ROSARIO. Vélez Sarsfield and Rosario Central draw 1-1. S. Castro scored the first goal (29′) for Vélez Sarsfield. M. Lovera settled the score (68′) with a penalty.

The match was played at the Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre stadium in Rosario on Thursday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Leandro Rey Hilfer with the support of Cristian Navarro and Julio Fernández. The 4th official was José Sandoval. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 24.89 degrees Celsius or 76.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 33%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Rosario Central was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Vélez Sarsfield that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Rosario Central was putting more pressure with 59 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Rosario Central to win the match​.

Rosario Central shot 11 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Vélez Sarsfield shot 13 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Rosario Central received 2 yellow cards (Damián Martínez and Ignacio Malcorra). Talking about the opposition, Vélez Sarsfield received 4 yellow cards (Elías Gómez, Francisco Pizzini, Santiago Cáseres  and Santiago Castro).

Standings