CIUDAD DE SANTA FE. Newell’s Old Boys beat Unión Santa Fe 3-1 thanks to J. Ignacio who scored in the 7th, 41st and 58th minute. Newell’s Old Boys was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Juan Ignacio Ramírez (7′), Juan Ignacio Ramírez (41′) and Juan Ignacio Ramírez (58′). Unión Santa Fe reduced the distance with a goal (72′) by Mateo Del Blanco, but there was not much to do for them.

The match was played at the Estadio 15 de Abril stadium in Ciudad de Santa Fe on Friday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Silvio Trucco with the collaboration of Walter Ferreyra and Mariano Viale. The 4th official was César Ceballo. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was hot at 27.2 degrees Celsius or 80.96 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 96%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Unión Santa Fe was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Newell’s Old Boys that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Unión Santa Fe was more pushing with 76 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Newell’s Old Boys was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Unión Santa Fe shot 14 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Newell’s Old Boys shot 15 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Unión Santa Fe received 3 yellow cards (Claudio Corvalán, Lucas Gamba and Joaquín Mosqueira). On the other side, Newell’s Old Boys received 2 yellow cards (Á. Martino and A. Méndez).

Standings

After playing this contest, Unión Santa Fe stays with 0 points like Argentinos Juniors and Central Cordoba SdE to move up in the 27th place. Regarding the opposition, Newell’s Old Boys will has 0 points like Argentinos Juniors and Central Cordoba SdE to gain in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Unión Santa Fe will host Tigre on the 18th of November with a 3-0 head to head in favor of Tigre (3 draws).

Newell’s Old Boys will host Racing Club on the 13th of February with a 4-2 head to head record in favor of Racing Club (4 draws).

Unión Santa Fe – Formation

Unión Santa Fe started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Cristian Alberto González Peret decided to play with the following team: Nicolás Campisi (5.8), Federico Vera (6.4), Nicolás Paz (6.7), Franco Pardo (6.6), Claudio Corvalán (7.0), B. Pittón (6.4), Enzo Roldán (6.4), Mauro Pittón (7.0), Mauro Luna Diale (7.0), Gonzalo Morales (6.3) and Lucas Gamba (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Miguel Torrén, Joaquín Mosqueira (7.3), Mateo Del Blanco (7.7), Valentín Demian Fascendini, Patricio Tanda (6.4), Tiago Banega, Simón Rivero, Thiago Cardozo, Juan Pablo Ludueña, Jerónimo Dómina (6.8), Nicolás Orsini and Adrián Balboa (7.3).

Substitutions

Unión Santa Fe made 5 changes: Gonzalo Morales for Adrián Balboa (46′), Federico Vera for Jerónimo Dómina (46′), Enzo Roldán for Joaquín Mosqueira (46′), B. Pittón for Mateo Del Blanco (72′) and Mauro Pittón for Patricio Tanda (72′).

Player of the match: Mateo Del Blanco​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Unión Santa Fe was Mateo Del Blanco.

His rating is 7.7 with 1 goal, 7 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 8 crosses.

His performance was extraordinary also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 72′.

Newell’s Old Boys – Formation

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

José Mauricio Larriera Dibarboure played with: Ramiro Macagno (7.5), A. Méndez (7.3), G. Velázquez (6.4), I. Glavinovich (7.5), Á. Martino (8.2), Franco Díaz (7.0), Rodrigo Fernández (7.5), G. May (7.3), Éver Banega (8.1), B. Aguirre (7.3) and Juan Ignacio Ramírez (9.7).

They had on the bench: L. Hoyos, A. Schott, Matko Miljevic, I. Schor (6.8), L. Vangioni (6.8), Julián Fernández (6.8), J. Pérez, Jerónimo Cacciabue (6.6), Misael Omar Jaime, Esteban Fernández (6.8), G. Chiaverano and T. Jacob.

Newell’s Old Boys could not rely on the presence of L. Vangioni (injured).

Substitutions

Newell’s Old Boys made 5 changes: Franco Díaz for Julián Fernández (79′), B. Aguirre for Esteban Fernández (80′), Juan Ignacio Ramírez for I. Schor (67′), Éver Banega for L. Vangioni (70′) and Rodrigo Fernández for Jerónimo Cacciabue (67′).

Player of the match: Juan Ignacio Ramírez​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Newell’s Old Boys was Juan Ignacio Ramírez.

His rating is 9.7 with 3 goals, 11 passes (45% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

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

• Huracán – Independiente – 0-0
• Estudiantes – Tigre – 2-0
• Unión Santa Fe – Newell’s Old Boys – 1-3