ROSARIO. Rosario Central snatched a late win Newell’s Old Boys 1-0 after I. Malcorra scored just 1 goal (86′).

The match was played at the Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre stadium in Rosario on Saturday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Yael Falcón Pérez who was helped by Ezequiel Brailovsky and José Castelli. The 4th official was Mauro Biasutto. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 19.07 degrees Celsius or 66.33 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 28%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Newell’s Old Boys was in firm control of the ball 55% while Rosario Central was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Newell’s Old Boys was more pushing with 56 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyhow, Rosario Central was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Rosario Central shot 10 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Newell’s Old Boys shot 14 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Rosario Central received 4 yellow cards (Facundo Mallo, Kevin Ortíz, Alejo Toledo and Maximiliano Lovera). On the opposite side, Newell’s Old Boys received 7 yellow cards (Jorge Recalde, Pablo Pérez, ‪Ignacio Schor, ‪Ignacio Schor, Leonel Vangioni, Cristian Ferreira and Gustavo Velázquez).

Standings

After playing this match, Rosario Central will have 8 points to soar in the 21st place. On the opposite side, Newell’s Old Boys will stay with 8 points to go up in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Rosario Central will play away against Arsenal de Sarandi on the 18th of November with a 7-1 head to head stats in favor of Rosario Central (1 draw).

Newell’s Old Boys will host Defensa y Justicia on the 18th of November with a 6-3 head to head stats in favor of Defensa y Justicia (1 draw).

Rosario Central – Formation

Rosario Central started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

The manager Miguel Ángel Russo decided to play with the following team: Jorge Broun (6.8), Damián Martínez (7.1), Facundo Mallo (7.0), Carlos Quintana (7.7), Alan Rodríguez (6.8), Tomás O’Connor (6.8), Alejo Toledo (7.3), Kevin Ortíz (6.4), Jaminton Campaz (7.0), Maximiliano Lovera (7.1) and Tobías Cervera (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Agustín Sández, Juan Komar, Ignacio Malcorra (7.5), Dannovi Quiñonez, Francesco Lo Celso, Axel Werner, Giovanni Bogado, Ismael Cortez, Luca Martínez Dupuy (6.4), Facundo Agüero, Fabricio Oviedo (6.8) and Agustín Ignacio Módica.

Rosario Central could not rely on the presence of Ignacio Malcorra (injured).

Substitutions

Rosario Central made 4 changes: Alejo Toledo for Ignacio Malcorra (55′), Tobías Cervera for Luca Martínez Dupuy (55′), Jaminton Campaz for Fabricio Oviedo (68′) and Maximiliano Lovera for Agustín Sández (90′).

Best player: Carlos Quintana​

The player that probably impressed the most for Rosario Central was Carlos Quintana even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 19 passes (47% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 13.

Newell’s Old Boys – Formation

Newell’s Old Boys started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).

Iván Gabriel Heinze played with: Lucas Hoyos (6.7), Gustavo Velázquez (7.5), Guillermo Ortíz (7.0), Leonel Vangioni (6.8), Juan Sforza (6.7), Armando Méndez (7.1), Cristian Ferreira (7.1), Ivan Gómez (6.4), Ramiro Sordo (7.8), Brian Aguirre (6.4) and Jorge Recalde (7.0).

They had on the bench: Augusto Schott, Pablo Pérez (6.6), Facundo Mansilla, ‪Ignacio Schor (6.4), Marcos Portillo, Ángelo Martino (6.3), Genaro Rossi, Jeremías Pérez Tica, Williams Barlasina, Ian Glavinovich, Lisandro Montenegro and Guillermo Balzi.

Substitutions

Newell’s Old Boys made 4 changes: Ramiro Sordo for Pablo Pérez (74′), Cristian Ferreira for ‪Ignacio Schor (74′), Leonel Vangioni for Ángelo Martino (81′) and Armando Méndez for Genaro Rossi (90′).

Best player: Ramiro Sordo​

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

His rating is (7.8) with 15 passes (73% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Arsenal de Sarandi – Defensa y Justicia – 1-0
• Racing Club – Independiente – 0-2
• Rosario Central – Newell’s Old Boys – 1-0
• San Lorenzo – Huracán – 1-1