LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES. Estudiantes and Racing Club didn’t manage to score any goal on Monday. Racing Club was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi (La Plata, Provincia de Buenos Aires) stadium in La Plata, Provincia de Buenos Aires on Monday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Nicolás Ramírez with the support of Sebastián Rainieri and Gerardo Lencina. The 4th official was Ignacio Lupani. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was hot at 28.76 degrees Celsius or 83.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Racing Club had a strong ball possession 56% while Estudiantes was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Racing Club was putting more pressure with 72 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 1 were on target. However, that was not enough Racing Club to win the contest​.

Estudiantes shot 14 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Racing Club shot 9 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Estudiantes received 5 yellow cards (Javier Correa, Santiago Flores, Eros Mancuso, Federico Fernández and Enzo Pérez). On the opposite side, Racing Club received 4 yellow cards (Santiago Solari, Bruno Zuculini, Tobías Rubio and Gastón Martirena).

(Estudiantes) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (90′).

Standings

After this match, Estudiantes has 0 points to occupy the 10th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Racing Club has 0 points (20th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Estudiantes will host Tigre on the 9th of February with a 5-2 head to head statistic in favor of Tigre (0 draws).

Racing Club will host San Lorenzo on the 10th of February with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Racing Club (4 draws).

Estudiantes – Formation

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

The manager Eduardo Rodrigo Domínguez decided to play with the following team: Matías Mansilla (7.0), Eros Mancuso (7.7), Federico Fernández (7.0), Zaid Romero (7.7), Gastón Benedetti (7.0), Enzo Pérez (7.0), Santiago Ascacíbar (7.7), Axel Atum (6.8), José Sosa (7.5), Franco Zapiola (7.3) and Javier Correa (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Nicolas Fernández, Santiago Flores (6.7), Fernando Zuqui, Pablo Piatti  (6.4), Mauro Méndez (6.4), Javier Altamirano (7.0), Alexis Manyoma, Eric Meza, Ezequiel Naya, Bautista Kociubinski, Juan Zozaya and Luciano Lollo.

Substitutions

Estudiantes made 4 changes: José Sosa for Mauro Méndez (85′), Franco Zapiola for Pablo Piatti  (59′), Gastón Benedetti for Santiago Flores (73′) and Axel Atum for Javier Altamirano (59′).

Player of the match: Zaid Romero​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Estudiantes was Zaid Romero.

His rating is 7.7 with 31 passes (74% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 9.

Racing Club – Formation

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

Gustavo Adolfo Costas Makeira played with: Adrian Martinez, Gabriel Arias (7.3), Tobías Rubio (6.7), Santiago Sosa (7.0), Agustín García Basso (7.5), Gastón Martirena (6.8), Agustín Almendra (7.0), Bruno Zuculini (6.4), Gabriel Rojas (7.0), Juan Fernando Quintero (7.3) and Adrian Martinez (7.1), Santiago Solari (7.0).

They had on the bench: Iván Pillud, Maximiliano Salas (6.7), Agustín Urzi, Leonel Miranda  (7.1), Germán Conti (6.7), Facundo Cambeses, Santino Vera, Facundo Mura (6.7), Santiago Quirós, Ramiro Degregorio, Ignacio Galván (6.8) and David González.

Racing Club could not rely on the presence of Facundo Mura (injured).

Substitutions

Racing Club made 5 changes: Agustín Almendra for Facundo Mura (74′), Bruno Zuculini for Leonel Miranda  (69′), Santiago Solari for Maximiliano Salas (62′), Gastón Martirena for Germán Conti (62′) and Gabriel Rojas for Ignacio Galván (62′).

Player of the match: Agustín García Basso​

The player that probably impressed the most for Racing Club was Agustín García Basso.

His rating is 7.5 with 73 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Banfield – Instituto – 0-2
• Estudiantes – Racing Club – 0-0
• Sarmiento – Defensa y Justicia – 2-3