CIUDAD DE CóRDOBA. Talleres Córdoba had a surprising win over Argentinos Juniors with a 2-0 win with a goal from R. Garro (40′) and a goal from J. Romero (85′).

The match was played at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes stadium in Ciudad de Córdoba on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Nazareno Arasa who was helped by Eduardo Lucero and Gisela Bosso. The 4th official was Brian Ferreyra.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Argentinos Juniors was in firm control of the ball 55% while Talleres Córdoba was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Argentinos Juniors was more pushing with 37 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Talleres Córdoba succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.​

Talleres Córdoba shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Argentinos Juniors shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Talleres Córdoba received 5 yellow cards (J. Buffarini, D. Valoyes, R. Garro, M. Godoy and M. Esquivel). Talking about the opposition, Argentinos Juniors received 3 yellow cards (L. Sanchez, M. Torren and L. Villalba).

Standings

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Talleres Córdoba will host Lanús on the 1st of October with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Lanús (2 draws).

Argentinos Juniors will host Unión Santa Fe on the 14th of August with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Unión Santa Fe (0 draws).

Talleres Córdoba – Formation

Talleres Córdoba started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Pedro Miguel Faria Caixinha decided to play with the following team: Guido Herrera (7.0), Julio Buffarini (7.0), Rafael Pérez (6.7), Lucas Suárez (6.9), Enzo Díaz (7.1), Diego Valoyes (6.4), Diego Ortegoza (8.3), Rodrigo Villagra (7.1), Francisco Pizzini (7.6), Federico Girotti (6.0) and Rodrigo Garro (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Matías Esquivel (7.3), Alan Franco, Alan Aguerre, Gastón Benavídez, Favio Álvarez (6.5), Matías Godoy (6.6), José Romero (6.9), Ángelo Martino, Julián Malatini, Matías Catalán, Michael Santos, Christian Oliva and Maximiliano Gatani (6.7).

Substitutions

Talleres Córdoba made 5 changes: F. Girotti for J. Romero (72′), D. Valoyes for M. Godoy (73′), R. Garro for M. Esquivel (78′), R. Villagra for M. Gatani (78′) and F. Pizzini for F. Alvarez (87′).

Best player: Diego Ortegoza​

The most impressive player for Talleres Córdoba was Diego Ortegoza even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.3) with 29 passes (72% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

Argentinos Juniors – Formation

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

Gabriel Alejandro Milito played with: Federico Lanzillota (6.3), Kevin Mac Allister (7.0), Miguel Torren (6.7), Lucas Villalba (6.7), Javier Cabrera (6.9), Luciano Gómez (6.6), Franco Moyano (6.7), Luciano Sánchez (6.5), Nicolás Reniero (6.6), Andrés Roa (6.2) and Gabriel Ávalos (6.9).

They had on the bench: Pablo Minissale (6.4), Leonel González, José Herrera, Gonzalo Lugo, Marco Di Cesare, Gastón Verón (6.8), Thiago Nuss (6.4), Leandro Finochietto, Federico Redondo (6.4) and David Zalazar (6.4).

Substitutions

Argentinos Juniors made 5 changes: A. Roa for G. Veron (66′), N. Reniero for T. Nuss (66′), L. Sanchez for D. Zalazar (76′), L. Gomez for F. Redondo Solari (76′) and K. Mac Allister for P. Minissale (83′).

Best player: Kevin Mac Allister​

The player that probably impressed the most for Argentinos Juniors was Kevin Mac Allister.

His rating is (7.0) with 31 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Talleres Córdoba – Argentinos Juniors – 2-0
• Arsenal de Sarandi – Atlético Tucumán – 3-1
• Unión Santa Fe – Vélez Sarsfield – 2-1
• Sarmiento – Lanús – 2-1
• Banfield – Patronato – 0-0
• Barracas Central – Racing Club – 0-0