Argentine Liga Profesional de Fútbol

FT Monday, March 2, 2026
Vélez Sarsfield DWDWD 1
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Estudiantes de La Plata DWDWW 0
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Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi

Team Stats

16
Fouls
13
4
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
9
2
Saves
0
43.1
Possession
56.9
9
SHOTS
12
1
ON GOAL
2
0.1
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
245
Accurate Passes
346
316
Passes
415
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
9
18
Crosses
30
0.1
Cross %
0.3
47
Long Balls
69
16
Accurate Long Balls
43
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
8
8
Effective Tackles
14
14
Tackles
20
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
10
32
Effective Clearances
12
32
Clearances
12

Head to Head

EST leads series 3-2

Lineups

EST · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Fernando MusleraG
  2. 24Tomás PalaciosCD-L
  3. 14Leandro González PírezCD-R
  4. 13Gastón BenedettiLB
  5. 20Eric MezaRB
  6. 29Fabricio PérezAM
  7. 21Ezequiel PioviLM
  8. 32Mikel AmondarainRM
  9. 9Guido CarrilloF
  10. 18Edwin CetreAM-L
  11. 10Tiago PalaciosAM-R

VEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Álvaro MonteroG
  2. 16Lisandro MagallánCD-L
  3. 2Emanuel MammanaCD-R
  4. 3Elias GomezLB
  5. 4Joaquín GarcíaRB
  6. 22Manuel LanziniAM
  7. 8Lucas RobertoneLM
  8. 5Claudio BaezaRM
  9. 23Florián MonzónF
  10. 7Imanol MachucaAM-L
  11. 50Tobías AndradaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 17' Lucas Robertone (Vélez Sarsfield) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 19' Claudio Baeza (Vélez Sarsfield) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 38' Eric Meza (Estudiantes de La Plata) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 40' Florián Monzón (Vélez Sarsfield) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 50' Mikel Amondarain (Estudiantes de La Plata) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 58' Goal! Estudiantes de La Plata 0, Vélez Sarsfield 1. Florián Monzón (Vélez Sarsfield) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lisandro Magallán following a corner.
  7. 61' Substitution, Estudiantes de La Plata. Brian Aguirre replaces Fabricio Pérez.
  8. 66' Substitution, Vélez Sarsfield. Rodrigo Aliendro replaces Lucas Robertone.
  9. 66' Substitution, Vélez Sarsfield. Matías Arias replaces Imanol Machuca.
  10. 70' Substitution, Estudiantes de La Plata. Eros Mancuso replaces Eric Meza.
  11. 70' Substitution, Estudiantes de La Plata. Facundo Farías replaces Tiago Palacios.
  12. 70' Matías Arias (Vélez Sarsfield) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 81' Leandro González Pírez (Estudiantes de La Plata) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 87' Substitution, Estudiantes de La Plata. Adolfo Gaich replaces Edwuin Cetré.
  15. 87' Substitution, Estudiantes de La Plata. Joaquín Tobio Burgos replaces Gastón Benedetti.
  16. 89' Substitution, Vélez Sarsfield. Braian Romero replaces Manuel Lanzini.
  17. 90' Tomás Palacios (Estudiantes de La Plata) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 90'+3' Substitution, Vélez Sarsfield. Aaron Quirós replaces Florián Monzón.
  19. 90'+5' Ezequiel Piovi (Estudiantes de La Plata) is shown the yellow card.

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