MONTEVIDEO. Peñarol defeats Fénix 1-0 after M. Arezo scored just 1 goal (52′).

The match was played at the Parque Capurro stadium in Montevideo on Tuesday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The weather was light rain. The temperature was hot at 25.86 degrees Celsius or 78.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Fénix was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Peñarol that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Fénix was more aggressive with 92 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, Peñarol was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Fénix shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Peñarol shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Fénix received 2 yellow cards (Gustavo Alles Vila and Emanuel Carlos). On the opposite side, Peñarol received 3 yellow cards (Bruno Betancor, Léo Coelho and Matías Arezo).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Fénix will stay with 12 points like Boston River to remain in the 15th place. Talking about the opposition, Peñarol will have 10 points like Cerro, Cerro Largo and Wanderers to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Primera Division, Fénix will host Wanderers on the 2nd of December with a 15-6 head to head statistic in favor of Fénix (12 draws).

Peñarol will host Racing on the 2nd of December with a 10-5 head to head in favor of Peñarol (8 draws).

Fénix – Formation

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

The manager Leonel Rocco Herrera decided to play with the following team: Andrés Mehring, Emanuel Carlos, Camilo Núñez, Guillermo Pereira, Diego Arismendi, Juan Álvez, Breno Caetano, Gonzalo Vega, Richard Núñez, Maicol Ferreira and Maximiliano Juambeltz.

The home team had on the bench: Ángelo Gabrielli, Ignacio Nicolás Velázquez Quintana, Gustavo Alles Vila, Fabián Estoyanoff, Santiago Marcel, Nicolas Bertocchi, Emiliano Marquez, Joaquín Ochoa, Santiago França and Sebastián da Silva.

Substitutions

Fénix made 5 changes: Maximiliano Juambeltz for Sebastián da Silva (46′), Juan Álvez for Santiago França (29′), Gonzalo Vega for Santiago Homenchenko (67′), Maicol Ferreira for Fabián Estoyanoff (77′) and Richard Núñez for Santiago Marcel (77′).

Peñarol – Formation

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

Diego Vicente Aguirre Camblor played with: Guillermo De Amores, Matías Aguirregaray, Andrés Ivani Madruga del Puerto, Léo Coelho, Lucas Hernández, Damián García, Sebastián Rodríguez, Pedro Milans, Bruno Betancor, Brian Mansilla and Matías Arezo.

These were the players on the bench: Thiago Cardozo, Sebastián Cristóforo, Kevin Méndez, José Neris, Santiago Diaz, Santiago Homenchenko, Ángel González, Franco González and Ignacio Sosa.

Substitutions

Peñarol made 5 changes: Matías Aguirregaray for José Neris (67′), Matías Aguirregaray for José Neris (67′), Matías Aguirregaray for José Neris (66′), Bruno Betancor for Franco González (36′) and Matías Arezo for Sebastián Cristóforo (78′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Primera Division.​

• Fénix – Peñarol – 0-1
• Plaza Colonia – Racing – 0-1