CIUDAD DE SANTA FE. Unión Santa Fe overcomes River Plate 1-0 after M. Luna scored a penalty (58′). River Plate was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (74%).​

The match was played at the Estadio 15 de Abril stadium in Ciudad de Santa Fe on Saturday and it started at 7:15 pm local time. The referee was Néstor Fabián Pitana who was helped by Lucas Germanotta and José Castelli. The 4th official was Jorge Nelson Sosa.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

River Plate was in firm control of the ball 74% while Unión Santa Fe was struggling with a 26% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

River Plate was more pushing with 68 dangerous attacks and 4 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyway, Unión Santa Fe succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Unión Santa Fe shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, River Plate shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Unión Santa Fe received 2 yellow cards (D. Juarez and E. Britez). On the opposite side, River Plate received 4 yellow cards (H. Martinez, E. Gomez, F. Armani and M. Casco).

Standings

After this contest, Unión Santa Fe has 3 points to occupy the 7th place in the table. On the other side, River Plate stays with 0 points (27th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Unión Santa Fe will play away with Argentinos Juniors on the 7th of May with a 4-1 head to head record in favor of Unión Santa Fe (0 draws).

River Plate will host Platense on the 7th of May with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of River Plate (0 draws).

Unión Santa Fe – Formation

Unión Santa Fe started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Gustavo Adolfo Munúa Vera decided to play with the following team: Sebastián Moyano (7.3), Federico Vera (7.0), Franco Calderón (6.8), Emanuel Brítez (7.1), Claudio Corvalán (7.8), Daniel Juárez (6.7), Juan Nardoni (7.0), Juan Portillo (6.7), Gastón González (7.4), Mauro Luna Diale (7.9) and Jonathan Álvez (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Santiago Mele, Brian Blasi, Nicolás Peñailillo, Leonel Bucca, Enzo Roldán (6.2), Matías Gallegos (6.4), Kevin Zenon (6.2), Diego Gonzalez, Sebastián Jaurena and Pablo Calderón.

Unión Santa Fe could not rely on the presence of K. Zenon (injured).

Substitutions

Unión Santa Fe made 3 changes: D. Juarez for K. Zenon (71′), J. Alvez for E. Roldan (77′) and M. Luna Diale for M. Gallegos Panozzo (86′).

Best player: Mauro Luna Diale​

The player that probably impressed the most for Unión Santa Fe was Mauro Luna Diale.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 20 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 27.

River Plate – Formation

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

Marcelo Daniel Gallardo played with: Franco Armani (6.9), Milton Casco (6.5), Paulo Díaz (7.0), Davíd Martínez (7.0), Elías Gómez (6.4), Enzo Pérez (7.1), Enzo Fernández (6.7), Juan Quintero (6.7), Santiago Simon (6.8), Nicolás De la Cruz (6.9) and Julián Álvarez (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Ezequiel Centurión, Franco Petroli, Leandro González Pírez, Marcelo Herrera (6.8), Jonathan Maidana, Emanuel Mammana, Javier Pinola, José Paradela (6.2), Tomás Pochettino (6.9), Bruno Zuculini, Ezequiel Barco (6.6) and Braian Romero (6.7).

Substitutions

River Plate made 5 changes: J. Quintero for B. Romero (46′), S. Simon for E. Barco (46′), E. Fernandez for T. Pochettino (72′), M. Casco for M. A. Herrera Mansilla Barrios (72′) and N. De La Cruz for J. Paradela (86′).

Best player: Enzo Pérez​

The player that probably impressed the most for River Plate was Enzo Pérez.

His rating is (7.1) with 81 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 18.

Results of the day

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

• Huracán – Lanús – 1-0
• Unión Santa Fe – River Plate – 1-0
• Banfield – San Lorenzo – 0-0