FLORENCIO VARELA. Defensa y Justicia found a way to capture a draw against Colón with a late goal from M. Merentiel scored in the (90′) after Colón got a lead with a goal from A. Castro (71′).

W. Bou missed a decisive penalty (51′). That would have allowed Defensa y Justicia to win the match.​

The match was played at the Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello stadium in Florencio Varela on Sunday and it started at 7:15 pm local time. The referee was Fernando Espinoza with the collaboration of Julio Fernández and Walter Ferreyra. The 4th official was Lucas Comesaña. The weather was rainy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.1 degrees Celsius or 62.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 100%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Defensa y Justicia was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Colón that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Defensa y Justicia was was putting more pressure with 92 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Defensa y Justicia to win the match​.

Defensa y Justicia shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Colón shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Defensa y Justicia received 5 yellow cards (A. Frias, W. Bou, N. Colombo, M. Benitez and ). Regarding the opposition, Colón received 1 yellow card (S. Pierotti).

Standings

After this contest, Defensa y Justicia will have 41 points to hold in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Colón will have 36 points like Boca Juniors and Lanús to remain in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Defensa y Justicia will play away against River Plate on the 6th of December with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Defensa y Justicia (2 draws).

Colón will host Atlético Tucumán on the 3rd of December with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Atlético Tucumán (1 draw).

Defensa y Justicia – Formation

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

The manager Sebastián Beccacece decided to play with the following team: Ezequiel Unsaín (6.5), Nicolás Tripichio (7.0), Adonis Frías (6.5), Nazareno Colombo (6.9), Marcelo Benítez (7.0), Francisco Pizzini (6.3), Gabriel Hachen (7.1), Kevin Gutiérrez (6.7), Carlos Rotondi (6.8), Walter Bou (6.4) and Miguel Merentiel (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Raúl Loaiza (6.4), Matías Rodríguez, Franco Paredes (7.1), Marcos Ledesma, Alexis Soto, Juan Gabriel Rodríguez, Tomás Escalante, Braian Rivero, Hugo Fernández and Hugo Silva.

Substitutions

Defensa y Justicia made 3 changes: F. Pizzini for R. Loaiza (71′), N. Tripichio for F. Paredes (73′) and G. Hachen for L. Escalante (88′).

Best player: Miguel Merentiel​

The most impressive player for Defensa y Justicia was Miguel Merentiel.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 15 passes (66% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Colón – Formation

Colón started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Eduardo Rodrigo Domínguez played with: Leonardo Burián (7.4), Facundo Mura (7.1), Facundo Garcés (6.8), Bruno Bianchi (7.1), Gonzalo Piovi (7.5), Federico Lértora (6.1), Rodrigo Aliendro (7.0), Alexis Castro (7.7), Cristian Ferreira (6.1), Cristian Bernardi (6.6) and Lucas Beltrán (7.3).

They had on the bench: Elías Fugas, Santiago Pierotti (6.6), Ignacio Chicco, Leandro Quiroz, Tomas Moschion, Nicolás Leguizamón (6.4), Nahuel Gallardo, Yeiler Góez and Wilson Morelo.

Substitutions

Colón made 2 changes: C. Ferreira for S. Pierotti (73′) and L. Beltran for N. Leguizamon (83′).

Best player: Alexis Castro​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Colón was Alexis Castro.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 25 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Defensa y Justicia – Colón – 1-1
• Rosario Central – River Plate – 2-2
• Estudiantes – Vélez Sarsfield – 1-0
• Argentinos Juniors – Gimnasia La Plata – 3-0