AVELLANEDA. River Plate and Independiente draw 1-1. M. Borja scored the first goal (23′) for River Plate. G. Ávalos made it even (38′).

The match was played at the Estadio Libertadores de América stadium in Avellaneda on Saturday and it started at 7:15 pm local time. The referee was Nazareno Arasa who had the assistance of Diego Yamil Bonfá and José Castelli. The 4th official was Jorge Broggi. The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was hot at 28.02 degrees Celsius or 82.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Independiente was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. River Plate that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Independiente was putting more pressure with 85 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Independiente to win the match​.

Independiente shot 12 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, River Plate shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Independiente received 3 yellow cards (Rodrigo Rey, Iván Marcone and Joaquín Laso). On the opposite side, River Plate received 2 yellow cards (Miguel Borja and Leandro González Pírez).

Standings

After this contest, Independiente has 0 points like Argentinos Juniors to move up in the 14th place. On the other side, River Plate will has 0 points like Argentinos Juniors to soar in the 21st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Independiente will play away with Talleres Córdoba on the 18th of November with a 6-1 head to head stats in favor of Independiente (1 draw).

River Plate will host TBC on the 18th of November with a 0-0 head to head record.

Independiente – Formation

Independiente started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Carlos Alberto Tevez decided to play with the following team: Rodrigo Rey (7.0), Mauricio Isla (8.1), Joaquín Laso (6.8), Felipe Aguilar (6.8), Ayrton Costa (6.8), Adrián Spörle (7.0), Lucas González (7.0), Iván Marcone (6.8), Federico Mancuello (6.6), Gabriel Ávalos (7.5) and Matías Giménez (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Julio Buffarini, Gabriel Neves (7.0), Santiago Toloza, Mateo Morro, Damián Pérez, Ignacio Maestro Puch, Alex Nahuel Luna (7.1), Ruben Martinez (7.0), Javier Ruiz, Jhonny Quinonez, Juan Fedorco and Santiago Salle.

Substitutions

Independiente made 2 changes: Federico Mancuello for Gabriel Neves (65′) and Adrián Spörle for Ruben Martinez (65′).

Player of the match: Mauricio Isla​

The most impressive player for Independiente was Mauricio Isla.

His rating is 8.1 with 47 passes (87% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 8 crosses.

River Plate – Formation

River Plate started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Martín Gastón Demichelis played with: Franco Armani (7.0), Marcelo Herrera (7.0), Leandro González Pírez (7.1), Paulo Díaz (7.7), Enzo Díaz (7.1), Rodrigo Aliendro (7.3), Rodrigo Villagra (6.7), Nacho Fernández (7.0), C. Echeverri (7.1), Esequiel Barco (7.3) and Miguel Borja (7.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Sebastián Boselli (6.8), N. Fonseca, Matías Kranevitter (6.7), David Martínez, Agustín Palavecino, Facundo Colidio (7.1), Milton Casco, Agustín Sant’Anna, F. Mastantuono, Santiago Simón (6.7), Ezequiel Centurión and Pablo Solari (7.0).

Substitutions

River Plate made 5 changes: C. Echeverri for Pablo Solari (55′), Marcelo Herrera for Sebastián Boselli (84′), Rodrigo Villagra for Matías Kranevitter (84′), Nacho Fernández for Facundo Colidio (74′) and Rodrigo Aliendro for Santiago Simón (74′).

Player of the match: Paulo Díaz​

The most impressive player for River Plate was Paulo Díaz.

His rating is 7.7 with 51 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

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

• Gimnasia La Plata – Barracas Central – 2-0
• Sarmiento – Estudiantes – 3-1
• Independiente – River Plate – 1-1