MONTEVIDEO. Racing and River Plate didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday. River Plate was surely superior in terms of ball possession (70%).
The match was played at the Parque Osvaldo Roberto stadium in Montevideo on Sunday and it started at 9:45 am local time. The referee was Santiago Motta who was helped by Pablo Llarena and Daiana Vanesa Fernández. The 4th official was Andrés Martínez. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 22 degrees Celsius or 71.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 27%.
Match Statistics
Racing
0 - 0
River Plate
- ! 30 Ball Possession 70
Shots
- 6 Total 3
- 0 On Target 0
- 3 Off Target 3
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 84 Attack 111
- 47 Dangerous attack 49
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 5
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 13 Total 17
- 3 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Ball possession
River Plate was in firm control of the ball 70% while Racing was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
River Plate was more aggressive with 49 dangerous attacks and 3 shots of which 0 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough River Plate to win the contest.
Racing shot 6 times, 0 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, River Plate shot 3 times, 0 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Racing received 1 yellow card (Tomás Verón Lupi). Talking about the opposition, River Plate received 3 yellow cards (J. Trasante, R. Cristóbal and S. Brunelli).
Match Timeline
Standings
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- W
- W
- W
- D
- W
- W
- D
- D
- W
- D
- L
- D
- W
- D
- W
- L
- W
- D
- L
- W
- D
- W
- D
- L
- L
- D
- W
- W
- L
- L
- W
- L
- L
- L
- L
- W
- D
- D
- L
- L
- D
- D
- L
- L
- L
After this match, Racing has 2 points to occupy the 14th place in the standings. On the other side, River Plate has 4 points (6th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Primera Division, Racing will play away against Cerro on the 12th of May with a 11-10 head to head statistic in favor of Cerro (5 draws).
River Plate will host Liverpool on the 12th of May with a 16-14 head to head in favor of Liverpool (6 draws).
Racing – Formation
Racing adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Gustavo Hugo Fermani decided to play with the following team: Nicolás Gentilio, Franco Paredes, Matias Velazquez, Santiago Mouriño, Diego Sosa, Axel Pérez, Tomas Veron Lupi, Agustin Rodriguez, Agustín Alaniz, Rodrigo Rey and Juan Rivero.
The home team had on the bench: Gilmar Aldair Bolivar Martinez, Luis Gorocito, Matías Benítez, Manuel Nunez, Rodrigo Odriozola, Gastón Bueno, Santiago Otegui, Ariel Cabral, Ignacio Lema, Manuel Nunez and Alexander Hernandez.
Substitutions
Racing decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.
