SAN NICOLáS DE LOS ARROYOS. Defensa y Justicia had a spectacular comeback against Sarmiento. Defensa y Justicia capitalized on its superior ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Estadio Regatas San Nicolás stadium in San Nicolás de Los Arroyos on Tuesday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Fernando Espinoza with the help of Marcelo Bistocco and Juan Mamani. The 4th official was Rodrigo Héctor Rivero. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 40.53 degrees Celsius or 104.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 23%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Defensa y Justicia had a strong ball possession 57% while Sarmiento was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Defensa y Justicia had a more offensive attitude with 68 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Defensa y Justicia won the match.​

Sarmiento shot 12 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Defensa y Justicia shot 15 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Sarmiento received 2 yellow cards (Yamil Garnier and Diego Calcaterra). On the other side, Defensa y Justicia received 2 yellow cards (Nicolás Tripichio and Cristopher Fiermarín).

Standings

After playing this match, Sarmiento stays with 0 points to occupy the 24th place in the standings. Regarding the opposition, Defensa y Justicia has 0 points (8th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Sarmiento will play away against Central Cordoba SdE on the 11th of February with a 1-1 head to head.

Defensa y Justicia will play away against Boca Juniors on the 10th of February with a 7-1 head to head in favor of Boca Juniors (2 draws).

Sarmiento – Formation

Sarmiento started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Facundo Sava decided to play with the following team: Fernando Monetti (6.6), Elías López (7.0), Diego Calcaterra (7.1), Juan Manuel Insaurralde (7.5), Gabriel Díaz (8.2), Joaquín Gho (6.8), Fernando Godoy (6.0), José Mauri  (7.3), Sergio Quiroga (6.8), Lisandro López (7.0) and Iván Morales (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Juan Cruz Esquivel, Gonzalo Maroni, Ezequiel Forclaz, Felipe Zenobio, Matías Espíndola, Tomás Galván, Sebastián Medina, Flabian Londoño, Martín Garay, Pablo Adorno, Nahuel Genez, Tomás Fernández, Jerónimo Pourtau, Yamil Garnier (6.4), P. Pérez, Manuel Mónaco (6.1), Facundo Ferreyra , Juan Cruz Guasone, Jeremías Vallejos, Agustín Fontana (6.4), Maico Quiroz, Alfredo Amarilla (6.4), David Gallardo (6.6) and Nahuel Gallardo.

Sarmiento could not rely on the presence of Yamil Garnier (injured).

Substitutions

Sarmiento made 5 changes: Elías López for Yamil Garnier (54′), Lisandro López for Agustín Fontana (64′), Sergio Quiroga for David Gallardo (71′), José Mauri  for Alfredo Amarilla (71′) and Joaquín Gho for Manuel Mónaco (71′).

Player of the match: Gabriel Díaz​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sarmiento was Gabriel Díaz.

His rating is 8.2 with 1 goal, 23 passes (39% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 4 crosses.

Defensa y Justicia – Formation

Defensa y Justicia started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Julio César Vaccari played with: Cristopher Fiermarín (6.4), Nicolás Tripichio (6.4), Emanuel Aguilera (6.7), Santiago Ramos Mingo (6.4), Alexis Soto (7.3), Kevin López (6.8), Julián López (7.0), Luciano Herrera (6.7), Gabriel Alanís (6.7), Gastón Togni (8.5) and Nicolás Fernández (6.8).

They had on the bench: Marcelo Saracchi, Ezequiel Bullaude, Lucas Janson, Javier García, Luca Langoni , Frank Fabra, Juan Ramírez, Norberto Briasco, Lautaro Di Lollo, Jabes Saralegui, Jorman Campuzano, Marcelo Weigandt, Lucas Escobar, Santiago Godoy (6.4), Rodrigo Bogarin (6.7), Aarón Molinas (7.7), Elías Calderón (6.4), Darío Cáceres, Matías Sosa, Benjamín Schamine, Facundo Echevarría and Fabio Elián Sosa Vivaldi.

Substitutions

Defensa y Justicia made 4 changes: Luciano Herrera for Rodrigo Bogarin (59′), Kevin López for Aarón Molinas (59′), Rodrigo Bogarin for Santiago Godoy (86′) and Gastón Togni for Darío Cáceres (90′).

Player of the match: Gastón Togni​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Defensa y Justicia was Gastón Togni.

His rating is 8.5 with 2 goals, 18 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 10 crosses.

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