In this week 13 match on the 13th of August, Newell’s Old Boys will travel to Capital Federal to battle River Plate in a clash of these two mismatched Superliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 7th placed River Plate is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Independiente. Suarez struck first for River Plate in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Independiente couldn’t muster any offence and River Plate ran away with the shutout win. River Plate is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while newell’s Old Boys is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Colón. Neither Newell’s Old Boys nor Colón could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 16 and 6 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Newell’s Old Boys is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa, River Plate was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Juan Quintero scored the first goal for River Plate in the 72nd minute, then Robert Rojas added another in the 76th minute on a feed from Simon At the end of 90 a dissapointed Newell’s Old Boys couldn’t manage to score, and River Plate took the shutout win. River Plate’s top weapon lately has been Lucas Beltrán, who has three goals in the last 5 matches.