CIUDAD DE CóRDOBA. Vélez Sarsfield beats Instituto 1-0 after C. Aquino scored just 1 goal (29′).

The match was played at the Estadio Juan Domingo Perón stadium in Ciudad de Córdoba on Saturday and it started at 10:30 pm local time. The referee was Andrés Merlos with the collaboration of Eduardo Lucero and Federico Cano. The 4th official was Adrián Franklin. The weather was light rain. The temperature was extremely hot at 35.79 degrees Celsius or 96.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 14%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Instituto was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Vélez Sarsfield that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Instituto had a more offensive attitude with 39 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 0 were on target. Anyway, Vélez Sarsfield found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Instituto shot 5 times, 0 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Vélez Sarsfield shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Instituto didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Vélez Sarsfield received 1 yellow card (Lautaro Giannetti).

Standings

After this match, Instituto will stay with 15 points to go down in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Vélez Sarsfield will have 17 points to go down in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Vélez Sarsfield will host Talleres Córdoba on the 4th of November with a 5-3 head to head stats in favor of Vélez Sarsfield (3 draws).

Instituto – Formation

Instituto started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Diego Omar Dabove decided to play with the following team: Manuel Roffo (6.7), Juan Franco (6.7), Ezequiel Parnisiari (6.4), Fernando Alarcón (7.0), Jonathan Bay (6.7), Gabriel Graciani (7.0), Nicolás Linares (6.4), Gastón Lódico (6.8), Jonás Acevedo (6.4), Santiago Rodríguez (6.7) and Gregorio Rodriguez (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Jorge Carranza, Giuliano Cerato, Roberto Bochi, Lucas Rodríguez, Luciano Aued, Braian Cuello, Oscar Garrido, Leonel Mosevich, Nicolas Barrientos, Gonzalo Requena, Matías Romero and Luca Klimowicz.

Substitutions

Instituto made 4 changes: Gabriel Graciani for Nicolas Barrientos (60′), Santiago Rodríguez for Braian Cuello (60′), Jonás Acevedo for Luciano Aued (60′) and Nicolás Linares for Matías Romero (46′).

Best player: Fernando Alarcón​

The most impressive player for Instituto was Fernando Alarcón.

His rating is (7.0) with 2 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 1.

Vélez Sarsfield – Formation

Vélez Sarsfield started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Marcelo René Bravo played with: Lautaro Miguel Ángel Garzón (6.4), Leonardo Jara (7.0), Lautaro Giannetti (6.7), Valentín Gómez (6.4), Elías Gómez (6.8), Joaquín García (6.8), Claudio Aquino (6.8), Santiago Cáseres  (6.4), José Florentín (6.6), Santiago Castro (7.0) and Braian Romero (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Yeison Gordillo, Nicolás Garayalde, Walter Bou, Lenny Lobato, Abiel Osorio, Francisco Pizzini, Juan Ignacio Méndez, Tomás Guidara, Emmanuel Gómez Riga, Thiago Fernández, Elías Cabrera and Damián Fernández.

Substitutions

Vélez Sarsfield made 3 changes: Santiago Cáseres  for Juan Ignacio Méndez (67′), Claudio Aquino for Francisco Pizzini (79′) and Braian Romero for Abiel Osorio (87′).

Best player: Santiago Castro​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Vélez Sarsfield was Santiago Castro even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.0) with 3 passes (67% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 3.

Results of the day

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

• Colón – Atlético Tucumán – 1-0
• Gimnasia La Plata – River Plate – 1-2
• Rosario Central – Argentinos Juniors – 3-1
• Instituto – Vélez Sarsfield – 0-1