CAPITAL FEDERAL. Argentinos Juniors bested Independiente Rivadavia to win 2-1. It was Argentinos Juniors to strike first with a goal of Maximiliano Romero at the 45′. Then Leonardo Heredia scored again for Argentinos Juniors in the 55′ minute. Eventually, Victorio Ramis reduced the distance for Independiente Rivadavia (83′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Argentinos Juniors capitalized on its better ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Estadio Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Capital Federal on Tuesday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Sebastián Nicolás Martínez assisted by Pablo Gualtieri and Lucio Méndez. The 4th official was Valentín Bocaccia. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was hot at 26.25 degrees Celsius or 79.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
- 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
- 22 Total 11
- 6 On Target 4
- 10 Off Target 7
- 6 Shots blocked 2
- 110 Attack 87
- 88 Dangerous attack 63
- 75 Ball safe 76
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 3
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 12
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 6 Substitutions 6
Ball possession
Argentinos Juniors had a superior ball possession 60% while Independiente Rivadavia was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Argentinos Juniors was putting more pressure with 88 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Argentinos Juniors won the match.
Argentinos Juniors shot 22 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Independiente Rivadavia shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Argentinos Juniors received 4 yellow cards (Thiago Santamaría, José Herrera, Fernando Meza and T. Palacio). On the opposite side, Independiente Rivadavia received 4 yellow cards (Bruno Bianchi, Ezequiel Ham, Mauro Maidana and Federico Castro).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Argentinos Juniors has 0 points to hold in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Independiente Rivadavia will stays with 0 points like Argentinos Juniors to lose in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Superliga, Argentinos Juniors will play away against River Plate on the 28th of January with a 6-1 head to head record in favor of River Plate (6 draws).
Argentinos Juniors – Formation
Argentinos Juniors
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Argentinos Juniors adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Pablo Adrián Guede Barriero decided to play with the following team: Nicolas Capraro, Rodrigo Herrera, Rodrigo Insúa, Siro Rosané, Alexis Domínguez, Gonzalo Goñi, Sebastián Moyano, Marco Iacobellis, Santiago Agustín Coronel, Facundo Mater, Maximiliano Zalazar, Diego Rodríguez , Thiago Santamaría , Jonathan Galván , T. Palacio , Román Vega , Alan Lescano , Ariel Gamarra, Dylan Gamarra , Nicolás Oroz , Luciano Gondou , Maximiliano Romero and Leonardo Heredia .
The home team had on the bench: Nicolás Tolosa, Pedro Velurtas, Alan Cantero, Nicolás Demartini, Ramón Ábila, Carlos Arce, Jhonatan Candia, Bahiano Benjamín García, Agustín Irazoque, Daniel Juárez , Marcelo Agustín Miño, Alex Juárez, É. Godoy, Gastón Verón , Kevin Agustín Coronel Alarcón, Francisco Álvarez, Fernando Meza , Sebastián Prieto, Mateo Agustín Díaz Chaves, Lucas Nicolás Gómez, José Herrera , Matías Perelló and Gonzalo Siri Payer.
Substitutions
Argentinos Juniors made 5 changes: Alan Lescano for Emiliano Sebastián Viveros Mereles (84′), Dylan Gamarra for Francisco Álvarez (90′), Thiago Santamaría for Fernando Meza (46′), Luciano Gondou for José Herrera (85′) and Maximiliano Romero for Gastón Verón (71′).
Player of the match: Leonardo Heredia
The player that probably impressed the most for Argentinos Juniors was Leonardo Heredia.
His rating is with 1 goal, 21 passes (62% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 8.
Independiente Rivadavia – Formation
Independiente Rivadavia
Also Independiente Rivadavia adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Rodolfo De Paoli played with: Lucas Suárez, Matías Catalán, Gustavo Bou, Silvio Martínez, Miguel Navarro, Ángel Maldonado, Guido Herrera, Ramón Sosa, Camilo Portilla, Juan Carlos Portillo, Gastón Benavídez, Gonzalo Marinelli , Matías Ruiz Díaz , Bruno Bianchi , Mauro Maidana , Emmanuel Más , Gastón Gil Romero , Luciano Abecasis , Ezequiel Ham , Juan Manuel Vázquez , Matías Reali , Mauricio Asenjo .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Alex Vigo, Kevin Mantilla, Juan Gabriel Rodríguez, Matías Galarza, Federico Girotti, Nahuel Bustos, Valentín Depietri, Luis Sequeira, Lautaro Morales, Ramiro Ruiz Rodríguez, M. Portillo, Ulises Ortegoza, Mariano Monllor, Rufino Lucero, Victorio Ramis , Diego Rubén Tonetto, Nehuén Paz , Tobías Ostchega, Antonio Napolitano, Federico Castro , Francisco Petrasso, Juan Sebastián Zeballos , Joaquín Arzura and Tomás Palacios.
Independiente Rivadavia could not rely on the presence of Federico Castro (injured).
Substitutions
Independiente Rivadavia made 3 changes: Emmanuel Más for Juan Sebastián Zeballos (87′), Mauricio Asenjo for Federico Castro (58′) and Gastón Gil Romero for Victorio Ramis (58′).
Player of the match: Victorio Ramis
The player that probably impressed the most for Independiente Rivadavia was Victorio Ramis.
His rating is with 1 goal, 7 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 4. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was fantastic also because he started the encounter from the bench before entering in the 58′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Superliga.
- Unión Santa Fe – Platense – 0-0
- Belgrano – Sarmiento – 4-1
- Argentinos Juniors – Independiente Rivadavia – 2-1
- Defensa y Justicia – Central Cordoba SdE – 1-1
