ROSARIO. Newell’s Old Boys and Argentinos Juniors didn’t manage to score any goal on Friday..

The match was played at the Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa stadium in Rosario on Friday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Luis Lobo Medina with the support of Julio Fernández and Maximiliano Castelli. The 4th official was Nelson Bejas. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 22.6 degrees Celsius or 72.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Newell’s Old Boys was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Argentinos Juniors that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Newell’s Old Boys was putting more pressure with 44 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Newell’s Old Boys to win the match​.

Newell’s Old Boys shot 10 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Argentinos Juniors shot 7 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Newell’s Old Boys received 3 yellow cards (Juan Sforza, Jorge Recalde and Willer Ditta). On the opposite side, Argentinos Juniors received 4 yellow cards (Gastón Verón, Luciano Sánchez, Kevin Mac Allister and Javier Cabrera).

Standings

After this match, Newell’s Old Boys will have 0 points like TBC to move up in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Argentinos Juniors will have 0 points like TBC to go down in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Newell’s Old Boys will host Talleres Córdoba on the 29th of July with a 4-3 head to head stats in favor of Newell’s Old Boys (3 draws).

Argentinos Juniors will play away agasint Talleres Córdoba on the 27th of May with a 4-2 head to head in favor of Talleres Córdoba (0 draws).

Newell’s Old Boys – Formation

Newell’s Old Boys started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Iván Gabriel Heinze decided to play with the following team: Lucas Hoyos (7.1), Armando Méndez (7.3), Gustavo Velázquez (7.4), Willer Ditta (6.9), Bruno Pittón (7.4), Ivan Gómez (6.9), Juan Sforza (6.5), Cristian Ferreira (6.3), Djorkaeff Reasco (6.4), Jorge Recalde (6.5) and Ramiro Sordo (7.6).

The home team had on the bench: Leonel Vangioni, Guillermo Ortíz, Jeremías Pérez Tica, Williams Barlasina, Jonathan Menéndez, Ángelo Martino, Genaro Rossi, Brian Aguirre, Marcos Portillo (6.8), Lisandro Montenegro, Pablo Pérez and Justo Giani.

Substitutions

Newell’s Old Boys made 4 changes: Djorkaeff Reasco for Marcos Portillo (64′), Ramiro Sordo for Brian Aguirre (83′), Cristian Ferreira for Pablo Pérez (83′) and Gustavo Velázquez for Guillermo Ortíz (90′).

Best player: Ramiro Sordo​

The most impressive player for Newell’s Old Boys was Ramiro Sordo.

His rating is (7.6) with 24 passes (66% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 17. He performed 6 crosses.

Argentinos Juniors – Formation

Argentinos Juniors started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Gabriel Alejandro Milito played with: Alexis Martín Arias (7.3), Kevin Mac Allister (7.0), Marco Di Cesare (6.5), Leonel González (6.5), Mariano Bittolo (6.6), Luciano Sánchez (6.8), Fabricio Domínguez (6.8), Franco Moyano (7.3), Álan Rodríguez (6.8), Gastón Verón (6.8) and Leonardo Heredia (6.0).

These were the players on the bench: Thiago Nuss (6.3), Miguel Torren, Matías Vera, Santiago Montiel (6.8), Gabriel Ávalos (6.6), Francisco González Metilli, Javier Cabrera (6.6), Federico Redondo, Rodrigo Cabral, Lucas Villalba, Facundo Ferreyra and Federico Lanzillota.

Substitutions

Argentinos Juniors made 5 changes: Fabricio Domínguez for S. Montiel (55′), Gastón Verón for Thiago Nuss (69′), Mariano Bíttolo for Gabriel Ávalos (69′), Mariano Bíttolo for Javier Cabrera (69′) and Alan Rodríguez for Federico Redondo Solari (83′).

Best player: Alexis Martín Arias​

The most impressive player for Argentinos Juniors was the goalkeeper: Alexis Martín Arias. His rating is 7.34. He performed 3 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Superliga.​

• Huracán – Arsenal de Sarandi – 2-1
• Newell’s Old Boys – Argentinos Juniors – 0-0