VICENTE LóPEZ. Platense beats Unión Santa Fe 1-0 after J. Benitez scored just 1 goal (45′).

The match was played at the Estadio Ciudad de Vicente López stadium in Vicente López on Tuesday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Hernán Mastrángelo who had the assistance of Gerardo Lencina and Federico Cano. The 4th official was Ariel Suárez. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13.3 degrees Celsius or 55.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Unión Santa Fe had a strong ball possession 55% while Platense was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Platense was putting more pressure with 48 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Platense won the match​.

Platense shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Unión Santa Fe shot 10 times, 0 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Platense received 2 yellow cards (G. Suso and H. Tijanovich). On the opposite side, Unión Santa Fe received 4 yellow cards (J. Portillo, J. Alvez, F. Calderon and B. Castrillon).

Standings

After this match, Platense will have 29 points like River Plate to go down in the 9th place. On the other side, Unión Santa Fe will stay with 26 points to drop in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Platense will host Defensa y Justicia on the 1st of October with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Defensa y Justicia (1 draw).

Unión Santa Fe will host Newell’s Old Boys on the 1st of October with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of Newell’s Old Boys (3 draws).

Platense – Formation

Platense started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Omar De Felippe decided to play with the following team: Marcos Ledesma (7.2), Nicolás Morgantini (7.0), Ramiro González (7.1), Haibrany Ruiz Diaz (7.0), Gastón Suso (7.0), Juan Infante (7.2), Vicente Taborda (7.0), Nahuel Ignacio Casasola (7.1), Ivan Gómez (7.1), ‪Ignacio Schor (6.4) and Jorge Benítez (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Alejandro Sánchez, Juan Pablo Pignani, Camargo, Mauro Bogado (7.1), Federico Gino, Alexis Sabella, Franco Baldassarra (6.8), Horacio Tijanovich (6.8), Nicolás Delgadillo, Carlo Lattanzio, Mauro Zárate and Sebastián Guerrero.

Substitutions

Platense made 3 changes: V. Taborda for H. Tijanovich (70′), N. Casasola for M. Bogado (70′) and I. Schor for F. Baldassarra (83′).

Best player: Jorge Benítez​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Platense was Jorge Benítez.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 24 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 12.

Unión Santa Fe – Formation

Unión Santa Fe started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Gustavo Adolfo Munúa Vera played with: Sebastián Moyano (6.6), Franco Calderón (7.0), Claudio Corvalán (7.0), Diego Polenta (6.9), Federico Vera (7.0), Juan Nardoni (6.7), Juan Portillo (7.3), Lucas Esquivel (7.4), Mauro Luna Diale (7.4), Bryan Castrillón (7.2) and Jonathan Álvez (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Diego Gonzalez, Francisco Gerometta, Enzo Roldán (6.8), Leonel Bucca, Imanol Machuca (6.4), Kevin Zenón (6.8), Matías Gallegos (6.4), Mariano Peralta Bauer, Alessandro Balbo, Daniel Juárez, Ezequiel Cañete (6.6) and Tomás Gonzalez.

Unión Santa Fe could not rely on the presence of E. Roldan (injured).

Substitutions

Unión Santa Fe made 5 changes: C. Corvalan for E. Roldan (36′), F. Vera for K. Zenon (74′), M. Luna Diale for M. Canete (74′), L. Esquivel for I. Machuca (74′) and J. Portillo for M. Gallegos Panozzo (83′).

Best player: Lucas Esquivel​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Unión Santa Fe was Lucas Esquivel.

His rating is (7.4) with 25 passes (68% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 9 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Platense – Unión Santa Fe – 1-0
• Aldosivi – Newell’s Old Boys – 1-2
• River Plate – Banfield – 1-2
• Colón – San Lorenzo – 0-0
• Racing Club – Patronato – 1-0