ROSARIO. Sarmiento tops Newell’s Old Boys 1-0 after J. Arismendi scored just 1 goal (58′). Newell’s Old Boys was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (62%).
The match was played at the Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa stadium in Rosario on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Pablo Dóvalo with the collaboration of Iván Núñez and Mariano Viale. The 4th official was Fabricio Llobet. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21 degrees Celsius or 69.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.
Match Statistics
- ! 62 Ball Possession 38
Shots
- 19 Total 6
- 6 On Target 2
- 13 Off Target 4
- 1 Shots blocked 1
- 121 Attack 88
- 49 Dangerous attack 43
- 84 Ball safe 69
- 0 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 3
Fouls
- 12 Total 14
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Newell’s Old Boys had a strong ball possession 62% while Sarmiento was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Newell’s Old Boys was putting more pressure with 49 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, Sarmiento managed to find the solution to win this match.
Newell’s Old Boys shot 19 times, 6 on target, 13 off target. On the other side, Sarmiento shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Newell’s Old Boys received 2 yellow cards (M. Esponda and T. Jacob). On the opposite side, Sarmiento received 3 yellow cards (F. Rasmussen, L. Gondou and E. Mendez).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Newell’s Old Boys will stay with 29 points like River Plate to drop in the 10th place. On the other side, Sarmiento will have 25 points like Defensa y Justicia and Argentinos Juniors to soar in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Superliga, Newell’s Old Boys will play away against Unión Santa Fe on the 1st of October with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Newell’s Old Boys (3 draws).
Sarmiento will play away agasint Central Cordoba SdE on the 1st of October with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Central Cordoba SdE (0 draws).
Newell’s Old Boys – Formation
Newell\'s Old Boys
78'
66'
Newell’s Old Boys started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Adrián Roberto Coria decided to play with the following team: Lautaro Morales , Tomás Jacob , Gustavo Velázquez , Willer Ditta , Martín Luciano , Marcelo Esponda , Marco Campagnaro , Juan Garro , Djorkaeff Reasco , Brian Aguirre and Juan Manuel García .
The home team had on the bench: Facundo Mansilla, Cristian Ferreira , Franco Herrera, Francisco González , David Sotelo, Nazareno Funez, Guillermo Balzi , Tomás Berardozzi and Luciano Cingolani.
Substitutions
Newell’s Old Boys made 3 changes: J. Garro for F. Gonzalez (74′), M. Luciano for G. Balzi (78′) and D. Reasco for C. Ferreira (87′).
Best player: Willer Ditta
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Newell’s Old Boys was Willer Ditta.
His rating is with 77 passes (96% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.
Sarmiento – Formation
Sarmiento
58'
Sarmiento started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Israel Alejandro Damonte played with: Sebastián Meza , Jean Rosso , Gastón Sauro , Federico Andueza , Federico Rasmussen , Guido Mainero , Emiliano Méndez , Lucas Castro , Yair Arismendi , Luciano Gondou and Lisandro López .
They had on the bench: Julián Brea, Federico Paradela, Fernando Martinez, Josué Ayala, Gonzalo Bettini, Luis Garnier, Javier Toledo , Manuel Garcia, Manuel Guanini, Sergio Quiroga, David Gallardo and Nicolás Femia.
Substitutions
Sarmiento made 3 changes: L. Lopez for J. Toledo (72′), L. Gondou for D. Gallardo (80′) and G. Mainero for F. Martinez (90′).
Best player: Sebastián Meza
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sarmiento was the goalkeeper: Sebastián Meza. His rating is 7.90. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
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