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Instituto 1-2 Unión - March 01, 2026 / Liga Profesional 2026

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Liga Profesional 2026 - Journée 8

Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes - Córdoba - Argentina

March 01, 2026 - 19:15

Instituto

1 - 2

Unión

(right foot) Luca Rafaelli

48'

43'

Cristian Tarragona (header) Assist by Julian Palacios

55'

Mateo Del Blanco (left foot) Assist by Julian Palacios

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22' - Substitution Maizon Rodríguezis substituted by Valentín Fascendini

28' - Substitution Jhon Córdobais substituted by Luca Rafaelli28

43' - Goal Cristian Tarragona

44' - Yellow card Gaston Lodico44

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46' - Substitution Agustin Bravois substituted by Franco Jara46

48' - Goal Luca Rafaelli48

55' - Goal Mateo Del Blanco

63' - Yellow card Luca Rafaelli63

66' - Substitution Juan Ignacio Mendezis substituted by Gustavo Abregu photo Nicolas Guerra

66' - Substitution Matias Fonsecais substituted by Nicolas Guerra66

66' - Substitution Julian Palaciosis substituted by Augusto Solari

74' - Yellow card Giuliano Cerato74

76' - Substitution Brahian Cuellois substituted by Bruno Pittón

80' - Substitution Alex Lunais substituted by Jeremías Lázaro80

87' - Yellow card Marcelo Estigarribia

92' - Yellow card Leonel Mosevich92

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Instituto

1 - 2

Unión

Instituto Unión

Team line-ups

Instituto

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Luna80

Alex Luna

Argentina

B.date31/03/2004

Age21 years

H1m74

PositionSecond striker

11Fonseca66

Matias Fonseca

Uruguay

B.date12/03/2001

Age24 years

H1m81

PositionCentre forward

20Córdoba28

Jhon Córdoba

Colombia

B.date15/07/2000

Age25 years

H1m81

PositionCentre forward

19Lodico44

Gaston Lodico

Argentina

B.date28/05/1998

Age27 years

H1m62

PositionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

13Mendez66

Juan Ignacio Mendez

Argentina

B.date28/04/1997

Age28 years

H1m77

PositionOffensive Midfielder

3Sosa

Diego Sosa

Argentina

B.date28/07/1997

Age28 years

H1m75

PositionLeft full-back

32Bravo46

Agustin Bravo

Argentina

B.date11/05/2001

Age24 years

H1m85

PositionCentral defender

26Mosevich92

Leonel Mosevich

Argentina

B.date04/02/1997

Age29 years

H1m84

PositionCentral defender

6Alarcón

Fernando Alarcón

Argentina

B.date16/06/1994

Age31 years

H1m85

PositionLeft full-back

44Cerato74

Giuliano Cerato

Argentina

B.date10/06/1998

Age27 years

PositionRight full-back

28Roffo

Manuel Roffo

Argentina

B.date04/04/2000

Age25 years

H1m84

PositionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
28	G	Manuel Roffo		25	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	D	Agustin Bravo	46	24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Leonel Mosevich	92	29	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Fernando Alarcón		31	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Diego Sosa		28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
44	D	Giuliano Cerato	74	27	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Juan Ignacio Mendez	66	28	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Gaston Lodico	44	27	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Jhon Córdoba	28	25	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Alex Luna	80	21	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Matias Fonseca	66	24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Unión

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

25Tarragona43

Cristian Tarragona

Argentina

B.date09/04/1991

Age34 years

H1m74

PositionCentre forward

19Estigarribia87

Marcelo Estigarribia

Argentina

B.date10/04/1995

Age30 years

H1m84

PositionOffensive Midfielder

22Cuello76

Brahian Cuello

Argentina

B.date30/09/1997

Age28 years

H1m70

PositionRight Midfielder

24Profini

Rafael Profini

Argentina

B.date09/09/2003

Age22 years

PositionDefensive Midfielder

30M. Pittón

Mauro Pittón

Argentina

B.date08/08/1994

Age31 years

H1m81

PositionCentre Midfield

20Palacios66

Julian Palacios

Argentina

B.date04/02/1999

Age27 years

H1m72

PositionOffensive Midfielder

11Del Blanco55

Mateo Del Blanco

Argentina

B.date31/10/2003

Age22 years

H1m70

PositionLeft full-back

26Ludueña

Juan Ludueña

Argentina

B.date11/02/2003

Age23 years

H1m85

PositionDefender

2Rodríguez22

Maizon Rodríguez

Uruguay

B.date22/05/2003

Age22 years

H1m85

PositionCentral defender

35Vargas

Lautaro Vargas

Argentina

B.date01/03/2005

Age20 years

H1m68

PositionRight full-back

21Mansilla

Matías Mansilla

Argentina

B.date15/01/1996

Age30 years

H1m92

PositionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
21	G	Matías Mansilla		30	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Maizon Rodríguez	22	22	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Juan Ludueña		23	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Mateo Del Blanco	55	22	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	D	Lautaro Vargas		20	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Rafael Profini		22	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Brahian Cuello	76	28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Mauro Pittón		31	207	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Julian Palacios	66	27	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Marcelo Estigarribia	87	30	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	F	Cristian Tarragona	43	34	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
35	G	Emanuel Sittaro		26
22	D	Agustin Massaccesi		23
55	D	Gustavo Abregu	66	28	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Hernán De La Fuente		29
61	M	Joaquín Medina		20
21	M	Jeremías Lázaro	80	21	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Ignacio Rossi		22
15	M	Matias Gallardo		22
29	F	Franco Jara	46	37	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Nicolas Guerra	66	27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
72	F	Luca Rafaelli	482863		6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Jonás Acevedo		29

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
28	G	Federico Gomes		21
13	D	Valentín Fascendini	22	22	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	D	Nicolás Paz		23
12	D	Bruno Pittón	76	33	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Emiliano Alvarez		25
5	M	Lucas Menossi		33
43	M	Emilio Giaccone		21
46	M	Santiago Grella		20
23	F	Augusto Solari	66	34	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	F	Diego Diaz		24
31	F	Misael Aguirre		18
7	F	Franco Fragapane		33

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Agustin Bravo

Jonathan Galvan

OUT

Juan Ignacio Mendez

Gustavo Abregu

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Brahian Cuello

Franco Fragapane

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Diego Flores

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Flores vs Unión

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 01, 2026

Flores vs Madelón

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 01, 2026

Manager

Age

Match num

Leonardo Madelón

263

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Madelón vs Instituto

6 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 01, 2026

Madelón vs Flores

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 01, 2026

Referee

Sebastián Zunino

2 victories	3 draws	5 losses	Instituto10 matches	General total	Unión7 matches	2 victories	3 draws	2 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Instituto1 match	Season total	Unión2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 01, 2026					Latest figure on May 02, 2026

Assistant Referee

Federico García

0 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Instituto2 matches	General total	Unión1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Instituto1 match	Season total	Unión1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 01, 2026					Latest figure on March 01, 2026

Assistant Referee

Walter Ferreyra

1 victory	2 draws	2 losses	Instituto5 matches	General total	Unión1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Instituto1 match	Season total	Unión1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 01, 2026					Latest figure on March 01, 2026

4th official

Jorge Ethen

0 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Instituto2 matches	General total	Unión2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Instituto1 match	Season total	Unión1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 01, 2026					Latest figure on March 01, 2026

Assistant Referee VAR

Silvio Trucco

1 victory	4 draws	2 losses	Instituto7 matches	General total	Unión2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Instituto2 matches	Season total	Unión1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 01, 2026					Latest figure on March 01, 2026

Assistant VAR Referee

Miguel Savorani

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Instituto1 match	General total	Unión1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Instituto1 match	Season total	Unión1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 01, 2026					Latest figure on March 01, 2026

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Instituto keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win vs Unión at home in Primera División running (since 17/09/1989). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Unión after 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 02/02/2026). It was the best streak for the club since 13/05/2025-28/08/2025 (10 matches).

End of streak for Instituto after 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 08/02/2026).

Read the next 22 key stats

General ranking

No ranking available

General ranking

No ranking available

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LInstituto 1-3 Rosario Central31/10/2025

DInstituto 0-0 Talleres16/11/2025

LInstituto 0-1 Vélez Sarsfield22/01/2026

DInstituto 2-2 Lanus03/02/2026

VInstituto 2-0 Central Córdoba SdE15/02/2026

VInstituto 2-1 Atlético Tucuman20/02/2026

Overall

LInstituto 1-3 Rosario Central31/10/2025

DInstituto 0-0 Talleres16/11/2025

LInstituto 0-1 Vélez Sarsfield22/01/2026

DInstituto 2-2 Lanus03/02/2026

VInstituto 2-0 Central Córdoba SdE15/02/2026

VInstituto 2-1 Atlético Tucuman20/02/2026

Current form

Overall

DUnión 0-0 Barracas Central08/11/2025

LUnión 1-2 Gimnasia La Plata24/11/2025

DUnión 0-0 Platense22/01/2026

VUnión 4-0 Gimnasia Mendoza02/02/2026

DUnión 0-0 San Lorenzo de Almagro13/02/2026

VUnión 1-0 Aldosivi MDP.22/02/2026

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	3	3
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	3	3
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	0	4
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	0	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

309	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	227
23	FBDB index ranking (National)	16

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
2	Victories (Competition total)	3
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
3	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	9
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
8	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
1.14	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.29
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
1.14	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.57
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.33

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
0-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (1 times)

Bookings

9	Yellow cards (Competition total)	7
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Alex Luna	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Cristian Tarragona
Alex Luna	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Alex Luna	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Marcelo Estigarribia
Alex Luna	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Diego Sosa	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Emiliano Alvarez
Diego Sosa	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Alex Luna	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Cristian Tarragona

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

13 v

5 d

6 l

31 gf

25 ga

Away

24 matches

2 v

12 d

10 l

23 gf

34 ga

Total

48 matches

15 v

17 d

16 l

54 gf

59 ga

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

10 v

12 d

2 l

34 gf

23 ga

Away

24 matches

6 v

5 d

13 l

25 gf

31 ga

Total

48 matches

16 v

17 d

15 l

59 gf

54 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	March 25, 1995
Home	4 - 1	March 25, 1995

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 15, 2025
Away	4 - 0	August 15, 2025

Latest head to head

August 15, 2025 - Liga Profesional 2025

Instituto

0 - 4

Unión

February 13, 2025 - Liga Profesional 2025

Unión

0 - 0

Instituto

May 18, 2024 - Torneo Sur Finanzas 2024

Instituto

1 - 1

Unión

February 05, 2023 - Torneo Binance 2023

Unión

0 - 2

Instituto

April 18, 2014 - Primera B Nacional 2013/2014

Unión

2 - 0

Instituto

Best historical scorers against Unión

Gabriel Graciani	1 goal	2023 - 2023
Pablo Burzio	1 goal	2013 - 2013
Adrian Martínez	1 goal	2023 - 2023
Santiago Rodriguez	1 goal	2024 - 2024

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/2010. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Instituto

Sebastian Palacios	2 goals	2014 - 2014
Mauro Pittón	2 goals	2025 - 2025
Matías Alejandro Quiroga	1 goal	2010 - 2010
Nicolás Correa	1 goal	2013 - 2013
Nicolás Orsini	1 goal	2024 - 2024
Marcelo Estigarribia	1 goal	2025 - 2025

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/2010. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Unión

Gaston Lodico	4 matches	2023 - 2025
Fernando Alarcón	3 matches	2023 - 2025
Juan Jose Franco	3 matches	2024 - 2025
Jonás Acevedo	3 matches	2024 - 2025
Raúl Damiani	3 matches	2010 - 2014
Gonzalo Requena	3 matches	2024 - 2025

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/08/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Instituto

Claudio Corvalán	4 matches	2023 - 2025
Lucas Emanuel Gamba	3 matches	2024 - 2025
Mauro Maidana	3 matches	2010 - 2014
Mauricio Martinez	3 matches	2014 - 2025
Mauro Pittón	3 matches	2024 - 2025
Pablo Bruna	2 matches	2013 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/08/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Brahian Cuello

62 matches

3 matches

2023 - 2026

Alejandro Gagliardi

36 matches

7 matches

2008 - 2014

Nicolás Mazzola

32 matches

21 matches

2014 - 2022

Pablo Magnín

24 matches

52 matches

2011 - 2017

Paulo Rosales

21 matches

35 matches

2010 - 2017

Leonardo Sánchez

20 matches

3 matches

2012 - 2017

Total : 20 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/08/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Pablo Magnín

24 matches

52 matches

2011 - 2017

Paulo Rosales

21 matches

35 matches

2010 - 2017

Diego Jara

16 matches

32 matches

2012 - 2017

Nicolás Mazzola

32 matches

21 matches

2014 - 2022

Luciano Aued

10 matches

15 matches

2023 - 2023

Leandro Zárate

1 match

15 matches

2009 - 2011

Total : 20 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/08/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

February 28, 2026

Boca Juniors

1 1

Gimnasia Mendoza

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Independiente

2 0

Central Córdoba SdE

Video availableLine-ups available

Talleres

0 0

San Lorenzo

Line-ups available

March 01, 2026

Newell's Old Boys

0 2

Rosario Central

Video availableLine-ups available

Line-ups available

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Tigre

2 2

Gim. La Plata

Video availableLine-ups available

March 02, 2026

Banfield

2 0

Aldosivi MDP.

Video availableLine-ups available

I. Rivadavia

1 1

River Plate

Video availableLine-ups available

Deportivo Riestra

0 0

Platense

Video availableLine-ups available

Estudiantes LP

0 1

Vélez Sarsfield

Video availableLine-ups available

March 03, 2026

Atletico Tucuman

0 3

Racing Club

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Line-ups available

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Independiente Rivadavia	16	7	5	1	1	11	7	+4
+12	Tigre	15	8	4	3	1	14	7	+7
-13	Belgrano de Córdoba	15	7	4	3	0	9	4	+5
4	Rosario Central	14	8	4	2	2	10	6	+4
+15	Gimnasia La Plata	11	8	3	2	3	9	10	-1
-16	River Plate	10	7	3	1	3	7	7	0
+17	Argentinos Juniors	9	6	2	3	1	4	3	+1
+28	Barracas Central	9	8	2	3	3	6	7	-1
-29	Huracán	9	7	2	3	2	5	6	-1
-110	Racing Club	8	7	2	2	3	8	9	-1
11	Banfield	7	7	2	1	4	7	9	-2
12	Sarmiento	6	7	2	0	5	5	9	-4
13	Atlético Tucuman	5	7	1	2	4	9	10	-1
14	Estudiantes de Río Cuarto	4	7	1	1	5	3	11	-8
15	Aldosivi	3	6	0	3	3	2	6	-4

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Instituto 1-2 Unión - March 01, 2026 / Liga Profesional 2026

Instituto

1 - 2

Unión

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Flores vs Unión

Flores vs Madelón

Manager

Madelón vs Instituto

Madelón vs Flores

Referee

Assistant Referee

Assistant Referee

4th official

Assistant Referee VAR

Assistant VAR Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Unión

Best historical scorers against Instituto

Players with most games played vs Unión

Players with most games played vs Instituto

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking