Gimnasia La Plata bested Barracas Central to win 2-1. It was Gimnasia La Plata to strike first with an early goal of Nicolás Colazo at the 4′. Then it was a penalty in the 73′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Yonatan Cabral gave the win to Gimnasia La Plata in the 75′ minute with a goal. Barracas Central was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (65%).​

The referee was Andrés Merlos who had the assistance of Sebastián Rainieri and Juan Del Fueyo. The 4th official was Gastón Iglesias.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Barracas Central had a strong ball possession 65% while Gimnasia La Plata was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Barracas Central was putting more pressure with 49 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. Still, Gimnasia La Plata was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Barracas Central shot 17 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Gimnasia La Plata shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this encounter, Barracas Central will stay with 10 points to climb in the 25th place. On the opposite side, Gimnasia La Plata will have 14 points to go down in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Barracas Central will host Argentinos Juniors on the 18th of November with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Argentinos Juniors (1 draw).

Gimnasia La Plata will play away agasint Arsenal de Sarandi on the 4th of November with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Gimnasia La Plata (2 draws).

Barracas Central – Formation

Barracas Central started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Sergio Gabriel Rondina decided to play with the following team: Andrés Desabato (6.6), Juan Serrizuela (6.4), Francisco Álvarez (6.5), Juan Ignacio Díaz (6.9), Rodrigo Insúa (6.8), Maximiliano Puig (6.5), Carlos Arce (6.7), Iván Tapia (8.4), Brian Calderara (7.9), Alexis Domínguez (6.1) and Bruno Sepúlveda (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Nicolas Capraro, Mauro Peinipil (6.9), Lucas Colitto (6.5), Matías Laba, Franco Frías, Jeremías James, Guido Villar, Joaquin Susvielles (6.7), Siro Rosané, Máximiliano Rodríguez, David Zalazar (7.5) and Facundo Mater.

Substitutions

Barracas Central made 4 changes: Maximiliano Puig for Lucas Colitto (46′), Juan Serrizuela for Mauro Peinipil (46′), Bruno Sepúlveda for Joaquin Susvielles (69′) and Brian Calderara for David Zalazar (69′).

Best player: Iván Tapia​

The most impressive player for Barracas Central was Iván Tapia.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 39 passes (0% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 11 crosses.

Gimnasia La Plata – Formation

Gimnasia La Plata started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Leonardo Carol Madelón played with: Tomás Durso (8.3), Guillermo Enrique (6.6), Leonardo Morales (6.8), Yonatan Cabral (7.3), Germán Guiffrey (6.3), Matias Abaldo (6.6), Rodrigo Saravia (6.8), Pablo De Blasis (7.1), Nicolás Colazo (8.6), Cristian Tarragona (8.0) and Eric Ramírez (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Rodrigo Gallo, Benjamín Domínguez, Agustín Bolívar (6.7), Antonio Napolitano, Nelson Insfrán, Franco Torres, Franco Soldano, Bautista Barros Schelotto, Ivo Mammini, Luciano Gómez (6.4), Felipe Sánchez and Lucas Castro (6.8).

Gimnasia La Plata could not rely on the presence of Lucas Castro (injured).

Substitutions

Gimnasia La Plata made 5 changes: Matias Abaldo for Luciano Gómez (66′), Cristian Tarragona for Franco Soldano (90′), Pablo De Blasis for Agustín Bolívar (79′), Eric Ramírez for Lucas Castro (79′) and Cristian Tarragona for Franco Soldano (90′).

Best player: Nicolás Colazo​

The most impressive player for Gimnasia La Plata was Nicolás Colazo.

His rating is (8.6) with 1 goal, 14 passes (0% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Unión Santa Fe – Defensa y Justicia – 0-0
• Racing Club – Boca Juniors – 2-1
• Barracas Central – Gimnasia La Plata – 1-2
• Vélez Sarsfield – Banfield – 0-1