MONTEVIDEO. River Plate overcomes Villa Española 4-2.
The match was played at the Parque Federico Omar Saroldi stadium in Montevideo on Tuesday and it started at 9:45 am local time. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20 degrees Celsius or 68.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.
Match Statistics
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 14 Total 14
- 7 On Target 5
- 7 Off Target 9
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 96 Attack 91
- 79 Dangerous attack 72
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 1
- 6 Corners 7
Fouls
- 4 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. River Plate was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Villa Española that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
River Plate was was more pushing with 79 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why River Plate won the match.
River Plate shot 14 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Villa Española shot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
River Plate received 4 yellow cards (P. Garcia, T. N. Borbas Silva, L. Boggio and J. Plada). On the other side, Villa Española received 5 yellow cards (C. Tizon, C. Santucho, F. Puente, D. Olivera and E. Albin).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, River Plate will have 16 points to remain in the 12th place. On the other side, Villa Española will stay with 5 points to hold in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Primera Division, River Plate will play away against Nacional on the 17th of December with a 18-12 head to head record in favor of Nacional (8 draws).
Villa Española will host Cerro Largo on the 17th of December with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Cerro Largo (0 draws).
River Plate – Formation
River Plate
90'
89'
32'
The manager Gustavo Díaz Domínguez decided to play with the following team: .
Substitutions
River Plate made 4 changes: T. Galletto for J. Plada (71′), T. N. Borbas Silva for L. Boggio (71′), A. Leites for (71′) and P. Garcia for J. Lavega (89′).
Villa Española – Formation
Villa Española
Julio Fabián Mozzo Valdéz played with: .
Substitutions
Villa Española made 4 changes: J. D. Rio N. for M. Riquero (64′), F. Godoy for S. Ramirez (64′), M. Amuz for F. Puente (78′) and G. Albin for S. Merlo (78′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Primera Division.
- Fénix – Boston River – 0-0
- River Plate – Villa Española – 4-2
