July 16th features a match where Newell’s Old Boys hosts Racing Club at Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa in a meeting of these two closely matched Superliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 1st placed Newell’s Old Boys, recorded a 1-1 draw against Platense. Marcos Ledesma scored the first goal for Newell’s Old Boys on an own goal in the 41st minute, but Juan Esquivel got the equalizer for Platense in the 83rd minute earning Platense at least a draw. Newell’s Old Boys is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while racing Club is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Independiente. Gabriel Hauche struck first for Racing Club in the 9th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Independiente couldn’t manage to score, and Racing Club took the shutout win. Racing Club should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón, Racing Club and Newell’s Old Boys battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Racing Club nor Newell’s Old Boys could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 20 and 7 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Racing Club’s most prolific scorer has been Enzo Copetti. The Argentinian midfielder has netted three goals over the last five matches. Newell’s Old Boys’s most prolific scorer has been Ramiro Gabriel Sordo. The Argentinian attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches.