Lanús routs Talleres de Córdoba 3-0 with a blistering second half

Lanús walked away from Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes with a resounding 3-0 win over Talleres de Córdoba, in a match in Argentina's Primera División that stayed scoreless for nearly 75 minutes before the visitors broke through with devastating efficiency in the closing stretch.

A goalless first half and a second period decided in 13 minutes

The match opened with Talleres de Córdoba controlling possession, though it was Lanús' forwards who created the first clear chances. Dylan Aquino gave an early warning in the 1st minute with a shot that went just wide, and in the 23rd minute Ronaldo Dejesús forced a good save from the home goalkeeper. Talleres answered with attempts from Franco Cristaldo, Timoteo Chamorro and Rick, but none of them proved decisive. The first half ended 0-0, with both sides generating plenty of attacking volume but lacking sharpness in the final third.

The second half picked up where the first left off: chances at both ends, with Allan Wlk and Valentín Dávila unable to find the net, until the match's turning point arrived. In the 73rd minute, off a counterattack, Dylan Aquino struck a left-footed shot to make it 0-1, assisted by Yoshan Valois. Five minutes later, in the 78th, Valois himself doubled the lead with a close-range header off a cross from Sasha Marcich. And to cap off the visitors' ruthless finish, in the 86th minute Valois completed his brace with a low shot just inside the left post, making it a final 0-3.

Talleres de Córdoba tried to respond with substitutions from Giovanni Baroni, Valentín Dávila and Valentín Depietri, creating several late chances, but Lanús' defensive solidity in the closing stages proved unbreakable.

The numbers behind the match

The stats show Talleres de Córdoba dominating possession and passing volume, but it was Lanús who proved sharper in the final third, registering more total shots and bigger chances.

As for the xG generated in the match, an in-house estimate calculated from shot locations, Lanús piled up 3.013 against Talleres de Córdoba's 1.407, a gap that backs up the visitors' ruthlessness in the box and explains why the final score turned out so lopsided despite the home side's edge in possession.

What the preview said versus what happened on the field

Before kickoff, our projection gave Talleres de Córdoba a 43% chance of winning, a 32% chance of a draw, and just 25% for a Lanús victory, with expected goals of 1.26 for the home side and 0.91 for the visitors. The result flipped that forecast on its head: the team that entered as the favorite didn't just fail to win, it got routed 3-0, while the least likely scenario in our preview turned out to be exactly what played out on the field.

Where this leaves Group A's standings

With this result, Lanús moved to 6 points in Group A, with 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses across 4 matches played. Talleres de Córdoba, meanwhile, stayed at 3 points, with 1 win, 0 draws and 3 losses in the same number of matches, underscoring the struggles the Córdoba side is facing at this stage of the competition. The points gap between the two teams in the group now stands at 3 in favor of Lanús, which picked up a heavyweight road win that keeps it in the middle of the table, while Talleres will need to bounce back quickly to avoid falling further behind.