CAPITAL FEDERAL. River Plate destroys Newell’s Old Boys 4-1 with goals of P. Solari (30′), P. Solari (33′), J. Pinola (72′) and M. Suarez (80′). On the other side, Newell’s Old Boys scored with P. Perez (64′). River Plate was truly better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti stadium in Capital Federal on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Fernando Echenique with the help of Ezequiel Brailovsky and Pablo Gualtieri. The 4th official was Mariano Negrete.
Match Statistics
- ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
- 15 Total 11
- 4 On Target 1
- 11 Off Target 10
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 98 Attack 93
- 48 Dangerous attack 31
- 75 Ball safe 58
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 5
Fouls
- 9 Total 26
- 1 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 6
Ball possession
River Plate had a strong ball possession 61% while Newell’s Old Boys was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
River Plate was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why River Plate won the match.
River Plate shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Newell’s Old Boys shot 11 times, 1 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
River Plate received 1 yellow card (E. Perez). Talking about the opposition, Newell’s Old Boys received 4 yellow cards (R. Sordo, A. Mendez, W. Ditta and G. Balzi).
Match Timeline
Standings
Next matches
In the next match in the Superliga, River Plate will host Talleres Córdoba on the 24th of September with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of Talleres Córdoba (0 draws).
Newell’s Old Boys will play away agasint Unión Santa Fe on the 1st of October with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Newell’s Old Boys (3 draws).
River Plate – Formation
River Plate
72'
74'
68'
River Plate started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Marcelo Daniel Gallardo decided to play with the following team: Franco Armani , Milton Casco , Emanuel Mammana , Javier Pinola , Elías Gómez , Enzo Pérez , Agustín Palavecino , Pablo Solari , Juan Quintero , Nicolás de la Cruz and Lucas Beltrán .
The home team had on the bench: Ezequiel Centurión, Marcelo Herrera, Leandro González Pírez, Bruno Zuculini, Rodrigo Aliendro , Santiago Simón , Miguel Borja , Jonathan Maidana , Tomás Pochettino and Matías Suárez .
Substitutions
River Plate made 5 changes: L. Beltran for M. Borja (66′), J. Quintero for S. Simon (67′), E. Mammana for J. Maidana (74′), A. Palavecino for R. Aliendro (75′) and N. De La Cruz for M. Suarez (78′).
Best player: Agustín Palavecino
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for River Plate was Agustín Palavecino even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 46 passes (69% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.
Newell’s Old Boys – Formation
Newell\'s Old Boys
Newell’s Old Boys started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Javier Sanguinetti played with: Lautaro Morales , Willer Ditta , Gustavo Velázquez , Facundo Mansilla , Armando Méndez , Juan Sforza , Julián Fernández , Leonel Vangioni , Guillermo Balzi , Ramiro Sordo and Djorkaeff Reasco .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Marcos Portillo, Francisco González , Marco Campagnaro, Nazareno Funez , Luciano Cingolani, Fabián Ángel, Pablo Pérez , Genaro Rossi, Franco Herrera, Martín Luciano , Tomás Jacob and Ian Glavinovich.
Newell’s Old Boys could not rely on the presence of F. Gonzalez (injured).
Substitutions
Newell’s Old Boys made 5 changes: J. Fernandez for P. Perez (45′), L. Vangioni for M. Luciano (45′), D. Reascos for N. Funez (46′), G. Balzi for F. Gonzalez (69′) and R. Sordo for G. Rossi (89′).
Best player: Pablo Pérez
The most impressive player for Newell’s Old Boys was Pablo Pérez.
His rating is with 1 goal, 24 passes (66% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 45′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Superliga.
- Lanús – Independiente – 1-1
- Defensa y Justicia – Tigre – 0-0
- Patronato – San Lorenzo – 3-2
- River Plate – Newell’s Old Boys – 4-1
- Rosario Central – Barracas Central – 3-1
