On Sep 24th, Newell’s Old Boys and Independiente will play a match in Avellaneda in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Superliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Independiente recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Unión Santa Fe. Lucas Romero struck first for Independiente in the 47th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Unión Santa Fe was frustrated by Independiente’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Independiente ended the match with the shutout victory. Independiente is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while newell’s Old Boys is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Sarmiento. Yair Arismendi struck first for Sarmiento in the 58th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Newell’s Old Boys couldn’t manage to score, and Sarmiento took the shutout win. Newell’s Old Boys is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Juan Manuel García has been the most prolific scorer on Newell’s Old Boys in the last 5 matches with 2 goals. Independiente is fortunate enough to have Leandro Fernández in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.