Week 2 brings us a match on Jun 9th, where San Lorenzo and Newell’s Old Boys will play a match in Rosario in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Superliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Newell’s Old Boys sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Banfield. Juan Manuel García struck first for Newell’s Old Boys in the 26th minute on a feed from Francisco Gonzalez, then Ramiro Gabriel Sordo added another in the 44th minute. Newell’s Old Boys should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while 14th placed San Lorenzo is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Independiente. Leandro Ivan Benegas struck first for Independiente in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Leandro Fernández, but Adam Bareiro got the equalizer for San Lorenzo in the 58th minute earning them at least the one point. San Lorenzo is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa, San Lorenzo took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Martegani struck first for San Lorenzo in the 22nd minute, then Gattoni added another in the 61st minute.
Federico Gattoni has been the most prolific scorer on San Lorenzo in the last 5 matches with 3 goals. Newell’s Old Boys’s most prolific scorer has been Juan Manuel García. The Argentinian attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches.