CIUDAD DE SANTA FE. Platense defeated Unión Santa Fe to win 2-1. It was Platense to strike first with a goal of M. Tissera at the 18′. Then K. Lomonaco scored again for Platense in the 88′ minute with a goal. Eventually, J. Garcia reduced the distance for Unión Santa Fe with a goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.​ It was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (66%).​

The match was played at the Estadio 15 de Abril stadium in Ciudad de Santa Fe on Friday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Pablo Dóvalo with the assistance of Mariano Rosetti and Gisela Bosso. The 4th official was José Sandoval.

Match Statistics​

Unión Santa Fe was in firm control of the ball 66% while Platense was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Unión Santa Fe was more aggressive with 95 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, Platense managed to find the solution to win this contest.​

Unión Santa Fe shot 12 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Platense shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Unión Santa Fe received 1 yellow card (C. Corvalan). On the opposite side, Platense received 2 yellow cards (B. Mansilla and H. Lamberti).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Unión Santa Fe will stay with 18 points like Defensa y Justicia to stay in the 13th place. On the opposite side, Platense will have 16 points like Rosario Central, Atlético Tucumán and Sarmiento to stay in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Unión Santa Fe will play away against Sarmiento on the 16th of October with a 1-1 head to head.

Platense will play away agasint Racing Club on the 15th of October with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Racing Club (0 draws).

Unión Santa Fe – Formation

Unión Santa Fe started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Gustavo Adolfo Munúa Vera decided to play with the following team: Sebastián Moyano (6.1), Federico Vera (6.2), Franco Calderón (7.2), Emanuel Brítez (6.6), Claudio Corvalán (7.0), Enzo Roldán (6.8), Juan Nardoni (6.5), Mauro Pittón (7.4), Gastón González (7.2), Mauro Luna Diale (7.1) and Fernando Márquez (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Nicolás Cordero, Federico Bonansea, Nicolás Peñailillo (6.4), Lucas Esquivel, Máximo Ceratto, Cristián Insaurralde (6.2), Gastón Comas, Kevin Zenon, Imanol Machuca, Juan Manuel García (7.2), Nicolás Blandi (7.0) and Brian Blasi.

Substitutions

Unión Santa Fe made 4 changes: F. Marquez for J. Garcia (64′), J. Nardoni for C. Insaurralde (76′), C. Corvalan for N. Penailillo (76′) and M. Pitton for N. Blandi (85′).

Best player: Mauro Pittón​

The player that probably impressed the most for Unión Santa Fe was Mauro Pittón.

His rating is (7.4) with 60 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 10.

Platense – Formation

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

On the opposite side, Claudio Spontón played with: Luis Ojeda (7.6), Augusto Schott, Cristian Marcial (7.4), Nahuel Iribarren (6.5), Luciano Recalde (7.4), Juan Infante (7.1), Ivan Gómez (6.6), Hernán Lamberti (6.0), Facundo Russo (6.8), Nicolás Bertolo (7.0) and Brian Mansilla (6.4), Matías Tissera (7.4).

They had on the bench: Tomás Sandoval (6.2), Florián Monzón, Lucas Acevedo, Facundo Cardozo, Horacio Tijanovich (6.2), Franco Baldassarra, Jorge De Olivera, Roberto Bochi, Tiago Palacios, Kevin Lomonaco (7.4) and Mauro Bogado (7.1).

Substitutions

Platense made 4 changes: N. Bertolo for M. Bogado (61′), M. Tissera for T. Sandoval (71′), F. Russo for H. Tijanovich (71′) and C. Marcial for K. Lomonaco (80′).

Best player: Luis Ojeda​

The player that probably impressed the most for Platense was the goalkeeper: Luis Ojeda. His rating is 7.62. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Unión Santa Fe – Platense – 1-2
• Central Cordoba SdE – Huracán – 1-2
• Estudiantes – Rosario Central – 2-2