LA PLATA. Estudiantes overcomes Godoy Cruz with a 2-0 win with a goal from E. Mas (44′) and a goal from F. Zapiola (70′). Estudiantes capitalized on its superior ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Estadio Ciudad de La Plata stadium in La Plata on Saturday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Jorge Baliño with the help of Pablo González and Federico Cano. The 4th official was Ramiro López. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15 degrees Celsius or 59.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Estudiantes was in firm control of the ball 58% while Godoy Cruz was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Estudiantes was more aggressive with 61 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Estudiantes won the match​.

Estudiantes shot 21 times, 6 on target, 15 off target. On the opposite side, Godoy Cruz shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Estudiantes didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Godoy Cruz received 3 yellow cards (P. Barrios, J. A. Meli and B. Leyes Sosa).

Standings

After playing this contest, Estudiantes will have 33 points to move up in the 17th place. On the other side, Godoy Cruz will stay with 35 points to go down in the 13th place.

Next matches

Estudiantes – Formation

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

The manager Pablo Javier Quatrocchi decided to play with the following team: Mariano Andújar (7.1), Leonardo Godoy (7.1), Jorge Morel (7.5), Santiago Núñez (7.4), Emmanuel Más (7.4), Jorge Rodríguez (7.2), Manuel Castro (7.7), Gonzalo Piñeiro (7.0), Franco Zapiola Yamartino (7.3), Leandro Díaz (7.2) and Mauro Boselli (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Nicolas Fernández, Fabián Noguera, Luciano Lollo, Julian Ascacibar, Fernando Zuqui (6.7), Leonardo Heredia, José Sosa (7.0), Mauro Méndez, Blas Agustín Palavecino, Benjamín Rollheiser, Pablo Piatti (6.6) and Juan Zozaya.

Substitutions

Estudiantes made 5 changes: M. Boselli for J. Sosa (56′), F. Zapiola for P. Piatti (73′), G. A. Pineiro for F. Zuqui (73′), M. Castro for B. Rollheiser (80′) and S. Nunez for F. Noguera (81′).

Best player: Manuel Castro​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Estudiantes was Manuel Castro even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 18 passes (38% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 14. He performed 6 crosses.

Godoy Cruz – Formation

Godoy Cruz started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Sergio Gómez played with: Juan Espinola (6.8), Pier Barrios (7.0), Gianluca Ferrari (6.6), José Canale (6.2), Juan Meli (6.6), Tomás Castro Ponce (7.0), Juan Andrada (6.8), Gonzalo Abrego (6.5), Tadeo Allende (7.0), Martín Ojeda (6.6) and Tomás Badaloni (6.2).

These were the players on the bench: Facundo Altamirano, Matías Soria, Elías Pereyra, Néstor Breitenbruch, Juan Pintado, Gabriel Vega, Enzo Larrosa (6.1), Valentín Burgoa (6.8), Bruno Leyes (6.4), Daniel Molina, Cristian Chávez, Santiago Paiva (6.4), Facundo Altamirano and Daniel Molina.

Substitutions

Godoy Cruz made 5 changes: G. Abrego for B. Leyes Sosa (46′), T. Castro for V. Burgoa (46′), T. Badaloni for E. Larrosa (72′), M. Ojeda for S. Paiva (73′) and T. Allende for J. Pintado (81′).

Best player: Pier Barrios​

The most impressive player for Godoy Cruz was Pier Barrios.

His rating is (7.0) with 26 passes (46% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 15.

Results of the day

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

• Unión Santa Fe – Central Cordoba SdE – 1-4
• Defensa y Justicia – Atlético Tucumán – 3-1
• Estudiantes – Godoy Cruz – 2-0
• Argentinos Juniors – Vélez Sarsfield – 2-0
• San Lorenzo – Aldosivi – 3-0