In this week 5 match on the 27th of February, Instituto hosts Newell’s Old Boys at Estadio Juan Domingo Perón in a meeting of these two Superliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Instituto recorded a 0-2 loss against Gimnasia La Plata. Nicolás Contín struck first for Gimnasia La Plata in the 5th minute, then Erik Ramirez added another in the 55th minute In the end, Instituto was frustrated by Gimnasia La Plata’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Gimnasia La Plata ended the match with the shutout victory. Instituto is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while 10th placed Newell’s Old Boys is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Banfield. Gustavo Velazquez struck first for Newell’s Old Boys in the 83rd minute, then Jherson Mosquera Castro added another in the 2nd minute of the second half’s stoppage time At the end of 90 a dissapointed Banfield couldn’t manage to score, and Newell’s Old Boys took the shutout win. Newell’s Old Boys is looking for direction having 2 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Newell’s Old Boys is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Gonzalez and Ramiro Gabriel Sordo each only have 1 goal in their last five. Gabriel Graciani and Adrián Martínez are the top scorers for Instituto in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.