MONTEVIDEO. Torque beats Defensor Sporting 3-1.
The match was played at the Estadio Luis Franzini stadium in Montevideo on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Gustavo Tejera who was helped by Agustín Berisso and Gustavo Márquez Lisboa. The 4th official was Diego Dunajec. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 23.4 degrees Celsius or 74.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.
Match Statistics
- 0 Ball Possession 0
Shots
- 14 Total 11
- 8 On Target 7
- 6 Off Target 4
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 90 Attack 64
- 70 Dangerous attack 54
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 14 Corners 9
- 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 6 Total 14
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Defensor Sporting was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Torque that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Defensor Sporting was more aggressive with 70 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 8 were on target. Still, Torque was capable to find the solution to win this contest.
Defensor Sporting shot 14 times, 8 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Torque shot 11 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Defensor Sporting received 1 yellow card (F. Elizari). On the opposite side, Torque received 2 yellow cards (N. Milesi and R. Orihuela).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Defensor Sporting stays with 3 points to occupy the 13th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Torque has 4 points (5th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Primera Division, Defensor Sporting will play away with Wanderers on the 26th of February with a 17-6 head to head record in favor of Defensor Sporting (8 draws).
Torque will host Albion on the 28th of February with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Defensor Sporting – Formation
Defensor Sporting
70'
38'
56'
Defensor Sporting started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Héctor Ignacio Rodríguez Peña decided to play with the following team: Matías Dufour, Facundo Mallo, Gonzalo Camargo, Matías Rocha, Adrián Balboa, Francisco Barrios, Emiliano Álvarez, Facundo Labandeira, Facundo Bernal, Fernando Elizari and Kevin Méndez.
The home team had on the bench: Nicolás Rossi, Agustin Sant’Anna, Gian Franco Allala, Gonzalo Andrada, Luciano Boggio, Alvaro Navarro, Joaquín Valiente, Lucas Paul De los Santos, Maximiliano Juambeltz, Joaquín Valiente and Matias Abaldo.
Substitutions
Defensor Sporting made 5 changes: F. Bernal for L. de los Santos (46′), F. Labandeira for L. Boggio (46′), G. Camargo for A. Sant’Anna (70′), F. Elizari for M. Abaldo (70′) and F. Barrios for G. Andrada (75′).
Torque – Formation
Torque
Torque started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Román Marcelo Cuello Arizmendi played with: Francisco Tinaglini, Diego Arismendi, Lucas Morales, Renzo Orihuela, Agustín Peña, Marcelo Allende, Nicolás Milesi, Juan Bautista Cejas, Darío Pereira, Joaquín Zeballos and Sebastián Guerrero.
These were the players on the bench: Gastón Guruceaga, Gabriel Chocobar, Joaquin Pereyra, Matías Cabrera, Santiago Cartagena, Ignacio Neira, Tiago Palacios, Nathanael Guzmán, Nicolás Siri and Gervasio Olivera Fernandez.
Substitutions
Torque made 4 changes: D. Pereira for S. Cartagena (60′), S. Guerrero Martinez for T. Palacios (60′), J. Cejas for N. Siri (71′) and J. Zeballos for N. Guzman (81′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Primera Division.
- River Plate – Boston River – 1-2
- Albion – Peñarol – 1-1
- Defensor Sporting – Torque – 1-3
