LOMAS DE ZAMORA. Defensa y Justicia conquered Banfield to win 2-1. It was Defensa y Justicia to strike first with a goal of G. Togni at the 17′. Then K. Gutierrez scored again for Defensa y Justicia in the 29′ minute with a penalty. Eventually, N. Domingo reduced the distance for Banfield (46′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
Defensa y Justicia remained in players after N. Tripichio received a red card in the 72′. Notwithstanding, Defensa y Justicia still found a way to win this encounter playing only in players.
The match was played at the Estadio Florencio Solá stadium in Lomas de Zamora on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Sebastían Zunino with the assistance of Ariel Scime and Mariana De Almeida. The 4th official was Eduardo Gutiérrez. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.4 degrees Celsius or 59.63 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 43%.
Match Statistics
- 54 Ball Possession 46
Shots
- 20 Total 8
- 8 On Target 3
- 12 Off Target 5
- 2 Shots blocked 3
- 126 Attack 82
- 62 Dangerous attack 35
- 59 Ball safe 79
- 0 Penalties 1
- 5 Corners 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 10
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Banfield was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Defensa y Justicia that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Banfield had a more offensive attitude with 62 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 8 were on target. Anyway, Defensa y Justicia was able to find the solution to win this contest.
Banfield shot 20 times, 8 on target, 12 off target. Talking about the opposition, Defensa y Justicia shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Banfield received 1 yellow card (). On the opposite side, Defensa y Justicia received 1 yellow card (A. Rios).
Also, Defensa y Justicia didn’t finish the match with 11 players after N. Tripichio (Defensa y Justicia) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (72′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Banfield will stay with 18 points like Vélez Sarsfield and Huracán to climb in the 18th place. Talking about the opposition, Defensa y Justicia will have 18 points like Vélez Sarsfield and Huracán to move up in the 21st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Superliga, Banfield will host Godoy Cruz on the 1st of October with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Banfield (3 draws).
Defensa y Justicia will play away agasint Talleres Córdoba on the 10th of September with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Defensa y Justicia (1 draw).
Banfield – Formation
Banfield
90'
86'
46'
Banfield started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Claudio Alejandro Vivas decided to play with the following team: Facundo Cambeses , Emanuel Coronel , Dylan Gissi , Alejandro Maciel , Luis Mago , Matías González , Alejandro Cabrera , Nicolás Domingo , Agustín Urzi , Ramiro Enrique and Juan Manuel Cruz .
The home team had on the bench: Lautaro Ríos, Aarón Quirós, Andrés Chávez , Jeremias Perales, Alan Di Pippa, Luciano Abecasis, Nicolás Bertolo , Maximiliano Cuadra, Jesús Dátolo , Matías Romero, Gregorio Tanco, Enrique Bologna and Julián Palacios .
Substitutions
Banfield made 5 changes: N. Domingo for J. Datolo (67′), M. Gonzalez for J. Palacios (67′), J. M. Cruz for A. Chavez (78′), A. Urzi for N. Bertolo (78′) and L. Mago for M. Cuadra (86′).
Best player: Alejandro Cabrera
The player that probably impressed the most for Banfield was Alejandro Cabrera.
His rating is with 49 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 15.
Defensa y Justicia – Formation
Defensa y Justicia
72'
Defensa y Justicia started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Sebastián Beccacece played with: Ezequiel Unsaín , Nicolás Tripichio , Nazareno Colombo , Francisco Marco , Alexis Soto , Tomás Galván , Kevin Gutiérrez , Manuel Duarte , Gabriel Alanis , Andy Rios and Gastón Togni .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Lucas Albertengo, Nicolás Fernández, Nicolás Zalazar , Lucas Souto , Federico Versaci, Christian Ortíz, Marcos Hernán Peano, Tomas Sives, Tomás Escalante, Julián López , Agustín Fontana and Braian Cuello.
Defensa y Justicia could not rely on the presence of J. Lopez (injured).
Substitutions
Defensa y Justicia made 4 changes: M. Duarte for L. Souto (52′), K. Gutierrez for J. Lopez (53′), G. Alanis for N. Zalazar (73′) and T. Galvan for L. T. Escalante (90′).
Best player: Ezequiel Unsaín
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Defensa y Justicia was the goalkeeper: Ezequiel Unsaín. His rating is 8.05. He performed 7 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Superliga.
- Talleres Córdoba – Racing Club – 1-1
- Arsenal de Sarandi – Huracán – 1-1
- Argentinos Juniors – Platense – 0-2
- San Lorenzo – Rosario Central – 1-1
- Banfield – Defensa y Justicia – 1-2
- Tigre – River Plate – 1-1
- Newell’s Old Boys – Godoy Cruz – 1-2
