AVELLANEDA. River Plate managed to find the solution against Racing Club to win 2-1. M. Borja was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Racing Club to strike first with a penalty of M. Rojas at the 56′. Then it was a goal in the 80′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, M. Borja gave the win to River Plate in the 90′ minute scoring a double.
The match was played at the Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón stadium in Avellaneda on Sunday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Pablo Echavarría with the collaboration of Maximiliano Del Yesso and Miguel Savorani. The 4th official was Yael Falcón Pérez. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 22.6 degrees Celsius or 72.75 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 19 Total 11
- 9 On Target 6
- 10 Off Target 5
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 110 Attack 99
- 46 Dangerous attack 43
- 108 Ball safe 117
- 2 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 3
- 4 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 14 Total 16
- 3 Yellow Cards 6
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 6 Substitutions 4
The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Racing Club was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. River Plate that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Racing Club was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 9 were on target. Still, River Plate was able to find the solution to win this encounter.
Racing Club shot 19 times, 9 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, River Plate shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Racing Club received 3 yellow cards (L. Miranda, C. J. Alcaraz and J. Carbonero). On the other side, River Plate received 6 yellow cards (M. A. Herrera Mansilla Barrios, E. Perez, J. Pinola, A. Palavecino, L. Gonzalez and F. Armani).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Racing Club will stay with 50 points to gain in the 2nd place. On the other side, River Plate will have 47 points to remain in the 3rd place.
Next matches
Racing Club – Formation
Racing Club started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Fernando Rubén Gago decided to play with the following team: Gabriel Arias , Iván Pillud , Leonardo Sigali , Gonzalo Piovi , Eugenio Mena , Leonel Miranda , Aníbal Moreno , Carlos Alcaraz , Matías Rojas , Enzo Copetti and Johan Carbonero .
The home team had on the bench: Maximiliano Romero, Jonathan Galván , Facundo Mura , Jonatan Gómez, Juan Cáceres, Lucas Orbán, Emiliano Insúa, Maico Quiroz, Fernando Prado, Gabriel Hauche , Matías Tagliamonte and Nicolas Oroz .
Substitutions
Racing Club made 5 changes: I. .. Pillud for F. Mura (66′), M. Rojas for G. Hauche (72′), J. Carbonero for J. Galvan (73′), C. J. Alcaraz for N. Oroz (82′) and L. Miranda for M. Romero (82′).
Best player: Matías Rojas
The most impressive player for Racing Club was Matías Rojas.
His rating is with 1 goal, 13 passes (100% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 7 crosses.
River Plate – Formation
River Plate started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Marcelo Daniel Gallardo played with: Franco Armani , Marcelo Herrera , Leandro González Pírez , Javier Pinola , Milton Casco , Pablo Solari , Enzo Pérez , Esequiel Barco , Agustín Palavecino , Miguel Borja and Lucas Beltrán .
These were the players on the bench: Matías Suárez , Tomás Pochettino , Ezequiel Centurión, Jonathan Maidana, José Paradela and Paulo Díaz.
River Plate could not rely on the presence of L. Gonzalez (injured) and P. Diaz (injured).
Substitutions
River Plate made 4 changes: P. Solari for J. Paradela (46′), E. Perez for T. Pochettino (46′), L. Beltran for M. Suarez (67′) and L. Gonzalez for P. Diaz (86′).
Best player: Franco Armani
The player that probably impressed the most for River Plate was the goalkeeper: Franco Armani. His rating is 8.04. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Superliga.
- Talleres Córdoba – Gimnasia La Plata – 2-1
- Racing Club – River Plate – 1-2
- Patronato – Huracán – 3-2
- Banfield – Sarmiento – 0-0
- Boca Juniors – Independiente – 2-2