Platense 2-0 Central Cordoba SdE: Match Report, Goals, Stats and Ratings

How Platense won it

Guido Mainero put Platense ahead in the 58th minute, set up by Nicolás Retamar. Victor Cuesta made it 2-0 to Platense in the 74th minute, set up by Bautista Merlini.

It was 0-0 at half-time, and the second half changed the result.

Platense: M. Palermo, 4-2-3-1 · Central Cordoba SdE: S. Domínguez, 4-4-2.

Moneyball's prediction against the result

A correct call: the Match Board's pick was Platense Win, and 2-0 bears it out.

The estimate's most likely result was a Platense win at 54%, and that is what happened. Its single most likely score was 1-0 (15%).

On goals the estimate was close: about 2.3 expected, 2 scored.

Over 2.5 goals had been put at 40%; with 2 goals the under came in, as the estimate leaned.

Both teams to score was 43%; they did not both score, in line with the estimate.

The pre-match consensus had a Platense win at 59%, the same lean as Moneyball.

Computed before kick-off from both sides' season goals and expected goals as of 2026-11-02, through a Dixon-Coles score model, and left as it was.

Why it went this way

On the day the expected goals were 1.07 for Platense and 1.49 for Central Cordoba SdE.

Central Cordoba SdE left about 1.5 goals' worth of chances on the pitch.

The run of play itself went against the pre-match reading: Moneyball expected Platense to create more, and Central Cordoba SdE did.

Platense had 6 shots on target, Central Cordoba SdE 2.

Platense had 59% of the ball and turned it into the win.

Where the two sides stood before this match

Platense came into it with 32 Liga Profesional Argentina matches played, scoring 0.9 and conceding 1.1 a match, with 1.15 expected goals for and 1.24 against, and had won 25% of their matches.

Central Cordoba SdE came into it with 32 Liga Profesional Argentina matches played, scoring 0.7 and conceding 1.5 a match, with 0.90 expected goals for and 1.75 against, and had won 19% of their matches.

Platense vs Central Cordoba SdE: the match in numbers

Team statistics from Sportmonks.

Player ratings and man of the match

Man of the match: Victor Cuesta (Platense), rated 8.2 by Sportmonks, with 1 goal.

Platense

• Victor Cuesta 8.2 1 goal
• Guido Mainero 7.8 1 goal
• Ignacio Vázquez 7.4
• Nicolás Retamar 7.3 1 assist
• Franco Zapiola 7.1

Central Cordoba SdE

• Leonardo Sequeira 7.1
• Matías Vera 7.0
• Alan Aguerre 7.0
• Diego Barrera 6.8
• Ignacio Santillán 6.6

The lowest-rated starter was Enzo Tiziano Ramirez Suarez at 6.3. Ratings run from 0 to 10; around 7.0 is a solid match.

Questions about Platense vs Central Cordoba SdE

What was the score in Platense vs Central Cordoba SdE?

Platense 2-0 Central Cordoba SdE (half-time 0-0), Liga Profesional Argentina, Monday 2 November 2026.

Who scored in Platense vs Central Cordoba SdE?

Guido Mainero 58', Victor Cuesta 74'.

Did Moneyball predict Platense vs Central Cordoba SdE correctly?

A correct call: the Match Board's pick was Platense Win, and 2-0 bears it out.

Who was man of the match in Platense vs Central Cordoba SdE?

Victor Cuesta, rated 8.2 by Sportmonks.

Who refereed Platense vs Central Cordoba SdE?

P. Dóvalo.