Match Report
Newell's Old Boys (9th, 19 pts) visited Huracán (4th, 27 pts) with 8 points between them. Huracán had been under-performing their position — 44th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Per game in the league, Huracán were scoring 1.19 and conceding 0.75, Newell's Old Boys 0.75 and 0.94, against a competition average of 0.98 goals per team per game.
Newell's Old Boys were winless in 7.
The sides have met 11 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Huracán, 2 draws and 5 for Newell's Old Boys, at 2.64 goals per meeting.
The venue was Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó, with room for 48,314 spectators. Newell's Old Boys led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-2.
Goal scorers
Newell's Old Boys: Luciano Herrera (27'), Carlos González (35')
Key stats
Possession: Huracán 72% · Newell's Old Boys 28% · Total shots: 14-9 · On target: 4-4 · Corners: 6-0