MENDOZA. Godoy Cruz defeats Defensa y Justicia with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by T. Conechny (79′) and a goal from H. López (80′).

The match was played at the Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie stadium in Mendoza on Sunday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Sebastían Zunino with the help of Pablo Acevedo and Mariana De Almeida. The 4th official was Mario Ejarque. The weather was light rain. The temperature was extremely hot at 32.72 degrees Celsius or 90.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 26%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Godoy Cruz was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Defensa y Justicia that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Godoy Cruz had a more offensive attitude with 63 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Godoy Cruz won the match​.

Godoy Cruz shot 20 times, 4 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Defensa y Justicia shot 4 times, 0 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Godoy Cruz received 1 yellow card (Nahuel Ulariaga ). Talking about the opposition, Defensa y Justicia received 3 yellow cards (Franco Romero, Santiago Ramos Mingo and Julián López).

Standings

After playing this match, Godoy Cruz has 0 points to occupy the 12th place in the standings. Regarding the opposition, Defensa y Justicia stays with 0 points (8th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Defensa y Justicia will host Platense on the 31st of January with a 1-1 head to head record.

Godoy Cruz – Formation

Godoy Cruz started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

The manager Daniel Oldrá decided to play with the following team: Petroli (6.7), Lucas Arce (7.1), Pier Barrios (7.1), Federico Rasmussen (7.0), Thomas Galdames (7.3), Juan Andrada (7.3), Nicolás Fernández (7.8), Juan Bautista Cejas (7.5), Hernán López (8.5), Tomás Conechny (8.1) and Salomón Rodríguez (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Tomás Pozzo  (7.5), Nahuel Ulariaga  (6.8), Roberto Ramírez, Braian Salvareschi, Luciano Cingolani, Mateo Mendoza, Marcos Montiel, Manuel Agustín Guillén, Tomás Badaloni (6.8), Martín Luciano, Valentín Burgoa and Facundo Altamira.

Substitutions

Godoy Cruz made 5 changes: Salomón Rodríguez for Tomás Badaloni (61′), Tomás Conechny for Marcos Montiel (87′), Juan Andrada for Tomás Pozzo  (61′), Juan Bautista Cejas for Nahuel Ulariaga  (72′) and Hernán López for Valentín Burgoa (87′).

Player of the match: Hernán López​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Godoy Cruz was Hernán López.

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 27 passes (59% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 13 duels out of 17. He performed 4 crosses.

Defensa y Justicia – Formation

Defensa y Justicia started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Julio César Vaccari played with: Enrique Bologna (6.8), Nicolás Tripichio (6.4), Emanuel Aguilera (6.8), Santiago Ramos Mingo (7.0), Alexis Soto (6.3), Franco Romero (6.7), Julián López (7.0), Lautaro Fedele (6.3), Rodrigo Bogarin (7.1), Gastón Togni (6.3) and Nicolás Fernández (6.3).

They had on the bench: Samuel Lucero, Ezequiel Cannavo, Gabriel Alanís (6.1), Elías Calderón, Cristopher Fiermarín, Darío Cáceres (6.7), Luciano Herrera (6.8), Kevin López (6.3), Agustín Sant’Anna, Benjamín Schamine, Facundo Echevarría (7.0) and Fabio Elián Sosa Vivaldi.

Substitutions

Defensa y Justicia made 4 changes: Lautaro Fedele for Gabriel Alanís (58′), Franco Romero for Kevin López (58′), Julián López for Darío Cáceres (84′) and Alexis Soto for F. Echevarría (84′).

Player of the match: Rodrigo Bogarin​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Defensa y Justicia was Rodrigo Bogarin.

His rating is 7.1 with 25 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Racing Club – Unión Santa Fe – 0-1
• Godoy Cruz – Defensa y Justicia – 2-0