CAPITAL FEDERAL. River Plate was finally too strong for Argentinos Juniors with the goal of J. Quintero (66′), L. Beltran (69′) and A. Palavecino (80′). River Plate capitalized on its better ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Estadio Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Capital Federal on Sunday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Yael Falcón Pérez with the help of Pablo González and Pablo Gualtieri. The 4th official was Pablo Dóvalo.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

River Plate was in firm control of the ball 56% while Argentinos Juniors was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Argentinos Juniors was more pushing with 55 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, River Plate found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

Argentinos Juniors shot 13 times, 1 on target, 12 off target. Talking about the opposition, River Plate shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Argentinos Juniors received 1 yellow card (G. Veron). Regarding the opposition, River Plate received 5 yellow cards (E. Barco, B. Zuculini, H. Martinez, P. Diaz and L. Beltran).

Standings

After this match, Argentinos Juniors will stay with 33 points to hold in the 8th place. On the other side, River Plate will have 35 points to soar in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Argentinos Juniors will play away with Godoy Cruz on the 11th of October with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Argentinos Juniors (4 draws).

River Plate will play away agasint Patronato on the 9th of October with a 4-2 head to head record in favor of River Plate (0 draws).

Argentinos Juniors – Formation

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

The manager Gabriel Alejandro Milito decided to play with the following team: Federico Lanzillota (5.8), Kevin Mac Allister (7.0), Miguel Torren (6.9), Leonel González (5.6), Franco Moyano (6.4), Lucas Villalba (7.6), Javier Cabrera (7.1), Gastón Verón (6.1), Álan Rodríguez (6.4), José Herrera (6.3) and Gabriel Ávalos (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Marco Di Cesare, Luciano Gómez, David Zalazar, Mariano Bíttolo, Pablo Minissale, Nicolás Reniero, Thiago Nuss (6.7), Matías Lugo, Luciano Federico Sánchez, Federico Redondo, Leandro Finochietto and Andrés Roa (6.7).

Substitutions

Argentinos Juniors made 4 changes: J. Herrera for A. Roa (74′), G. Veron for T. Nuss (74′), J. Cabrera for N. Reniero (81′) and L. Villalba for F. Redondo Solari (81′).

Best player: Lucas Villalba​

The most impressive player for Argentinos Juniors was Lucas Villalba.

His rating is (7.6) with 37 passes (59% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.

River Plate – Formation

River Plate started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Marcelo Daniel Gallardo played with: Franco Armani (6.9), Paulo Díaz (7.0), Leandro González Pírez (7.3), David Martínez (7.5), Marcelo Herrera (7.0), Enzo Pérez (7.8), Bruno Zuculini (6.2), Milton Casco (6.6), Pablo Solari (6.3), Miguel Borja (6.8) and Esequiel Barco (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Juan Quintero (7.6), Tomás Pochettino, Jonathan Ramón Maidana, José Antonio Paradela, Lucas Beltrán (7.7), Agustín Palavecino (7.4), Matías Ezequiel Suárez, Elías José Gómez, Ezequiel Ignacio Centurión and Javier Horacio Pinola.

Substitutions

River Plate made 3 changes: P. Solari for L. Beltran (46′), E. Barco for J. Quintero (56′) and B. Zuculini for A. Palavecino (62′).

Best player: Enzo Pérez​

The player that probably impressed the most for River Plate was Enzo Pérez even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 66 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 13. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

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

• Talleres Córdoba – Lanús – 0-1
• Patronato – Atlético Tucumán – 2-1
• Argentinos Juniors – River Plate – 0-3
• Boca Juniors – Vélez Sarsfield – 1-0