JUNíN. Newell’s Old Boys overcomes Sarmiento 1-0 after I. Ramírez scored a penalty (81′). Newell’s Old Boys capitalized on its better ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Estadio Eva Perón de Junín stadium in Junín on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Fernando Espinoza with the help of Ernesto Javier Uziga and Martín Horticolou. The 4th official was Franco Morón. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 18.47 degrees Celsius or 65.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Newell’s Old Boys had a superior ball possession 60% while Sarmiento was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Newell’s Old Boys had a more offensive attitude with 72 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Newell’s Old Boys won the contest.​

Sarmiento shot 16 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Newell’s Old Boys shot 9 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Sarmiento received 3 yellow cards (Gabriel Díaz, Sergio Quiroga and David Gallardo). On the other side, Newell’s Old Boys received 5 yellow cards (Ignacio Ramírez, G. Chiaverano, A. Méndez, Misael Omar Jaime and Rodrigo Fernández).

Standings

After playing this contest, Sarmiento stays with 0 points like Argentinos Juniors to drop in the 24th place. Regarding the opposition, Newell’s Old Boys will has 0 points like Argentinos Juniors to soar in the 18th place.

Next matches

Sarmiento – Formation

Sarmiento started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Israel Alejandro Damonte decided to play with the following team: Fernando Monetti (7.0), Elías López (7.0), Emanuel Hernández (6.8), Juan Manuel Insaurralde (7.3), Gabriel Díaz (7.1), Manuel Mónaco (7.0), Diego Calcaterra (7.0), Fernando Godoy (7.0), Yair Arismendi (7.3), Joaquín Gho (7.3) and Lisandro López  (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Jerónimo Pourtau, Yamil Garnier, Sergio Quiroga (6.3), Facundo Ferreyra (6.8), Juan Cruz Guasone, Agustín Fontana, Maico Quiroz, Gabriel Azcurra, Agustín Ávalos Molina (6.7), Alfredo Amarilla, David Gallardo (6.8) and Nahuel Gallardo (6.8).

Sarmiento could not rely on the presence of Facundo Ferreyra (injured).

Substitutions

Sarmiento made 4 changes: Lisandro López  for Facundo Ferreyra (37′), Elías López for Sergio Quiroga (46′), Gabriel Díaz for Nahuel Gallardo (62′) and Joaquín Gho for David Gallardo (61′).

Player of the match: Juan Manuel Insaurralde​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sarmiento was Juan Manuel Insaurralde.

His rating is 7.3 with 29 passes (69% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 6.

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 (7.0), Gustavo Velázquez  (7.3), Leonel Vangioni  (7.3), Ángelo Martino (7.3), Rodrigo Fernández (7.1), Julián Fernández (6.7), Misael Omar Jaime (7.0), Esteban Fernández (7.1), F. González (6.6) and Ignacio Ramírez (7.0).

They had on the bench: Lucas Hoyos, Lucas Baños, Augusto Schott (6.7), Guillermo May, Brian Calderara, B. Aguirre, Matko Miljevic (6.7), Ignacio Schor, Fabricio Tirado (6.4), Jerónimo Cacciabue (6.4), G. Chiaverano (6.7) and Tomás Jacob.

Substitutions

Newell’s Old Boys made 4 changes: Esteban Fernández for Matko Miljevic (69′), Misael Omar Jaime for G. Chiaverano (66′), F. González for Augusto Schott (85′) and Ignacio Ramírez for Jerónimo Cacciabue (84′).

Player of the match: Ramiro Macagno​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Newell’s Old Boys was the goalkeeper: Ramiro Macagno. His rating is 7.45. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Talleres Córdoba – Vélez Sarsfield – 1-0
• Gimnasia La Plata – Deportivo Riestra – 2-1
• Sarmiento – Newell’s Old Boys – 0-1
• Independiente – Atlético Tucumán – 1-1