AVELLANEDA. Gimnasia La Plata defeats Independiente 1-0 after R. Saravia scored just 1 goal (27′). Independiente was much superior in terms of ball possession (68%).​

Javier Ruiz received a red card (71′)​. This red card was one of the reason why Independiente lost the match.

The match was played at the Estadio Libertadores de América stadium in Avellaneda on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Sebastían Zunino assisted by Ezequiel Brailovsky and Lucio Méndez. The 4th official was Gastón Iglesias. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 31.34 degrees Celsius or 88.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 40%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Independiente had a strong ball possession 68% while Gimnasia La Plata was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Independiente was more aggressive with 72 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Gimnasia La Plata was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Independiente shot 17 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Gimnasia La Plata shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Independiente received 5 yellow cards (Joaquín Laso, Felipe Aguilar, Ayrton Costa, Lucas González and Matías Giménez). On the opposite side, Gimnasia La Plata received 5 yellow cards (Franco Troyansky, Pablo De Blasis, Juan Pintado, Lucas Castro and Federico Milo).

(Independiente) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (71′).

Standings

After playing this match, Independiente stays with 0 points to occupy the 14th place in the table. On the opposite side, Gimnasia La Plata has 0 points (11th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Independiente will play away against Talleres Córdoba on the 18th of November with a 6-1 head to head stats in favor of Independiente (1 draw).

Gimnasia La Plata will play away against Banfield on the 18th of November with a 7-1 head to head stats in favor of Banfield (2 draws).

Independiente – Formation

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

The manager Carlos Alberto Tevez decided to play with the following team: Rodrigo Rey (6.7), Mauricio Isla (7.3), Felipe Aguilar (6.3), Joaquín Laso (6.7), Ayrton Costa (6.8), Gabriel Neves (7.5), Iván Marcone (7.3), Lucas González (7.5), Santiago Toloza (7.0), Gabriel Ávalos (7.7) and Matías Giménez (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Adrián Spörle, Damián Pérez, Ignacio Maestro Puch (6.4), Alex Nahuel Luna (6.7), Ruben Martinez, Javier Ruiz (5.3), Diego Segovia, Diego Tarzia, Jhonny Quinonez (6.6), Tomás Parmo, Fernando Da Rosa and Alexis Canelo (6.3).

Substitutions

Independiente made 4 changes: Matías Giménez for Alexis Canelo (46′), Lucas González for Javier Ruiz (63′), Gabriel Neves for Jhonny Quinonez (63′) and Ayrton Costa for Ignacio Maestro Puch (85′).

Player of the match: Gabriel Ávalos​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Independiente was Gabriel Ávalos.

His rating is 7.7 with 14 passes (64% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 13. He hit the woodwork once times.

Gimnasia La Plata – Formation

Gimnasia La Plata started with a 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).

Leonardo Carol Madelón played with: Nelson Insfrán (7.9), Juan Pintado (7.3), Leonardo Morales (7.1), Yonatan Cabral (7.7), Federico Milo (6.6), Rodrigo Saravia (7.5), Pablo De Blasis (6.7), Eric Ramírez (7.0), Benjamín Domínguez (7.1), Cristian Colmán (6.8) and Lucas Castro (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Rodrigo Gallo (7.3), Yonathan Rodríguez (6.4), Marcos Ledesma, Matías Ramírez, Lautaro Chávez , Matías Miranda , Bautista Barros Schelotto, Ivo Mammini (7.0), Rodrigo Castillo, Franco Troyansky (7.0), Juan Cruz Cortazzo and Felipe Sánchez.

Gimnasia La Plata could not rely on the presence of Yonathan Rodríguez (injured).

Substitutions

Gimnasia La Plata made 4 changes: Federico Milo for Rodrigo Gallo (64′), Eric Ramírez for Ivo Mammini (72′), Pablo De Blasis for Yonathan Rodríguez (72′) and Cristian Colmán for Franco Troyansky (78′).

Player of the match: Nelson Insfrán​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Gimnasia La Plata was the goalkeeper: Nelson Insfrán. His rating is 7.85. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Independiente – Gimnasia La Plata – 0-1