Argentine Liga Profesional de Fútbol

FT Saturday, March 1, 2025
Estudiantes de La Plata DWDWW 2
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River Plate DWDWW 0
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EST112
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Estadio Más Monumental

Match Report

Ten-man River Plate denied top spot after 2-0 home loss to Estudiantes

Ten-man River Plate missed an opportunity to take first place in Group B of the Argentine Primera Division Apertura tournament with a 2-0 home defeat to Estudiantes on Saturday.

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
14
7
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
3
30.8
Possession
69.2
9
SHOTS
16
5
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
146
Accurate Passes
411
232
Passes
501
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
7
8
Crosses
34
0.5
Cross %
0.2
56
Long Balls
58
13
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.2
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
9
17
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
14
Interceptions
8
38
Effective Clearances
8
38
Clearances
8

Head to Head

RIV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

RIV · 4-3-3

  1. 1Franco ArmaniG
  2. 17Paulo DíazCD-L
  3. 28Lucas Martínez QuartaCD-R
  4. 21Marcos AcuñaLB
  5. 4Gonzalo MontielRB
  6. 24Enzo PérezCM
  7. 8Maximiliano MezaLM
  8. 31Santiago SimónRM
  9. 15Sebastián DriussiF
  10. 18Gonzalo MartínezLF
  11. 30Franco MastantuonoRF

EST · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Matias MansillaG
  2. 6Santiago NúñezCD-L
  3. 14Sebastián BoselliCD-R
  4. 15Santiago ArzamendiaLB
  5. 20Eric MezaRB
  6. 25Cristian MedinaAM
  7. 21Ezequiel PioviLM
  8. 5Santiago AscacibarRM
  9. 9Guido CarrilloF
  10. 22Alexis CastroAM-L
  11. 10Tiago PalaciosAM-R

Timeline

  1. 1' Santiago Ascacíbar (Estudiantes de La Plata) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 7' Lucas Piovi (Estudiantes de La Plata) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 9' Goal! River Plate 0, Estudiantes de La Plata 1. Alexis Castro (Estudiantes de La Plata) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tiago Palacios.
  4. 27' Maximiliano Meza (River Plate) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 40' Marcos Acuña (River Plate) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 44' Santiago Núñez (Estudiantes de La Plata) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 56' Enzo Pérez (River Plate) is shown the red card.
  8. 58' Substitution, River Plate. Miguel Borja replaces Pity Martínez.
  9. 61' Santiago Arzamendia (Estudiantes de La Plata) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 66' Substitution, Estudiantes de La Plata. Joaquín Tobio Burgos replaces Cristian Medina.
  11. 68' Substitution, Estudiantes de La Plata. Gabriel Neves replaces Alexis Castro.
  12. 69' Gabriel Neves (Estudiantes de La Plata) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  13. 71' Substitution, River Plate. Matías Rojas replaces Franco Mastantuono.
  14. 71' Substitution, River Plate. Ian Subiabre replaces Sebastián Driussi.
  15. 71' Substitution, River Plate. Milton Casco replaces Marcos Acuña.
  16. 80' Substitution, Estudiantes de La Plata. Gastón Benedetti replaces Santiago Arzamendia.
  17. 80' Substitution, Estudiantes de La Plata. Edwuin Cetré replaces Lucas Piovi.
  18. 83' Substitution, River Plate. Gonzalo Tapia replaces Santiago Simón.
  19. 90' Gastón Benedetti (Estudiantes de La Plata) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  20. 90'+4' Goal! River Plate 0, Estudiantes de La Plata 2. Santiago Ascacíbar (Estudiantes de La Plata) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  21. 90'+6' Joaquín Tobio Burgos (Estudiantes de La Plata) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  22. 90'+7' Ian Subiabre (River Plate) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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