The first half ends with a 2-0 victory for Newell's vs Lanus.

At the end of the first half, Newell's is leading the visiting team 2-0 with a goal from Guillermo Balzi.

With the defeat in the previous match, the locals missed the opportunity to increase their advantage in the fight to move up in the current tournament. The visitors ended up drawing their previous match and only added one point.

Newell's comes from losing 1-4 against River Plate. In the previous 4 matches, their results were varied: they lost 3 and drew 1.

Lanús drew 1-1 against Independiente in the previous match. In the last matches they played, they got 3 defeats and 1 draw.

The home team is in sixteenth place and has 17 points (4 W - 5 D - 4 L), while the visitors have 7 points and are in twenty-eighth place in the tournament (1 W - 4 D - 8 L).

Fernando Espinoza was the referee in charge of the match at the Coloso del Parque stadium.

Probable Newell's lineup today:

The team led by Javier Sanguinetti plays with a 4-3-3 formation with Lautaro Morales in goal; Armando Méndez, Víctor Velázquez, Willer Ditta, and Martín Luciano in defense; Pablo Pérez, Juan Sforza, and Guillermo Balzi in midfield; and Brian Aguirre, Nazareno Funez, and Ramiro Sordo in the forward.

Probable Lanús lineup today:

On the other hand, the team led by Frank Kudelka takes the field with a 5-3-2 strategy with Fernando Monetti in goal; Leonel Di Plácido, Matías Pérez, Diego Braghieri, Franco Ortellado, and Nicolás Pasquini in defense; Tomás Belmonte, Raúl Loaiza, and Facundo Pérez in midfield; and José Sand and Franco Troyansky in the forward.