Metropolitanos FC

Match report

Metropolitanos hold nerve in victory over possession-dominant Táchira

Metropolitanos beat Deportivo Táchira 3:1 at home in the Clausura stage of the First Division on Saturday night. The hosts took control through three first-half goals and held on despite a late red card to their visitors. Táchira finished with ten men after G. Fratta was sent off in the seventy-first minute.

C. Camarillo opened the scoring in the twenty-eighth minute before J. Caraballo doubled the lead just before half-time. Miku added a third in the forty-eighth minute, and things came to a head when the visitors lost their composure. By then, Metropolitanos had already put the game beyond doubt.

Match events

28' goal C. Camarillo
38' yellow card D. Alfonzo
45+2' goal J. Caraballo
48' goal Miku
63' substitution Miku off, D. Zalzman on
65' substitution B. Palmezano off, D. Alfonzo on
71' substitution C. Camarillo off, R. Figueroa on
71' red card G. Fratta
84' substitution R. Pollero off, L. Lusnig on
86' substitution S. Ramirez off
89' yellow card J. D. Duarte Arias
90+1' yellow card R. Sangiovani
90+2' goal K. Ortiz

Táchira had sixty-three per cent possession and completed 352 passes to Metropolitanos' 182, but the statistics tell only part of the story. The visitors registered eight shots on target from nineteen attempts while the hosts hit six from twelve. Things came to a head when Fratta's dismissal changed the dynamic entirely.

The result keeps Metropolitanos in third place on thirty-eight points from nineteen games, while Táchira remain top with forty points after twenty matches. The gap between them remains two points, but the visitors now have one less game to make up that ground. Metropolitanos have kept three clean sheets on the spin in recent weeks, and this performance adds to that pattern.

Ortiz snatched a consolation goal in the ninety-second minute, but the match had been decided long before. Táchira were dominant in the air from set plays with ten successful aerial duels, yet they could not find the breakthrough when it mattered. Metropolitanos switched off at the back only briefly, and the high line was picked apart efficiently in the opening exchanges.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 37 – 63

Shots on target 6 – 8

Shots off target 6 – 11

Big chances 3 – 1

⚽ 28' C. Camarillo — Goal 🟨 38' D. Alfonzo — Yellow card ⚽ 45+2' J. Caraballo — Goal ⚽ 48' Miku — Goal ⇄ 63' Miku — Substitution ⇄ 63' D. Zalzman — Substitution ⇄ 65' B. Palmezano — Substitution ⇄ 65' D. Alfonzo — Substitution ⇄ 71' R. Figueroa — Substitution ⇄ 71' C. Camarillo — Substitution 🟥 71' G. Fratta — Red card ⇄ 84' R. Pollero — Substitution ⇄ 84' L. Lusnig — Substitution ⇄ 86' S. Ramirez — Substitution 🟨 89' J. D. Duarte Arias — Yellow card 🟨 90+1' R. Sangiovani — Yellow card ⚽ 90+2' K. Ortiz — Goal

Match events

28' 1:0 Metropolitanos FC Goal C. Camarillo assist: R. Figueroa
38' 1:0 Deportivo Táchira Yellow card D. Alfonzo
45+2' 1:1 Deportivo Táchira Goal J. Caraballo
48' 2:1 Metropolitanos FC Goal Miku assist: K. Ortiz
63' 2:1 Metropolitanos FC Substitution Miku off: R. Acosta
63' 2:1 Metropolitanos FC Substitution D. Zalzman off: R. Sangiovani
65' 2:1 Deportivo Táchira Substitution B. Palmezano off: A. Penaranda
65' 2:1 Deportivo Táchira Substitution D. Alfonzo off: L. Zuniga
71' 2:1 Metropolitanos FC Substitution R. Figueroa off: J. Navarro
71' 2:1 Metropolitanos FC Substitution C. Camarillo off: L. Perez
71' 2:1 Deportivo Táchira Red card G. Fratta
84' 2:1 Deportivo Táchira Substitution R. Pollero off: J. D. Duarte Arias
84' 2:1 Deportivo Táchira Substitution L. Lusnig off: E. Tamiche
86' 2:1 Metropolitanos FC Substitution S. Ramirez off: R. Garces
89' 2:1 Deportivo Táchira Yellow card J. D. Duarte Arias
90+1' 2:1 Metropolitanos FC Yellow card R. Sangiovani
90+2' 3:1 Metropolitanos FC Goal K. Ortiz assist: D. Rivillo

Statistics

37 Possession, % 63

6 Shots on target 8

6 Shots off target 11

3 Big chances 1

54 Attacks 111

1 Corners 6

12 Fouls 14

13 Free kicks 12

3 Offsides 1

1 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 1

13 Goal kicks 10

12 Throw-ins 19

All statistics

9/1947% Aerial duels 10/1953%

21 Backward passes 46

3 Blocked shots 2

40 Clearances 19

7/2232% Crosses 4/2914%

7/1547% Dribbles 7/1164%

60 Failed passes 72

7 Goalkeeper saves 3

9 Interceptions 5

11 Key passes 18

25/5446% Long passes 34/5958%

64 Passes into the final third 124

174 Passes in the opposition half 289

90 Passes in own half 164

0.40 Shot accuracy 0.38

6 Shots inside the box 10

6/967% Tackles 11/1573%

242 Total passes 424

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