ROSARIO. Rosario Central beats Argentinos Juniors 3-1. Rosario Central got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Juan Komar (14′) and Tobías Cervera (17′). Argentinos Juniors tried to recover with a goal from Gabriel Ávalos (49′). Notwithstanding, the contest was closed by a goal (65′) scored by Ignacio Malcorra for Rosario Central. Argentinos Juniors was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (63%).​

The match was played at the Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre stadium in Rosario on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Fernando Espinoza with the collaboration of Iván Núñez and Mariano Rúas. The 4th official was Carlos Córdoba. The weather was light rain. The temperature was extremely hot at 31.31 degrees Celsius or 88.36 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Argentinos Juniors had a superior ball possession 63% while Rosario Central was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Argentinos Juniors was more pushing with 72 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, Rosario Central was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Rosario Central shot 11 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Argentinos Juniors shot 18 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Rosario Central received 2 yellow cards (Tomás O’Connor and Juan Komar). Regarding the opposition, Argentinos Juniors received 4 yellow cards (Jonathan Galván, Miguel Torrén, Santiago Montiel  and Marco Di Cesare).

Standings

After this match, Rosario Central will have 16 points to gain in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Argentinos Juniors will stay with 12 points to move up in the 23rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Rosario Central will play away with Arsenal de Sarandi on the 18th of November with a 7-1 head to head in favor of Rosario Central (1 draw).

Argentinos Juniors will play away agasint Barracas Central on the 18th of November with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Argentinos Juniors (1 draw).

Rosario Central – Formation

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

The manager Miguel Ángel Russo decided to play with the following team: Jorge Broun (7.1), Damián Martínez (6.7), Juan Komar (7.5), Carlos Quintana (7.3), Alan Rodríguez (7.1), Kevin Ortíz (7.0), Tomás O’Connor (7.7), Maximiliano Lovera (6.7), Ignacio Malcorra (7.5), Jaminton Campaz (7.8) and Tobías Cervera (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Agustín Sández (6.4), Alejo Toledo, Dannovi Quiñonez (6.3), Francesco Lo Celso, Axel Werner, Giovanni Bogado, Octavio Bianchi, Ismael Cortez, Luca Martínez Dupuy (6.8), Facundo Agüero (6.3), Kevin Silva and Fabricio Oviedo (6.6).

Rosario Central could not rely on the presence of Dannovi Quiñonez (injured).

Substitutions

Rosario Central made 5 changes: Carlos Quintana for Facundo Agüero (46′), Maximiliano Lovera for Luca Martínez Dupuy (46′), Tobías Cervera for Fabricio Oviedo (46′), Tomás O’Connor for Dannovi Quiñonez (78′) and Ignacio Malcorra for Agustín Sández (84′).

Best player: Jaminton Campaz​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Rosario Central was Jaminton Campaz even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 18 passes (78% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 25. He performed 3 crosses.

Argentinos Juniors – Formation

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

Pablo Adrián Guede Barriero played with: Alexis Martín Arias (6.6), Marco Di Cesare (6.3), Jonathan Galván (7.1), Lucas Villalba (7.0), Tomas Lecanda, Alan Rodríguez (6.6), Federico Redondo (6.7), Franco Moyano  (6.4), Santiago Montiel  (7.0), Francisco González Metilli (7.5) and Gabriel Ávalos (7.9), Leonardo Heredia (6.4).

They had on the bench: Miguel Torrén (6.6), Román Vega, Javier Cabrera (7.5), Juan Cardozo, Matías Vera (7.0), Federico Lanzillotta, Alan Lescano (7.0), Lucas Ambrogio , Mariano Bíttolo, Luciano Gondou (7.3), Román Riquelme and Kevin Agustín Coronel Alarcón.

Argentinos Juniors could not rely on the presence of Javier Cabrera (injured).

Substitutions

Argentinos Juniors made 5 changes: Franco Moyano  for Javier Cabrera (46′), Leonardo Heredia for Luciano Gondou (46′), Marco Di Cesare for Miguel Torrén (46′), Federico Redondo for Alan Lescano (69′) and Francisco González Metilli for Matías Vera (78′).

Best player: Gabriel Ávalos​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Argentinos Juniors was Gabriel Ávalos.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 20 passes (70% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

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