On the 6th of March, Newell’s Old Boys and Atlético Tucumán will play a match in Rosario in a clash of the Superliga. 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, Newell’s Old Boys recorded a 2-1 win against Talleres Córdoba. Castro struck first for Newell’s Old Boys in the 57th minute on a feed from Juan Manuel García, then Cristian Lema added another in the 62nd minute from the penalty spot. Newell’s Old Boys is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 10th placed Atlético Tucumán, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Patronato. Federico Andrada struck first for Atlético Tucumán in the 48th minute on a feed from Augusto Lotti, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Patronato couldn’t muster any offence and Atlético Tucumán ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Atlético Tucumán won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Yonatan Cabral and Augusto Lotti are the top scorers for Atlético Tucumán in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Newell’s Old Boys’s most prolific scorer has been Gonzalez. He has netted two goals over the last five matches.