Irrazábal, Fabricio Vidal, Horacio Salaberry, Pablo García, Joaquín Trasante, Ezequiel Busquets, Facundo Kidd, Maicol Cabrera, Gervásio Olivera and Rodrigo Pintado.
Substitutions
River Plate made 5 changes: Deivis Faustino Barone Mora for Maicol Cabrera (46′), Jonathan Barboza for Gervásio Olivera (46′), Pablo López for Pablo García (58′), Ricardo Chopitea for Ezequiel Busquets (72′) and Tiziano Correa for Joaquín Trasante (79′).
Peñarol – Formation
Peñarol
35'
Peñarol started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Octavio Darío Rodríguez Peña played with: Guillermo De Amores, Pedro Milans, Hernán Menosse, Léo Coelho, Lucas Hernández, Sebastián Rodríguez, Camilo Mayada, Damián García, Valentín Rodríguez, Franco González and Matías Arezo.
They had on the bench: Thiago Cardozo, Sebastián Cristóforo, Kevin Méndez, José Neris, Matías Aguirregaray, Maximiliano Olivera, Brian Mansilla, Ignacio Sosa, Santiago Homenchenko and Ángel González.
Substitutions
Peñarol made 5 changes: Camilo Mayada for Ángel González (49′), Franco González for Kevin Méndez (72′), Matías Arezo for José Neris (72′), Léo Coelho for Maximiliano Olivera (72′) and Sebastián Cristóforo for Santiago Homenchenko (84′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Primera Division.
- River Plate – Peñarol – 0-3
- Fénix – Cerro – 1-1
- La Luz – Plaza Colonia – 1-1
