LA PLATA. Gimnasia La Plata and Estudiantes didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday. Estudiantes was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo stadium in La Plata on Sunday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Pablo Dóvalo who had the assistance of Sebastián Rainieri and Hugo Páez. The 4th official was Pablo Giménez. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 23.62 degrees Celsius or 74.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Estudiantes was in firm control of the ball 58% while Gimnasia La Plata was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Gimnasia La Plata was putting more pressure with 79 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Gimnasia La Plata to win the match​.

Gimnasia La Plata shot 16 times, 2 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Estudiantes shot 17 times, 5 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Gimnasia La Plata received 3 yellow cards (Benjamín Domínguez, B. Dominguez and Yonathan Rodríguez). On the other side, Estudiantes received 2 yellow cards (Gastón Benedetti and Enzo Pérez).

Standings

After playing this match, Gimnasia La Plata has 0 points like Argentinos Juniors to lose in the 11th place. On the other side, Estudiantes will has 0 points like Argentinos Juniors to soar in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Gimnasia La Plata will play away against Banfield on the 18th of November with a 7-1 head to head statistic in favor of Banfield (2 draws).

Gimnasia La Plata – Formation

Gimnasia La Plata started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Leonardo Carol Madelón decided to play with the following team: Nelson Insfrán (8.5), Juan Pintado (6.7), Leonardo Morales (6.7), Felipe Sánchez (7.3), Gustavo Canto (7.0), Yonathan Rodríguez (7.5), Rodrigo Saravia (6.6), Matias Abaldo (6.4), Pablo De Blasis (7.3), Benjamín Domínguez (6.6) and Ivo Mammini (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Guillermo Enrique (7.0), Eric Ramírez (7.0), Marcos Ledesma, Agustín Bolívar, Matías Ramírez, Federico Milo, Nicolás Colazo, Yonatan Cabral, Lautaro Chávez , Matías Miranda , David Zalazar and Franco Troyansky (7.1).

Gimnasia La Plata could not rely on the presence of Franco Troyansky (injured).

Substitutions

Gimnasia La Plata made 4 changes: Yonathan Rodríguez for Eric Ramírez (74′), Ivo Mammini for Franco Troyansky (78′), Juan Pintado for Guillermo Enrique (74′) and Matias Abaldo for Lautaro Chávez  (90′).

Player of the match: Nelson Insfrán​

The most impressive player for Gimnasia La Plata was the goalkeeper: Nelson Insfrán. His rating is 8.47. He performed 5 saves.

Estudiantes – Formation

Estudiantes started with a 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).

Eduardo Rodrigo Domínguez played with: Matías Mansilla (7.1), Eros Mancuso (8.1), Federico Fernández (7.3), Zaid Romero (7.3), Gastón Benedetti (7.1), Santiago Ascacíbar (8.1), Enzo Pérez (6.7), Javier Altamirano (6.3), José Sosa (7.7), Mauro Méndez (6.3) and Javier Correa (8.1).

They had on the bench: Nicolas Fernández, Santiago Flores, Fernando Zuqui, Guido Carrillo (6.6), Pablo Piatti , E. Cetré (6.8), Alexis Manyoma, Eric Meza, Ezequiel Naya, Bautista Kociubinski, Juan Zozaya and Tiago Palacios (6.7).

Substitutions

Estudiantes made 3 changes: Mauro Méndez for E. Cetré (69′), Javier Altamirano for Tiago Palacios (76′) and José Sosa for Guido Carrillo (82′).

Player of the match: Santiago Ascacíbar​

The most impressive player for Estudiantes was Santiago Ascacíbar.

His rating is 8.1 with 52 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 11 duels out of 16. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Sarmiento – Barracas Central – 0-0
• Unión Santa Fe – Independiente Rivadavia – 4-1
• River Plate – Boca Juniors – 1-1
• Gimnasia La Plata – Estudiantes – 0-0
• Newell’s Old Boys – Rosario Central – 0-1