CAPITAL FEDERAL. Argentinos Juniors conquers Gimnasia La Plata with a 2-0 win with a goal from L. Gondou (13′) and a goal from A. Lescano (51′).

The match was played at the Estadio Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Capital Federal on Wednesday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Andrés Merlos with the help of Ezequiel Brailovsky and Lucas Pardo. The 4th official was Jonathan Barrios. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 21.72 degrees Celsius or 71.1 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Argentinos Juniors was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Gimnasia La Plata that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Gimnasia La Plata had a more offensive attitude with 73 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. Anyhow, Argentinos Juniors was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Argentinos Juniors shot 14 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Gimnasia La Plata shot 17 times, 7 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Argentinos Juniors didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Gimnasia La Plata received 1 yellow card (Matías Ramírez).

Standings

After playing this match, Argentinos Juniors has 0 points to remain in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Gimnasia La Plata will stays with 0 points like Argentinos Juniors to drop in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Argentinos Juniors will play away with River Plate on the 28th of January with a 6-1 head to head record in favor of River Plate (6 draws).

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).

Argentinos Juniors – Formation

Argentinos Juniors started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Pablo Adrián Guede Barriero decided to play with the following team: Diego Rodríguez (8.1), Thiago Santamaría (7.0), Fernando Meza (7.1), T. Palacio (7.5), Román Vega (7.1), Alan Lescano (7.0), Franco Moyano  (7.0), Nicolás Oroz (7.7), Luciano Gondou (7.5), Maximiliano Romero (7.3) and Gastón Verón (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Juan Cardozo (6.4), Santiago Montiel , Damián Batallini, Gonzalo Siri Payer, Kevin Agustín Coronel Alarcón, Sebastián Prieto, Mateo Agustín Díaz Chaves, Lucas Nicolás Gómez, José Herrera (6.7), Matías Perelló, Emiliano Sebastián Viveros Mereles (6.3), Dylan Gamarra (6.7) and Ariel Gamarra.

Substitutions

Argentinos Juniors made 4 changes: Gastón Verón for Emiliano Sebastián Viveros Mereles (81′), Maximiliano Romero for José Herrera (88′), Nicolás Oroz for Juan Cardozo (87′) and Alan Lescano for Dylan Gamarra (71′).

Player of the match: Diego Rodríguez​

The player that probably impressed the most for Argentinos Juniors was the goalkeeper: Diego Rodríguez. His rating is 8.06. He performed 7 saves.

Gimnasia La Plata – Formation

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

Leonardo Carol Madelón played with: Nelson Insfrán (6.1), Guillermo Enrique (7.0), Felipe Sánchez (6.3), Gustavo Canto (7.3), Federico Milo (7.0), Benjamín Domínguez (6.3), Pablo De Blasis (8.1), Rodrigo Saravia (7.0), Nicolás Colazo (6.7), Ivo Mammini (6.8) and Eric Ramírez (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Rodrigo Gallo, Yonathan Rodríguez, Marcos Ledesma, Agustín Bolívar, Matías Ramírez (6.7), Lautaro Chávez , Luciano Gómez, David Zalazar (7.0), Rodrigo Castillo (6.6), Franco Troyansky (7.0), Leandro Mamut and Juan Cruz Cortazzo.

Substitutions

Gimnasia La Plata made 4 changes: Benjamín Domínguez for Matías Ramírez (59′), Nicolás Colazo for David Zalazar (46′), Ivo Mammini for Franco Troyansky (58′) and Eric Ramírez for Rodrigo Castillo (77′).

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 8.1 with 56 passes (66% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 13 duels out of 15. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Vélez Sarsfield – Rosario Central – 1-0
• Argentinos Juniors – Gimnasia La Plata – 2-0
• Estudiantes – Platense – 1-2
• Unión Santa Fe – Boca Juniors – 1-0