FLORENCIO VARELA. Defensa y Justicia bested Unión Santa Fe to win 2-1. N. Fernández was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Defensa y Justicia to strike first with a goal of Nicolás Fernández at the 34′. Then it was a goal in the 42′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Nicolás Fernández gave the win to Defensa y Justicia in the 62′ minute with a penalty scoring a double.
The match was played at the Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello stadium in Florencio Varela on Sunday and it started at 7:15 pm local time. The referee was Sebastían Zunino with the support of Hugo Páez and Daiana Milone. The 4th official was Felipe Viola. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was hot at 25.29 degrees Celsius or 77.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.
Match Statistics
- 51 Ball Possession 49
Shots
- 12 Total 12
- 7 On Target 4
- 5 Off Target 6
- 0 Shots blocked 2
- 98 Attack 116
- 49 Dangerous attack 67
- 115 Ball safe 111
- 1 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 4
- 4 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 7 Total 10
- 3 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Defensa y Justicia was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Unión Santa Fe that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Unión Santa Fe was putting more pressure with 67 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Defensa y Justicia found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Defensa y Justicia shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Unión Santa Fe shot 12 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Defensa y Justicia received 3 yellow cards (Nicolás Tripichio, Nicolás Fernández and Santiago Ramos Mingo). Talking about the opposition, Unión Santa Fe didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Defensa y Justicia has 0 points like Argentinos Juniors to lose in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Unión Santa Fe will stays with 0 points like Argentinos Juniors to soar in the 27th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Unión Santa Fe will host Tigre on the 18th of November with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of Tigre (3 draws).
Defensa y Justicia – Formation
Defensa y Justicia
86'
33'
34', 62'
Defensa y Justicia started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Julio César Vaccari decided to play with the following team: Cristopher Fiermarín , Nicolás Tripichio , Emanuel Aguilera , Santiago Ramos Mingo , Alexis Soto , Kevin López , Julián López , Luciano Herrera , Rodrigo Bogarin , Gastón Togni and Nicolás Fernández .
The home team had on the bench: Lucas Escobar, Esteban Burgos , Yorman Zapata, Santiago Godoy , Samuel Lucero, Ezequiel Cannavo, Gabriel Alanís , Franco Romero, Darío Cáceres , Nicolás Palavecino, Benjamín Schamine and Facundo Echevarría.
Defensa y Justicia could not rely on the presence of Benjamín Schamine (injured).
Substitutions
Defensa y Justicia made 5 changes: Rodrigo Bogarin for Esteban Burgos (80′), Luciano Herrera for Gabriel Alanís (46′), Kevin López for Darío Cáceres (69′), Nicolás Fernández for Santiago Godoy (86′) and Nicolás Tripichio for Benjamín Schamine (86′).
Player of the match: Nicolás Fernández
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Defensa y Justicia was Nicolás Fernández.
His rating is with 2 goals, 18 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 8.
Unión Santa Fe – Formation
Unión Santa Fe
Unión Santa Fe started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Cristian Alberto González Peret played with: Nicolás Campisi , Federico Vera , Franco Pardo , Miguel Torrén , Claudio Corvalán , B. Pittón , Mauro Pittón , Joaquín Mosqueira , Mauro Luna Diale , Adrián Balboa and Lucas Gamba .
They had on the bench: Gonzalo Morales , Valentín Demian Fascendini, Patricio Tanda , Tiago Banega, Francisco Gerometta , Rafael Profini, Thiago Cardozo, Juan Pablo Ludueña, Jerónimo Dómina , Lionel Verde , Nicolás Paz and Nicolás Orsini .
Unión Santa Fe could not rely on the presence of Nicolás Orsini (injured) and Patricio Tanda (injured).
Substitutions
Unión Santa Fe made 4 changes: Lucas Gamba for Nicolás Orsini (16′), Joaquín Mosqueira for Patricio Tanda (31′), Mauro Pittón for Jerónimo Dómina (72′) and B. Pittón for Gonzalo Morales (72′).
Player of the match: Adrián Balboa
The player that probably impressed the most for Unión Santa Fe was Adrián Balboa.
His rating is with 1 goal, 22 passes (64% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 9 duels out of 16. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Superliga.
- Rosario Central – Instituto – 1-0
- Platense – San Lorenzo – 0-0
- Huracán – Argentinos Juniors – 1-1
- Godoy Cruz – Newell’s Old Boys – 1-1
- Talleres Córdoba – Atlético Tucumán – 4-1
- Defensa y Justicia – Unión Santa Fe – 2-1
