River tried but could not hurt Newell’s team and they tied 0-0 at the end of the first half of a discreet match that they play tonight, in Núñez, in the continuation of the twelfth date of the 2024 Professional League.
Marcelo Gallardo’s team showed a more ambitious game than their rival, but they did not find the ways to take advantage and only had one clear chance on the feet of Facundo Colidio, but goalkeeper Lucas Hoyos stopped it without problems.
The teams will have to do their best to get the three points they failed to get in the last round. The last result of the home team was a 1-1 draw, while the visitors lost their last match of the tournament.
In the previous match, River Plate left with just one point after a 1-1 draw against Gimnasia. With 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss, this is the recent record in the current season of the tournament, with 4 goals scored and 4 conceded in those matches.
Newell’s lost 0-1 against Racing Club. In the last matches, they have drawn twice and lost twice. With 2 goals in favor, they have received 7 against.
The home team is in eleventh place and has 16 points (4 PG – 4 PE – 3 PP), while the visitor has 11 points and is in twenty-third place in the championship (3 PG – 2 PE – 6 PP).
Leandro Rey Hilfer was appointed as the main referee for the match at the Monumental stadium.
River Plate lineup today
Marcelo Gallardo presented a 4-5-1 lineup with Franco Armani defending the goal; Fabricio Bustos, German Pezzella, Paulo Diaz and Marcos Acuna in the back line; Matias Kranevitter, Santiago Simon, Maximiliano Meza, Franco Mastantuono and Facundo Colidio in the midfield; and with Miguel Angel Borja in attack.
Newell`s line-up today
For his part, Sebastian Mendez Pardiñas came out to play with a 4-3-3 strategy, with Lucas Hoyos in goal; Armando Mendez, Victor Velazquez, Saul Salcedo, Angelo Martino in the defensive line; Rodrigo Cedres, Juan Ignacio Mendez and Matko Miljevic in midfield; and Fernando Cardozo, Juan Ignacio Ramirez and Lucas Besozzi up front.
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