San Lorenzo held on for a narrow 1:0 win over Unión Santa Fe in the Clausura round five of the Argentine Professional League at Pedro Bidegaín on Friday evening. The hosts ground out the win, their first victory in five matches, after a game that played out much as form suggested — possession, patience, and one decisive moment.
And here's the thing about this match: it was decided by a single strike. Rodrigo Auzmendi broke the deadlock in the 64th minute, and that proved enough. Before then, the visitors had sat deep and soaked it up, but by then San Lorenzo had made their intent clear through sustained pressure rather than sudden surges.
The statistics tell the story plainly. San Lorenzo enjoyed 54 per cent possession and registered eight shots on target against Unión's one. Expected goals sat at 1.08 for the hosts versus 0.19 for the visitors. They created four big chances; Unión created none. The shots accuracy figure for San Lorenzo was 57 per cent, while the visitors managed just 17 per cent on target.
There were interruptions along the way. Lucas Menossi and Maizon Rodriguez both picked up yellow cards just before half time, and Juan Pablo Ludueña joined them in the second half. A potential turning point arrived in the 87th minute when VAR cancelled a penalty appeal against Matias Reali, but the scoreline held firm after that.
San Lorenzo move up to seventh place on 22 points from 16 games, while Unión remain eighth with 21 points. The gap between them is now a single point, though the result does little to shake the table's hierarchy. Both sides have played the same number of matches, and neither has broken away.