“Santiago Solari opens the scoring after Newell's pressure from a corner produces two blocked/saved efforts before Solari finishes the move”
Pivotal“Guido Mainero booked for arguing as tempers flared amid a wave of substitutions and increasing physicality”
Platense
Newell's Old Boys
Outstanding performance
Newell's Old Boys•MidfielderPlatense dominated the ball and territory, racking up 470 passes to Newell's 363 and doubling their opponents in corners, but they were undone by a sharp start from the visitors. Santiago Solari's 18th-minute finish, the product of a quick sequence from a corner that saw two blocked and saved efforts before the ball fell kindly, proved to be the only goal of the game. Despite 58 dangerous attacks and 63% game dominance by measured metrics, Platense couldn't convert their control into clear-cut chances, managing just five shots to Newell's nine. The match turned increasingly chaotic after the hour mark with a string of substitutions and cards, capped by Celías Ingenthron's red card for violent conduct in the 82nd minute, leaving Platense to finish the game a man down and unable to find an equalizer.
How entertaining was this match?
Shot - Francisco Scarpeccio Right Footed Shot Saved
Shot - Gonzalo Lencina Right Footed Shot Saved
Corner
On Francisco Scarpeccio，Off Matias Coccaro
On Oscar Camilo Salomon，Off Walter Mazzantti
Shot - Franco Zapiola Left Footed Shot Saved
Yellow Card - Maximiliano Amarfil
Corner
Celías Ingenthron Red CardRed Card - Celias Ingenthron
On Gonzalo Lencina，Off Nicolas Retamar
On Ivan Gomez Romero，Off Martin Barrios
Shot - Matias Coccaro Right Footed Shot Missed
Offside
On Walter Claudio Nunez，Off Santiago Solari
On Jeronimo Mattar，Off Facundo Guch
Shot - Franco Zapiola Left Footed Shot Blocked
Shot - Santiago Solari Right Footed Shot Blocked
Offside
On Franco Zapiola，Off Bautista Merlini
On Juan Carlos Gauto，Off Guido Mainero
Guido MaineroYellow CardYellow Card - Guido Mainero
Victor CuestaYellow CardYellow Card - Victor Cuesta
On Bruno Cabrera，Off Lucas Carrizo
Corner
On Maximiliano Amarfil，Off Pablo Ferreira
Shot - Jeronimo Russo Left Footed Shot Saved
Shot - Facundo Guch Left Footed Shot Missed
Offside
First Half Ends！0-1
Ignacio Vázquez Yellow CardYellow Card - Ignacio Vazquez
Offside
Offside
Corner
Shot - Matias Coccaro Head Shot Missed
Shot - Matias Coccaro Head Shot Missed
Shot - Martin Barrios Left Footed Shot Missed
Yellow Card - Rodrigo Ezequiel Herrera
Shot - Nicolas Retamar Right Footed Shot Missed
Offside
Santiago SolariShot - Santiago Solari Right Footed Shot Goal
assist: Rodrigo Herrera
Goal - Santiago Solari 0-1
Shot - Matias Coccaro Left Footed Shot Blocked
Shot - Santiago Solari Right Footed Shot Saved
Corner
Corner
Two mid-table strugglers meet at Estadio Ciudad de Vicente López, with Platense narrowly ahead of Newell's in the standings but neither side showing consistent form. Expect a tight, low-scoring affair as both teams look to arrest recent slides.
