SAN FERNANDO. Defensa y Justicia tops Tigre 1-0 after N. Fernández scored just 1 goal (77′). Defensa y Justicia took advantage of its superior ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Estadio José Dellagiovanna stadium in San Fernando on Wednesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Franco Acita who was helped by Ernesto Javier Uziga and Adrián Del Barba. The 4th official was Ignacio Agustin Cuicchi. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 20.13 degrees Celsius or 68.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.
Match Statistics
- 40 Ball Possession 60
Shots
- 9 Total 19
- 2 On Target 4
- 6 Off Target 11
- 1 Shots blocked 4
- 79 Attack 88
- 61 Dangerous attack 79
- 81 Ball safe 82
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 11 Total 14
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Defensa y Justicia had a strong ball possession 60% while Tigre was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Defensa y Justicia was more aggressive with 79 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Defensa y Justicia won the match.
Tigre shot 9 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Defensa y Justicia shot 19 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Tigre received 1 yellow card (Tomás Fernández). Talking about the opposition, Defensa y Justicia received 1 yellow card (Ezequiel Cannavo).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Tigre stays with 0 points like Argentinos Juniors to move down in the 26th place. Regarding the opposition, Defensa y Justicia will has 0 points like Argentinos Juniors to lose in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Superliga, Tigre will play away against Unión Santa Fe on the 18th of November with a 3-0 head to head in favor of Tigre (3 draws).
Tigre – Formation
Tigre
69'
43'
Tigre started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Néstor Raúl Gorosito decided to play with the following team: Matías Tagliamonte , Martín Ortega , Facundo Giacopuzzi , Pablo Adorno , Nahuel Génez , Brahian Alemán , Agustín Cardozo , Tomás Fernández , Gonzalo Maroni , Blas Armoa and Gonzalo Flores .
The home team had on the bench: Tomas Lecanda, Juan Cruz Esquivel , Ezequiel Forclaz , Felipe Zenobio, Walter Rodríguez, Matías Espíndola , Tomás Galván, Sebastián Medina, Flabian Londoño, Martín Garay, Nicolás Contin and Augusto Aguirre .
Tigre could not rely on the presence of Augusto Aguirre (injured).
Substitutions
Tigre made 5 changes: Tomás Fernández for Matías Espíndola (46′), Facundo Giacopuzzi for Augusto Aguirre (69′), Gonzalo Flores for Juan Cruz Esquivel (78′), Gonzalo Maroni for Ezequiel Forclaz (78′) and Blas Armoa for Nicolás Contin (69′).
Player of the match: Brahian Alemán
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Tigre was Brahian Alemán.
His rating is with 32 passes (63% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 8 crosses.
Defensa y Justicia – Formation
Defensa y Justicia
77'
Defensa y Justicia started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Julio César Vaccari played with: Cristopher Fiermarín , Ezequiel Cannavo , Emanuel Aguilera , Santiago Ramos Mingo , Alexis Soto , Nicolás Tripichio , Julián López , Luciano Herrera , Rodrigo Bogarin , Gastón Togni and Nicolás Fernández .
They had on the bench: Lucas Escobar, Santiago Godoy , Aarón Molinas , Franco Romero, Elías Calderón, Darío Cáceres , Kevin López , Matías Sosa, Benjamín Schamine , Facundo Echevarría, U. Giménez and Fabio Elián Sosa Vivaldi.
Substitutions
Defensa y Justicia made 5 changes: Ezequiel Cannavo for Kevin López (64′), Alexis Soto for Darío Cáceres (64′), Gastón Togni for Aarón Molinas (76′), Nicolás Fernández for Santiago Godoy (87′) and Rodrigo Bogarin for Benjamín Schamine (87′).
Player of the match: Luciano Herrera
The most impressive player for Defensa y Justicia was Luciano Herrera even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 36 passes (72% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 16. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Superliga.
- Godoy Cruz – Unión Santa Fe – 0-0
- Independiente – Rosario Central – 1-0
- Tigre – Defensa y Justicia – 0-1
- Sarmiento – Lanús – 0-1
- Banfield – Barracas Central – 0-0
- Boca Juniors – Central Cordoba SdE – 2-0
