CAPITAL FEDERAL. Argentinos Juniors had a surprising win over Vélez Sarsfield with a 2-0 win with a goal from K. Mac (45′) and a goal from G. Veron (80′).

The match was played at the Estadio Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Capital Federal on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Facundo Tello Figueroa with the help of Diego Yamil Bonfá and Damián Espinoza. The 4th official was Fernando Echenique.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Argentinos Juniors was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Vélez Sarsfield that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Argentinos Juniors was more pushing with 8 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Argentinos Juniors won the match​.

Argentinos Juniors shot 5 times, 4 on target, 1 off target. Talking about the opposition, Vélez Sarsfield shot 2 times, 0 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Argentinos Juniors received 3 yellow cards (L. Gonzalez, T. Nuss and F. Redondo Solari). On the opposite side, Vélez Sarsfield received 1 yellow card (V. Gomez).

Standings

After this match, Argentinos Juniors will have 42 points to remain in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Vélez Sarsfield will stay with 25 points like Defensa y Justicia and Argentinos Juniors to gain in the 26th place.

Next matches

Argentinos Juniors – Formation

Argentinos Juniors started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Gabriel Alejandro Milito decided to play with the following team: Federico Lanzillota (6.9), Kevin Mac Allister (8.1), Miguel Torren (6.9), Leonel González (6.2), Thiago Nuss (5.8), Franco Moyano (7.0), Álan Rodríguez (7.8), Mariano Bittolo (6.8), Gastón Verón (7.1), Gabriel Ávalos (7.2) and Andrés Roa (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Lautaro Ovando, Javier Cabrera (7.0), José Herrera, David Zalazar, Nicolás Reniero, Leandro Finochietto, Pablo Minissale, Marco Di Cesare, Luciano Gómez, Federico Redondo and Luciano Sánchez (7.0).

Substitutions

Argentinos Juniors made 5 changes: M. Bittolo for L. Sanchez (26′), T. Nuss for J. Cabrera (61′), G. Avalos for N. Reniero (82′), A. Roa for J. Herrera (83′) and G. Veron for F. Redondo Solari (83′).

Best player: Kevin Mac Allister​

The player that probably impressed the most for Argentinos Juniors was Kevin Mac Allister.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 30 passes (80% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Vélez Sarsfield – Formation

Vélez Sarsfield started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Alexander Jesús Medina Reobasco played with: Lucas Hoyos (6.6), Tomás Guidara (6.6), Diego Godín (7.0), Diego Gómez (7.1), Francisco Ortega (7.4), Luca Orellano (6.9), Nicolás Garayalde (7.0), Mateo Seoane (6.4), Lucas Janson (6.7), Santiago Castro (6.7) and Lucas Pratto (6.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Miguel Brizuela, Leonardo Burián, Leonardo Jara, Franco Díaz, Agustín Mulet, Matías de los Santos, Walter Bou (6.5), Maximo Perrone (6.7), José Florentín, Abiel Osorio (6.4), Julián Fernández, Emanuel Insua and Jonathan Menéndez.

Substitutions

Vélez Sarsfield made 5 changes: M. Seoane for M. Perrone (59′), L. Pratto for W. Bou (59′), L. Orellano for A. Osorio (71′), S. Castro for J. Fernandez (84′) and N. Garayalde for J. I. Florentin Bobadilla (84′).

Best player: Francisco Ortega​

The player that probably impressed the most for Vélez Sarsfield was Francisco Ortega.

His rating is (7.4) with 28 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9.

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