MONTEVIDEO. Nacional and River Plate draw 1-1. M. Laborda scored the first goal (55′) for Nacional. T. N. equalized (67′). Nacional was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (61%)
The match was played at the Parque Federico Omar Saroldi stadium in Montevideo on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Christian Ferreyra who had the assistance of Pablo Llarena and Ernesto Hartwig. The 4th official was Daniel Fedorczuk. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.8 degrees Celsius or 69.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.
Match Statistics
- ! 39 Ball Possession 61
Shots
- 3 Total 16
- 1 On Target 5
- 2 Off Target 11
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 82 Attack 113
- 58 Dangerous attack 98
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 14
Fouls
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Ball possession
Nacional had a strong ball possession 61% while River Plate was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Nacional had a more offensive attitude with 98 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Nacional to win the contest.
River Plate shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Nacional shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
River Plate received 2 yellow cards (M. Pereira and H. Salaberry). Regarding the opposition, Nacional received 2 yellow cards (Leo Coelho and M. Laborda).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, River Plate will have 21 points like Wanderers to hold in the 8th place. On the other side, Nacional will have 28 points to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Primera Division, River Plate will host Torque on the 29th of October with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Torque (6 draws).
Nacional will host Danubio on the 29th of October with a 23-16 head to head statistic in favor of Nacional (2 draws).
River Plate – Formation
River Plate adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Gustavo Díaz Domínguez decided to play with the following team: Salvador Ichazo, Maxi Pereira, Horacio Salaberry, Santiago Brunelli, Walter Clar, Matias Alfonso, Marcos Montiel, Matias Ocampo, Pablo López, Jonathan Urretaviscaya and Thiago Borbas.
The home team had on the bench: Fabrizio Correa, Gonzalo Viera, Ricardo Chopitea, Robert Herrera, Tiago Galletto, Gonzalo Nápoli, Chori Castro, Joaquín Lavega, Nicolás Sosa and Juan Cruz De los Santos.
Substitutions
River Plate made 4 changes: J. Urreta for J. C. De Los Santos (5′), M. Ocampo for J. Lavega (58′), P. Lopez for N. Sosa (59′) and M. Alfonso for (66′).
Nacional – Formation
Also Nacional adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Pablo Eduardo Repetto Aquino played with: Sergio Rochet, José Luis Rodríguez, Mathías Laborda, Léo Coelho, Camilo Cándido, Diego Rodríguez, Felipe Carballo, Leandro Lozano, Diego Zabala, Alfonso Trezza and Luis Suárez.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Martín Rodríguez, Juan Izquierdo, Christian Almeida, Francisco Ginella, Yonathan Rodríguez, Alex Castro, Santiago Ramírez, Renzo Sánchez, Juan Ignacio Ramírez and Emanuel Gigliotti.
Substitutions
Nacional made 3 changes: D. Zabala for E. Gigliotti (74′), A. Trezza for S. Ramirez (85′) and D. Rodriguez for Y. Rodriguez (85′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Primera Division.
- River Plate – Nacional – 1-1
- Plaza Colonia – Deportivo Maldonado – 0-1
- Wanderers – Rentistas – 1-0