Week 19 brings us a match on Sep 14th where Aldosivi will host Newell’s Old Boys in a meeting of these two Superliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 26th placed Aldosivi, recorded a 0-3 loss against Independiente. Facundo Ferreyra struck first for Independiente in the 17th minute on a feed from Lucas Romero, then Leandro Fernández added another in the 33rd minute on a feed from Leandro Benegas In the end, Aldosivi couldn’t muster any offence and Independiente ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 15th placed Newell’s Old Boys, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Vélez Sarsfield. Juan Manuel García struck first for Newell’s Old Boys in the 57th minute on a feed from Francisco Gonzalez, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Vélez Sarsfield couldn’t manage to score, and Newell’s Old Boys took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 draw apiece.
Newell’s Old Boys’s top weapon lately has been Pablo Pérez, who has 2 goals in the last five matches. Aldosivi’s most prolific scorer has been Martin Cauteruccio. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.