CIUDAD DE SANTA FE. Unión Santa Fe overcame Banfield to win 2-1. A goal from R. Enrique was decisive in the 90min. It was Unión Santa Fe to strike first with an early goal of D. Polenta at the 4′. Then L. Lollo scored again for Unión Santa Fe in the 55′ minute with an own goal. Eventually, R. Enrique reduced the distance for Banfield (90′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.

The match was played at the Estadio 15 de Abril stadium in Ciudad de Santa Fe on Sunday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Jorge Baliño who had the assistance of Julio Fernández and Gonzalo Ferrari. The 4th official was Nahuel Viñas.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Unión Santa Fe was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Banfield that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Unión Santa Fe was putting more pressure with 70 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Unión Santa Fe won the match​.

Unión Santa Fe shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Banfield shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Unión Santa Fe received 4 yellow cards (E. Britez, G. Gonzalez, C. Corvalan and K. Zenon). On the other side, Banfield received 3 yellow cards (M. Romero, G. Galoppo and R. Enrique).

Standings

After this contest, Unión Santa Fe will have 13 points like Estudiantes to climb in the 3rd place. On the other side, Banfield will stay with 8 points like Boca Juniors, Godoy Cruz and Argentinos Juniors to sit in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Unión Santa Fe will play away with Argentinos Juniors on the 7th of May with a 4-1 head to head stats in favor of Unión Santa Fe (0 draws).

Banfield will host Atlético Tucumán on the 7th of May with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Atlético Tucumán (1 draw).

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: Santiago Mele (6.8), Emanuel Brítez (6.7), Franco Calderón (6.2), Diego Polenta (7.1), Claudio Corvalán (7.0), Daniel Juárez (7.1), Juan Nardoni (7.2), Juan Portillo (7.1), Gastón González (6.3), Mariano Peralta Bauer (6.7) and Jonathan Álvez (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Imanol Machuca (6.2), Leonardo Javier Ramos, Diego Gonzalez, Nicolás Paz, Matías Gallegos, Facundo Agüero (6.6), Sebastián Jaurena (6.1), Dylan Gissi, Kevin Zenon (6.8), Lucas Esquivel, Nicolás Peñailillo and Leonel Bucca (6.2).

Substitutions

Unión Santa Fe made 5 changes: E. Britez for F. Aguero (24′), M. E. Peralta Bauer for K. Zenon (64′), G. Gonzalez for L. Bucca (64′), D. Juarez for I. Machuca (64′) and J. Nardoni for S. Jaurena (83′).

Best player: Juan Nardoni​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Unión Santa Fe was Juan Nardoni even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.2) with 21 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

Banfield – Formation

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

Diego Omar Dabove played with: Enrique Bologna (6.6), Emanuel Coronel (7.1), Alejandro Maciel (7.0), Luciano Lollo (6.8), Franco Quinteros (7.1), Matías Romero (6.9), Nicolás Domingo (6.6), Giuliano Galoppo (6.8), Agustín Urzi (7.2), Juan Manuel Cruz (6.6) and Juan Álvarez (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Darío Cvitanich (7.4), Erik Lopez (6.8), Facundo Sanguinetti, Ian Escobar (6.8), Amos Perales, Facundo Cambeses, Gregorio Tanco, Juan Andrada, Abel Amaya, Alejandro Cabrera, Jesús Dátolo (6.8) and Ramiro Enrique (7.1).

Banfield could not rely on the presence of I. Escobar (injured).

Substitutions

Banfield made 5 changes: F. Quinteros for I. Escobar (40′), J. Alvarez for J. Datolo (62′), M. Romero for R. Enrique (62′), J. M. Cruz for E. Lopez (62′) and A. Urzi for D. Cvitanich (86′).

Best player: Darío Cvitanich​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Banfield was Darío Cvitanich.

His rating is (7.4) with 4 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 86′.

Results of the day

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

• Lanús – Colón – 1-1
• River Plate – Gimnasia La Plata – 4-0
• Talleres Córdoba – San Lorenzo – 0-1
• Unión Santa Fe – Banfield – 2-1