MELO. La Luz overcomes Cerro Largo 3-1. La Luz got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Anibal Hernández (23′) and Facundo Agustín Barreto Medina (63′). Cerro Largo tried to recover with a goal from Mauro Brasil (73′). However, the match was closed by a penalty (87′) scored by Diego González for La Luz. Cerro Largo was decisively better in terms of ball possession (70%).
La Luz remained in players after Facundo Agustín Barreto Medina received a red card in the 90′.
The match was played at the Estadio Municipal Arquitecto Antonio Eleuterio Ubilla stadium in Melo on Wednesday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 16.63 degrees Celsius or 61.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.
Match Statistics
Cerro Largo
1 - 3
La Luz
- ! 70 Ball Possession 30
Shots
- 9 Total 8
- 3 On Target 4
- 6 Off Target 4
- 4 Shots blocked 4
- 130 Attack 86
- 57 Dangerous attack 52
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 2
- 4 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 13 Total 21
- 3 Yellow Cards 6
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 1
Ball possession
Cerro Largo was in firm control of the ball 70% while La Luz was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Cerro Largo was more aggressive with 57 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, La Luz found a way to find the solution to win this contest.
Cerro Largo shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, La Luz shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Cerro Largo received 3 yellow cards (Tomer Haran, Diego González and Hamilton Pereira). On the other side, La Luz received 6 yellow cards (Richard Martín González Lamas, Juan Román Pucheta, Anibal Hernández, Martin Alaniz, Pablo Porcile and Juan Ignacio Quintana Silva).
(Cerro Largo) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (90′).
Also, La Luz didn’t end the match with 11 players after Facundo Agustín Barreto Medina (La Luz) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (90′).
Match Timeline
Standings
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After this contest, Cerro Largo will stay with 6 points to hold in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, La Luz will have 18 points to sit in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Primera Division, Cerro Largo will play away with Defensor Sporting on the 21st of October with a 11-3 head to head statistic in favor of Defensor Sporting (4 draws).
La Luz will host Plaza Colonia on the 22nd of October with a 0-0 head to head stats.
