MONTEVIDEO. Peñarol and Racing draw 1-1. M. Arezo scored the first goal (72′) for Peñarol. T. Veron settled the score (75′). Peñarol was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%)
The match was played at the Estadio Campeón del Siglo stadium in Montevideo on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 22.84 degrees Celsius or 73.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Peñarol was in firm control of the ball 60% while Racing was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Peñarol was putting more pressure with 90 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. However, that was not enough Peñarol to win the match.
Peñarol shot 7 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Racing shot 11 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Peñarol received 1 yellow card (Matías Arezo). Regarding the opposition, Racing received 5 yellow cards (Lucas Lemos, Luis Mejía, Jonathan Urretaviscaya, Jonathan Urretaviscaya and Hugo Magallanes).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Peñarol has 10 points to sit in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Racing will has 15 points like Danubio to sit in the 13th place.
Next matches
Peñarol – Formation
Peñarol
82'
53'
72'
Peñarol started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).
The manager Diego Vicente Aguirre Camblor decided to play with the following team: Guillermo De Amores, Pedro Milans, Léo Coelho, Hernán Menosse, Lucas Hernández, Ángel González, Damián García, Sebastián Rodríguez, Ignacio Sosa, Kevin Méndez and Matías Arezo.
The home team had on the bench: Thiago Cardozo, Andrés Ivani Madruga del Puerto, Sebastián Cristóforo, Franco González, José Neris, Matías Aguirregaray, Camilo Mayada, Abel Hernández, Brian Mansilla and Santiago Homenchenko.
Substitutions
Peñarol made 5 changes: Lucas Hernández for Santiago Homenchenko (57′), Ignacio Sosa for Camilo Mayada (68′), Ángel González for Abel Hernández (68′), Kevin Méndez for Brian Mansilla (46′) and Pedro Milans for Matías Aguirregaray (82′).
Racing – Formation
Racing
Racing started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Eduardo Fabián Espinel Porley played with: Luis Mejía, Gonzalo De Los Santos Olivera, Hugo Magallanes, Gastón Matías Bueno Sciutto, Santiago Otegui Ferreira, Lucas Lemos, Jose Varela, Tomas Veron Lupi, Jonathan Urretaviscaya, Agustín Nicolás Alaniz Sani and Octavio Rivero.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Agustin Da Rocha, Juan Rivero, Agustín Vuletich, Carlos Airala, Mateo Nicolas Suarez, Matías Velázquez Maldonado, Alexander Nahuel Hernández Domínguez, Leandro Vega and Agustín Pereira.
Substitutions
Racing made 4 changes: Jonathan Urretaviscaya for Alexander Nahuel Hernández Domínguez (79′), Lucas Lemos for Agustín Pereira (79′), Agustín Nicolás Alaniz Sani for Juan Rivero (79′) and Tomas Veron Lupi for Agustín Vuletich (86′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Primera Division.
