In this week 12 match on Aug 7th, Newell’s Old Boys plays host to Colón in a meeting of these two Superliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 11th placed Newell’s Old Boys, recorded a 0-2 loss against Atlético Tucumán. Carrera struck first for Atlético Tucumán in the 74th minute, then Renzo Tesuri added another in the 9th minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Newell’s Old Boys was frustrated by Atlético Tucumán’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Atlético Tucumán ended the match with the shutout victory. Newell’s Old Boys is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while colón sits at 20th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-3 loss against Independiente. Damian Batallini struck first for Independiente in the 11th minute on a feed from Leandro Fernández, then Leandro Fernández added another in the 44th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Colón couldn’t manage to score, and Independiente took the shutout win. Colón is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 draw each.
Ramón Ábila has been the most prolific scorer on Colón in his last 5 matches with 3 goals. Newell’s Old Boys is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Marcos Ledesma and Juan Garro each only have 1 goal in their last five.