Newells Old Boys vs Lanus 0-0

Newells Old Boys and Lanus shared the points after a 0-0 draw at Estadio Marcelo Bielsa, with neither side finding a breakthrough at any stage. Changes off the bench shaped the second half, but neither team could turn pressure into a goal.

The first half passed without a goal, though Newells Old Boys were forced into an early change on 6 minutes when Lautaro Gianetti went off and Bruno Cabrera came on. Lanus then picked up the first booking of the night on 23 minutes, with Lucas Agustín Besozzi cautioned, and the interval arrived at 0-0.

Newells Old Boys made two changes on 60 minutes, sending on Alan Soñora and Walter Nunez for Facundo Samuel Guch and Santiago Germán Solari Ferreyra. Lanus responded with Marcelino Moreno on 64 minutes, then made three more changes on 76 minutes, with Yoshan Valois, Gonzalo German Perez Corbalan and Gonzalo Thomás Lobos replacing Allan Steven Wlk Duré, Lucas Agustín Besozzi and Diego Agustín Medina. Further bookings followed for Ronaldo Dejesús López on 73 minutes and Yoshan Valois on 77 minutes, while Jerónimo Gómez Mattar replaced Luca Regiardo for Newells Old Boys on 87 minutes and Thiago laplace came on for Eduardo Salvio on 90 minutes, but the deadlock held to the end.

The numbers were close. Lanus had 53% of the ball to Newells Old Boys’ 47 and had 11 shots to 8, but both teams put 3 efforts on target. Newells Old Boys had 442 passes to Lanus’ 429, while Lanus also led corners 5-3. Each side made 3 saves, Lanus were caught offside once and Newells Old Boys not at all, and the foul count finished 11-13.

Lanus received 3 yellow cards, with Lucas Agustín Besozzi booked on 23 minutes, Ronaldo Dejesús López on 73 minutes and Yoshan Valois on 77 minutes. Newells Old Boys were not booked, and there were no red cards.