ROSARIO. Rosario Central overcome Gimnasia La Plata to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half.​ It was Rosario Central to strike first with an early goal of Carlos Quintana at the 6′. Then Luca Martínez Dupuy scored again for Rosario Central in the 30′ minute. Eventually, Pablo De Blasis reduced the distance for Gimnasia La Plata a penalty (45′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Gimnasia La Plata lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre stadium in Rosario on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Facundo Tello Figueroa who was helped by Iván Núñez and Julio Fernández. The 4th official was Bruno Bocca. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.23 degrees Celsius or 86.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 40%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Gimnasia La Plata had a superior ball possession 56% while Rosario Central was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Gimnasia La Plata was more pushing with 53 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyhow, Rosario Central was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Rosario Central shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Gimnasia La Plata shot 8 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Rosario Central received 3 yellow cards (Agustín Ignacio Módica, Agustín Sández and Damián Martínez). Regarding the opposition, Gimnasia La Plata received 2 yellow cards (Leonardo Morales and Rodrigo Saravia).

Standings

After this match, Rosario Central has 0 points like Argentinos Juniors to climb in the 22nd place. Regarding the opposition, Gimnasia La Plata will stays with 0 points like Argentinos Juniors to lose in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Rosario Central will play away with Arsenal de Sarandi on the 18th of November with a 7-1 head to head in favor of Rosario Central (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).

Rosario Central – Formation

Rosario Central adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Miguel Ángel Russo decided to play with the following team: Jorge Broun (6.4), Damián Martínez (6.3), Facundo Mallo (6.8), Carlos Quintana (7.5), Agustín Sández (6.7), Elías Ocampo (7.3), Kevin Ortíz (7.0), Jonatan Gómez (7.5), Ignacio Malcorra (7.3), Tobías Cervera (6.8) and Luca Martínez Dupuy (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Juan Komar (6.4), Maximiliano Lovera, Franco Ibarra (6.7), Jaminton Campaz (6.8), M. Martínez (6.4), Francesco Lo Celso, Agustin Bravo, Axel Werner, Alan Rodríguez, Giovanni Bogado, Fabricio Oviedo and Agustín Ignacio Módica (6.3).

Rosario Central could not rely on the presence of Juan Komar (injured).

Substitutions

Rosario Central made 4 changes: Ignacio Malcorra for Jaminton Campaz (76′), Kevin Ortíz for M. Martínez (66′), Carlos Quintana for Juan Komar (68′) and Jonatan Gómez for Franco Ibarra (66′).

Player of the match: Luca Martínez Dupuy​

The player that probably impressed the most for Rosario Central was Luca Martínez Dupuy.

His rating is 7.7 with 1 goal, 11 passes (64% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 16.

Gimnasia La Plata – Formation

Also Gimnasia La Plata adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Leonardo Carol Madelón played with: Nelson Insfrán (7.3), Juan Pintado (7.0), Leonardo Morales (6.3), Yonatan Cabral (6.7), Gustavo Canto (6.8), Matias Abaldo (6.3), Pablo De Blasis (7.8), Rodrigo Saravia (6.3), Benjamín Domínguez (6.3), Ivo Mammini (6.8) and Cristian Colmán (6.3).

These were the players on the bench: Yonathan Rodríguez, Eric Ramírez (6.7), Marcos Ledesma, Matías Ramírez, Federico Milo (6.1), Nicolás Colazo, Lautaro Chávez  (7.0), Matías Miranda  (7.0), Bautista Barros Schelotto, Rodrigo Castillo, Franco Troyansky (6.4) and Felipe Sánchez.

Substitutions

Gimnasia La Plata made 5 changes: Cristian Colmán for Eric Ramírez (46′), Yonatan Cabral for Federico Milo (64′), Benjamín Domínguez for Lautaro Chávez  (64′), Ivo Mammini for Franco Troyansky (81′) and Rodrigo Saravia for Matías Miranda  (76′).

Player of the match: Pablo De Blasis​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Gimnasia La Plata was Pablo De Blasis.

His rating is 7.8 with 1 goal, 69 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 14.

Results of the day

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

• Rosario Central – Gimnasia La Plata – 2-1
• Vélez Sarsfield – Huracán – 1-0
• Instituto – Independiente – 0-2
• River Plate – Banfield – 1-1