FLORENCIO VARELA. Defensa y Justicia and Tigre didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Defensa y Justicia was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello stadium in Florencio Varela on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Fernando Espinoza assisted by Gerardo Carretero and Gerardo Lencina. The 4th official was Cristian Cernadas. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 18.7 degrees Celsius or 65.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Defensa y Justicia had a superior ball possession 56% while Tigre was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Defensa y Justicia had a more offensive attitude with 68 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Defensa y Justicia to win the match​.

Defensa y Justicia shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Tigre shot 16 times, 7 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Defensa y Justicia received 3 yellow cards (A. Rios, K. Gutierrez and N. Colombo). On the other side, Tigre received 1 yellow card (V. Cabrera).

Standings

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Defensa y Justicia will play away with Talleres Córdoba on the 10th of September with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Defensa y Justicia (1 draw).

Tigre will host Aldosivi on the 1st of October with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Tigre (1 draw).

Defensa y Justicia – Formation

Defensa y Justicia started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Sebastián Beccacece decided to play with the following team: Ezequiel Unsaín (8.1), Nicolás Tripichio (6.5), Adonis Frías (7.1), Nazareno Colombo (7.4), Gabriel Alanis (7.2), Kevin Gutiérrez (7.9), Fabricio Domínguez (6.2), Tomás Galván (6.8), Manuel Duarte (6.9), Gastón Togni (6.6) and Andy Rios (6.2).

The home team had on the bench: Lautaro Amade, Lucas Souto, Alexis Soto (7.1), Tomás Cardona, Nicolás Zalazar, Federico Versaci, Christian Ortíz (6.7), Tomás Escalante, Julián López (6.5), Braian Cuello (6.8), Agustín Fontana and Nicolás Fernández (6.2).

Substitutions

Defensa y Justicia made 5 changes: F. Dominguez for B. Cuello (56′), M. Duarte for C. Ortiz (72′), T. Galvan for J. Lopez (72′), G. Togni for A. Soto (79′) and A. Rios for N. Fernandez (79′).

Best player: Ezequiel Unsaín​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Defensa y Justicia was the goalkeeper: Ezequiel Unsaín. His rating is 8.14. He performed 5 saves.

Tigre – Formation

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

Diego Hernán Martínez played with: Manuel Roffo (7.7), Lucas Blondel (7.0), Victor Cabrera (6.6), Abel Luciatti (7.4), Sebastián Prieto (7.0), Ijiel Cesar Protti (7.0), Ezequiel Fernández (7.8), Sebastián Prediger (6.8), Alexis Castro (6.8), Mateo Retegui (6.8) and Facundo Colidio (6.5).

These were the players on the bench: Gonzalo Marinelli, Oscar Salomón, Martin Ortega, Martín Galmarini, Diego Sosa, Nicolás Demartini, Agustín Baldi (6.4), Lucas Menossi (6.8), Cristian Zabala (7.0), Pablo Daniel Magnin, Blas Armoa (6.4) and Agustín Obando (6.4).

Substitutions

Tigre made 5 changes: A. Castro for C. Zabala (63′), I. Protti for L. Menossi (72′), S. Prediger for A. Obando (73′), I. Fernandez for A. Baldi (89′) and F. Colidio for B. Armoa (89′).

Best player: Ezequiel Fernández​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Tigre was Ezequiel Fernández.

His rating is (7.8) with 58 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

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

• Lanús – Independiente – 1-1
• Defensa y Justicia – Tigre – 0-0
• Patronato – San Lorenzo – 3-2
• River Plate – Newell’s Old Boys – 4-1
• Rosario Central – Barracas Central – 3-1