CIUDAD DE SANTA FE. Estudiantes defeats Unión Santa Fe 1-0 after S. Ascacíbar scored just 1 goal (76′). Unión Santa Fe lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Estadio 15 de Abril stadium in Ciudad de Santa Fe on Thursday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Pablo Echavarría who was helped by Iván Núñez and Gonzalo Ferrari. The 4th official was Fabricio Llobet. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was extremely hot at 36.5 degrees Celsius or 97.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Unión Santa Fe had a strong ball possession 58% while Estudiantes was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Unión Santa Fe was putting more pressure with 99 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyway, Estudiantes was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Unión Santa Fe shot 14 times, 1 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Estudiantes shot 7 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Unión Santa Fe received 3 yellow cards (Claudio Corvalán, Lucas Gamba and Federico Vera). On the other side, Estudiantes received 4 yellow cards (Ezequiel Naya, Santiago Ascacíbar, Eric Meza and Gastón Benedetti).

Standings

After this match, Unión Santa Fe stays with 0 points to occupy the 27th place in the standings. On the other side, Estudiantes has 0 points (10th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Unión Santa Fe will host Tigre on the 18th of November with a 3-0 head to head in favor of Tigre (3 draws).

Estudiantes will host Racing Club on the 6th of February with a 4-2 head to head record in favor of Racing Club (5 draws).

Unión Santa Fe – Formation

Unión Santa Fe started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Cristian Alberto González Peret decided to play with the following team: Nicolás Campisi (6.8), Federico Vera (6.7), Nicolás Paz (6.8), Miguel Torrén (7.1), Claudio Corvalán (6.4), B. Pittón (7.3), Mauro Pittón (7.0), Joaquín Mosqueira (7.0), Mauro Luna Diale (7.3), Gonzalo Morales (6.6) and Lucas Gamba (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Enzo Roldán (6.4), Mateo Del Blanco (6.8), Valentín Demian Fascendini, Patricio Tanda, Simón Rivero, Francisco Gerometta , Thiago Cardozo, Juan Pablo Ludueña, Lionel Verde, Nicolás Orsini (6.6), Franco Pardo, Tiago Banega and Adrián Balboa (6.4).

Substitutions

Unión Santa Fe made 4 changes: Gonzalo Morales for Adrián Balboa (68′), B. Pittón for Mateo Del Blanco (68′), Mauro Pittón for Enzo Roldán (74′) and Federico Vera for Nicolás Orsini (88′).

Player of the match: Mauro Luna Diale​

The most impressive player for Unión Santa Fe was Mauro Luna Diale.

His rating is 7.3 with 32 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.

Estudiantes – Formation

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

Eduardo Rodrigo Domínguez played with: Matías Mansilla (7.0), Eros Mancuso (7.5), Santiago Flores (7.9), Zaid Romero (7.1), Gastón Benedetti (7.0), Fernando Zuqui (7.9), Enzo Pérez (6.7), Santiago Ascacíbar (8.1), Javier Altamirano (6.7), Javier Correa (7.5) and Alexis Manyoma (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Nicolas Fernández, José Sosa (6.4), Pablo Piatti , Franco Zapiola (6.4), Mauro Méndez, Eric Meza (7.1), Ezequiel Naya (6.3), Bautista Kociubinski, Juan Zozaya, Luciano Lollo (6.7), Nehuén Benedetti and Axel Atum.

Estudiantes could not rely on the presence of Ezequiel Naya (injured).

Substitutions

Estudiantes made 5 changes: Alexis Manyoma for Franco Zapiola (46′), Javier Altamirano for José Sosa (46′), Gastón Benedetti for Eric Meza (62′), Enzo Pérez for Luciano Lollo (61′) and Javier Correa for Ezequiel Naya (81′).

Player of the match: Santiago Ascacíbar​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Estudiantes was Santiago Ascacíbar.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 32 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Unión Santa Fe – Estudiantes – 0-1
• Central Cordoba SdE – Godoy Cruz – 0-2