AVELLANEDA. Arsenal de Sarandi defeats Newell’s Old Boys 3-1.

The match was played at the Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona stadium in Avellaneda on Sunday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Andrés Merlos who was helped by Walter Ferreyra and Juan Del Fueyo. The 4th official was Sebastián Nicolás Martínez. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 27.2 degrees Celsius or 81.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Arsenal de Sarandi was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Newell’s Old Boys that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Arsenal de Sarandi was was more pushing with 75 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Arsenal de Sarandi won the match​.

Arsenal de Sarandi shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Newell’s Old Boys shot 16 times, 7 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Arsenal de Sarandi received 3 yellow cards (L. Picco, L. Suarez and E. Viveros). Regarding the opposition, Newell’s Old Boys didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Arsenal de Sarandi will have 19 points to soar in the 26th place. Talking about the opposition, Newell’s Old Boys will stay with 23 points like Platense, Sarmiento and Patronato to go up in the 21st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Arsenal de Sarandi will host Unión Santa Fe on the 25th of November with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Arsenal de Sarandi (3 draws).

Newell’s Old Boys will host Central Cordoba SdE on the 24th of November with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Newell’s Old Boys (0 draws).

Arsenal de Sarandi – Formation

Arsenal de Sarandi adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Israel Alejandro Damonte decided to play with the following team: Alejandro Medina (7.2), Julián Navas Granados (6.4), Ignacio Gariglio (7.2), Gastón Suso (6.5), Emiliano Papa (6.6), Facundo Kruspzky (6.5), Leonel Picco (6.8), Emiliano Méndez (7.3), Alejo Antilef (7.3), Bruno Sepúlveda (8.1) and Lucas Albertengo (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Brian Farioli (7.0), Bruno Báez, Nicolás Mazzola, Dardo Miloc (6.9), Daniel Sappa, Matías Belloso, Franco Martínez, Emiliano Viveros (6.2), Lucas Suarez (6.1), Tomás Magnano and Nicolás Castro.

Substitutions

Arsenal de Sarandi made 6 changes: F. Kruspzky for E. Viveros (57′), F. Kruspzky for E. Viveros (58′), G. Suso for L. Suarez (77′), J. Navas for D. Miloc (77′), G. Suso for D. Miloc (77′) and J. Navas for L. Suarez (78′).

Best player: Bruno Sepúlveda​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Arsenal de Sarandi was Bruno Sepúlveda.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 23 passes (60% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 17. He performed 2 crosses.

Newell’s Old Boys – Formation

Also Newell’s Old Boys adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Adrián Blas Taffarel played with: Ramiro Macagno (5.2), Tomás Jacob (6.5), Diego Calcaterra (6.1), José Canale (7.2), Mariano Bittolo (6.6), Maximiliano Comba (7.1), Pablo Pérez (7.7), Jerónimo Cacciabue (6.9), Francisco González (7.0), Juan Garro (7.4) and Ignacio Scocco (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Franco Escobar, Juan Sforza, Nazareno Funez (6.2), Facundo Mansilla, Roman Bravo (6.8), Fernando Belluschi, Jeremías Pérez Tica, Julián Fernández, Maxi Rodríguez, Justo Giani, Guillermo Balzi (6.6) and Alan Aguerre.

Substitutions

Newell’s Old Boys made 2 changes: P. Perez for R. A. Bravo (77′) and T. Jacob for F. Escobar (90′).

Best player: Pablo Pérez​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Newell’s Old Boys was Pablo Pérez.

His rating is (7.7) with 29 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 16. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Racing Club – Colón – 1-2
• Central Cordoba SdE – Independiente – 1-0
• Arsenal de Sarandi – Newell’s Old Boys – 3-1