With the defeat in the last match, the home team missed the opportunity to increase their advantage in the fight for positions in the current tournament. The visitors ended up drawing their previous match and only added one point.
Newell`s has just lost 1-4 against River Plate. In the previous 4 matches, their results were varied: they lost 3 and 1 was a draw.
Lanús drew 1-1 against Independiente in the previous match. In the last matches they played, they suffered 3 defeats and had 1 draw.
The home team is in sixteenth place and has 17 points (4 wins - 5 draws - 4 losses), while the visitors have gathered 7 points and are in twenty-eighth place in the tournament (1 win - 4 draws - 8 losses).
Fernando Espinoza was the referee in charge of the match at the Coloso del Parque.
Probable formation of Newell's 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 line.
Probable formation of Lanús today
On the other hand, the team coached by Frank Kudelka lines up 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 line.