AVELLANEDA. Gimnasia La Plata beats Arsenal de Sarandi 1-0 after J. Carbonero scored just 1 goal (67′). Gimnasia La Plata took advantage of its superior ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona stadium in Avellaneda on Wednesday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Pablo Echavarría who had the assistance of Ariel Scime and Daiana Milone. The 4th official was Ramiro López. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 29.4 degrees Celsius or 84.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 21%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Gimnasia La Plata had a strong ball possession 56% while Arsenal de Sarandi was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Gimnasia La Plata was more aggressive with 76 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Gimnasia La Plata won the contest.​

Arsenal de Sarandi shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Gimnasia La Plata shot 22 times, 8 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

Arsenal de Sarandi received 4 yellow cards (G. Goni, A. Ruiz, E. Mendez and J. Navas). On the opposite side, Gimnasia La Plata received 6 yellow cards (B. Aleman, G. Fratta, R. Holgado, R. Rey, M. Insaurralde and E. Cecchini).

Standings

After this contest, Arsenal de Sarandi will stay with 13 points to move up in the 25th place. Regarding the opposition, Gimnasia La Plata will have 24 points like Defensa y Justicia and Independiente to move down in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Arsenal de Sarandi will play away against Aldosivi on the 25th of October with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Aldosivi (0 draws).

Gimnasia La Plata will host Central Cordoba SdE on the 23rd of October with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Gimnasia La Plata (0 draws).

Arsenal de Sarandi – Formation

Arsenal de Sarandi started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Israel Alejandro Damonte decided to play with the following team: Alejandro Medina (7.2), Julián Navas Granados (7.0), Gonzalo Goñi (6.8), Gastón Suso (6.8), Emiliano Papa (6.7), Nicolás Castro (6.9), Leonel Picco (6.8), Emiliano Méndez (7.1), Facundo Kruspzky (7.0), Lucas Albertengo (6.8) and Alan Ruiz (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Daniel Sappa, Jonathan Bottinelli, Lucas Suarez, Ignacio Gariglio, Dardo Miloc (6.5), Juan Andrada, Jorge Ortiz, Brian Farioli (6.8), Alejo Antilef (6.4), Bruno Sepúlveda (6.5), Matías Belloso and Nicolás Mazzola.

Substitutions

Arsenal de Sarandi made 5 changes: N. Castro for V. Larralde (46′), L. Picco for D. Miloc (46′), L. Albertengo for B. Sepulveda (63′), A. Ruiz for B. Farioli (63′) and E. Mendez for A. Antilef (72′).

Best player: Alejandro Medina​

The most impressive player for Arsenal de Sarandi was the goalkeeper: Alejandro Medina. His rating is 7.22. He performed 4 saves.

Gimnasia La Plata – Formation

Gimnasia La Plata started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the other side, Néstor Raúl Gorosito played with: Rodrigo Rey (7.6), Francisco Gerometta (7.3), Leonardo Morales (7.4), Guillermo Fratta (7.0), Nicolás Colazo (7.1), Brahian Alemán (7.0), Emanuel Cecchini (6.9), Matías Pérez García (6.8), Matías Miranda (7.1), Johan Carbonero (7.4) and Sebastián Cocimano (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Tomás Durso, Bruno Palazzo, Lucas Licht (6.5), Maximiliano Coronel, Harrinson Mancilla, Estanislao Jara, Nery Leyes, Carlos Insaurralde (6.8), Erik Ramírez (6.6), Franco Torres, Rodrigo Holgado (6.1) and Luis Miguel Rodríguez (7.3).

Gimnasia La Plata could not rely on the presence of L. Licht (injured).

Substitutions

Gimnasia La Plata made 5 changes: M. Miranda for L. M. Rodriguez (60′), M. Perez Garcia for E. Ramirez (60′), S. Cocimano for R. Holgado (61′), B. Aleman for M. Insaurralde (61′) and J. Carbonero for L. Licht (79′).

Best player: Rodrigo Rey​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Gimnasia La Plata was the goalkeeper: Rodrigo Rey. His rating is 7.61. He performed 3 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Central Cordoba SdE – Vélez Sarsfield – 1-2
• Arsenal de Sarandi – Gimnasia La Plata – 0-1
• San Lorenzo – Lanús – 1-3