CAPITAL FEDERAL. Argentinos Juniors prevails over Platense 3-1. Argentinos Juniors was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Alan Lescano (12′), Thiago Santamaría (27′) and Santiago Montiel  (71′). Platense reduced the distance with a goal (80′) by Mateo Pellegrino, but there was not much to do for them.

The match was played at the Estadio Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Capital Federal on Monday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Fernando Echenique with the help of Ernesto Javier Uziga and Adrián Del Barba. The 4th official was Ariel Penel. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 21.74 degrees Celsius or 71.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Argentinos Juniors was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Platense that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Platense was putting more pressure with 72 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 8 were on target. Anyway, Argentinos Juniors found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Argentinos Juniors shot 14 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Platense shot 16 times, 8 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Argentinos Juniors didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Platense received 2 yellow cards (Sasha Marcich and I. Gómez).

Standings

After playing this contest, Argentinos Juniors has 0 points to remain in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Platense will stays with 0 points like Argentinos Juniors to drop in the 19th 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).

Platense will host TBC on the 18th of November with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Argentinos Juniors – Formation

Argentinos Juniors adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Pablo Adrián Guede Barriero decided to play with the following team: Diego Rodríguez (8.3), Thiago Santamaría (7.7), Jonathan Galván (6.6), T. Palacio (7.3), Román Vega (7.5), Alan Lescano (8.3), Dylan Gamarra (6.8), Nicolás Oroz (7.3), Luciano Gondou (7.0), Maximiliano Romero (6.7) and Leonardo Heredia (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Santiago Montiel  (7.5), Gastón Verón, Juan Cardozo, Francisco Álvarez (7.2), Franco Moyano  (6.5), Fernando Meza, Sebastián Prieto, Mateo Agustín Díaz Chaves, José Herrera, Matías Perelló, Emiliano Sebastián Viveros Mereles (6.5) and Gonzalo Siri Payer.

Argentinos Juniors could not rely on the presence of Francisco Álvarez (injured) and Santiago Montiel  (injured).

Substitutions

Argentinos Juniors made 4 changes: Jonathan Galván for Francisco Álvarez (18′), Leonardo Heredia for Santiago Montiel  (51′), Dylan Gamarra for Franco Moyano  (72′) and Nicolás Oroz for Emiliano Sebastián Viveros Mereles (72′).

Player of the match: Alan Lescano​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Argentinos Juniors was Alan Lescano.

His rating is 8.3 with 1 goal, 34 passes (0% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 16. He performed 3 crosses.

Platense – Formation

Also Platense adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Sebastián Hugo Grazzini played with: Juan Cozzani (6.2), Juan Ignacio Saborido (6.6), Ignacio Vazquez (6.7), Gastón Suso (6.4), Sasha Marcich (7.1), Leonel Picco (6.7), L. Montenegro (6.6), Gabriel Hachen (6.6), I. Gómez (6.7), Luciano Ferreyra (6.0) and Maximiliano Urruti (6.8).

They had on the bench: Joaquín Blázquez, Juan Pablo Pignani, Carlos Villalba (6.9), Agustín Obando (6.7), Mateo Pellegrino (7.6), Agustín Ocampo, Facundo Russo, Braian Rivero, Oscar Salomón, Agustín Quiroga, Alan Marinelli and Ronaldo Martinez (6.8).

Platense could not rely on the presence of Mateo Pellegrino (injured).

Substitutions

Platense made 5 changes: Gabriel Hachen for Agustín Obando (61′), Maximiliano Urruti for Mateo Pellegrino (61′), Leonel Picco for Ronaldo Martinez (46′), L. Montenegro for Carlos Villalba (71′) and Juan Ignacio Saborido for Alan Marinelli (88′).

Player of the match: Mateo Pellegrino​

The player that probably impressed the most for Platense was Mateo Pellegrino.

His rating is 7.6 with 1 goal, 6 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 7.

His performance was sensational also because he began the match from the bench before entering in the 61′.

Results of the day

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

• Lanús – Banfield – 1-1
• Instituto – Godoy Cruz – 0-2
• Defensa y Justicia – Deportivo Riestra – 1-1
• Argentinos Juniors – Platense – 3-1