LA PLATA. Gimnasia La Plata defeats Vélez Sarsfield 3-1. Gimnasia La Plata was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Rodrigo Castillo (39′), M. Abaldo (51′) and Nicolás Colazo (68′). Vélez Sarsfield reduced the distance with a goal (82′) by Matías Pellegrini , but there was not much to do for them. Vélez Sarsfield lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo stadium in La Plata on Monday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Franco Acita with the collaboration of Pablo Acevedo and Mariana De Almeida. The 4th official was José Carreras. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 11.2 degrees Celsius or 52.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Vélez Sarsfield had a superior ball possession 58% while Gimnasia La Plata was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Vélez Sarsfield was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, Gimnasia La Plata managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Gimnasia La Plata shot 15 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Vélez Sarsfield shot 15 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Gimnasia La Plata received 3 yellow cards (Lucas Castro, Nicolás Colazo and Leonardo Morales ). Regarding the opposition, Vélez Sarsfield received 3 yellow cards (Matías Pellegrini , Elías Gómez and Emanuel Mammana).

Standings

After playing this contest, Gimnasia La Plata has 3 points to occupy the 3rd place in the table. On the opposite side, Vélez Sarsfield stays with 0 points (24th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Gimnasia La Plata will play away with Banfield on the 18th of November with a 8-1 head to head in favor of Banfield (2 draws).

Vélez Sarsfield will host Colón on the 18th of November with a 4-3 head to head stats in favor of Vélez Sarsfield (2 draws).

Gimnasia La Plata – Formation

Gimnasia La Plata started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Marcelo Fabián Méndez Russo decided to play with the following team: Nelson Insfrán (7.1), Juan Pintado (7.0), Leonardo Morales  (7.6), Yonathan Cabral (7.6), Nicolás Colazo (7.3), Lucas Castro (7.7), Rodrigo Saravia (7.0), Pablo de Blasis (7.0), M. Abaldo (7.6), Rodrigo Castillo (8.5) and Benjamín Domínguez (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Yonathan Rodríguez (6.6), Eric Ramírez (6.9), Marcos Ledesma, Agustín Bolívar, Federico Milo, Lautaro Chávez, David Zalazar (6.6), Guillermo Enrique, Franco Troyansky, Leandro Mamut, Felipe Sánchez (6.4) and Cristian Colmán .

Substitutions

Gimnasia La Plata made 4 changes: Leonardo Morales  for Felipe Sánchez (75′), Lucas Castro for Yonathan Rodríguez (78′), M. Abaldo for Eric Ramírez (78′) and Benjamín Domínguez for David Zalazar (86′).

Player of the match: Rodrigo Castillo​

The player that probably impressed the most for Gimnasia La Plata was Rodrigo Castillo.

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 27 passes (59% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 19.

Vélez Sarsfield – Formation

Vélez Sarsfield started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Sebastián Ariel Méndez Pardiñas played with: Tomás Marchiori (6.3), J. García (6.3), Emanuel Mammana (6.7), V. Gómez (6.5), Elías Gómez (6.1), Christian Ordóñez (6.9), Agustín Bouzat (6.9), Francisco Pizzini (6.6), Claudio Aquino (8.3), Thiago Fernández (6.2) and Braian Romero (6.8).

They had on the bench: Matías Pellegrini  (7.5), Lenny Lobato, R. Piñeiro, Thiago Vecino, Juan Ignacio Méndez, Patricio Pernicone, Leonardo Jara, Alejo Sarco (6.8), Santiago Cáseres , Álvaro Montoro, Tomás Cavanagh and Lautaro Miguel Ángel Garzón.

Vélez Sarsfield could not rely on the presence of Leonardo Jara (injured).

Substitutions

Vélez Sarsfield made 3 changes: J. García for Leonardo Jara (90′), Thiago Fernández for Matías Pellegrini  (72′) and Francisco Pizzini for R. Piñeiro (88′).

Player of the match: Claudio Aquino​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Vélez Sarsfield was Claudio Aquino.

His rating is 8.3 with 59 passes (69% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Gimnasia La Plata – Vélez Sarsfield – 3-1