Week 24 brings us a match on Dec 7th, where Newell’s Old Boys will host Banfield at Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa in a meeting of these two evenly matched Superliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Newell’s Old Boys recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Boca Juniors. Neither Boca Juniors nor Newell’s Old Boys could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 19 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Newell’s Old Boys is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while 20th placed Banfield is fresh off their 4-1 win against Independiente. Maldonado struck first for Banfield in the 3rd minute on a feed from Ramiro Enrique Paz, but Alexis Joel Zarate Maldonado got the equalizer for Independiente on an own goal in the 36th minute. Banfield is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Banfield’s most prolific scorer has been Enrique Paz. The Argentinian attacker has netted two goals over the last five matches. Newell’s Old Boys is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Roman Alberto Bravo and Pablo Pérez each only have 1 goal in their last five.