Liga Profesional Apertura · ARG · Round 4

Newell's Old Boys
2 - 3 Full time
Defensa y Justicia

Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa · Rosario, Provincia de Santa Fe

Lineups

Newell's Old Boys4-2-3-1
GA21Arias
AM14Méndez
SS15Salcedo
OS22⚽Salomón
ML3↓46'Luciano
JG19↓46'Mattar
RH26Herrera
FS20↓86'Guch
MC13⚽Cóccaro
WN33↓71'Núñez
LH27↓46'Herrera
CF22Fiermarín
LS33Souto
EA6Amor
DF29Fernández
AP16⚽Portillo
SS15↓73'Sosa
AM10↓90'Molinas
EL2Lucero
RB20↓64'Botta
JM9⚽×2↓73'Miritello
JG24↓90'Gutiérrez
Defensa y Justicia3-4-3

Newell's Old Boys substitutes

8 David Sotelo 6.7 ↑46'
9 Michael Hoyos 6.4 ↑46'
28 Jerónimo Russo 6.6 ↑46'
17 Franco García 6.0 ↑71'
99 Ignacio Ramírez ↑86'
1 Williams Barlasina
6 Jherson Mosquera
23 Nicolás Goitea
25 Bruno Cabrera
7 Franco Orozco
5 Luca Regiardo
10 Valentino Acuña

Coach: Favio Orsi

Defensa y Justicia substitutes

25 Facundo Altamira 6.1 ↑64'
11 Éver Banega 6.3 ↑73'
17 Agustín Hausch 6.3 ↑73'
55 Julián López ↑90'
30 David Fernández ↑90'
36 Lautaro Amadé
28 Valentín Loza
27 Elías Pereyra
32 Nazareno Roselli
26 Darío Cáceres
19 David Barbona
23 Mateo Aguiar

Coach: Mariano Soso · Unavailable: Abiel Osorio (injury), David Martínez (injury)

Match events

13'Jerónimo Gómez Mattar
31'Juan Miritello assist: Ayrton Portillo 0 - 1⚽
43'Martín Luciano
45+4'Juan Miritello assist: Juan Gutiérrez 0 - 2⚽
Second half
46'↑ Jerónimo Russo ↓ Martín Luciano⇄
46'↑ David Sotelo ↓ Jerónimo Gómez Mattar⇄
46'↑ Michael Hoyos ↓ Luciano Herrera⇄
63'Ayrton Portillo assist: Juan Gutiérrez 0 - 3⚽
64'↑ Facundo Altamira ↓ Rubén Botta⇄
69'Rodrigo Herrera
71'↑ Franco García ↓ Walter Núñez⇄
73'↑ Agustín Hausch ↓ Juan Miritello⇄
73'↑ Éver Banega ↓ Santiago Sosa⇄
76'Matías Cóccaro assist: Facundo Samuel Guch 1 - 3⚽
81'Saúl Salcedo
86'↑ Ignacio Ramírez ↓ Facundo Samuel Guch⇄
90'↑ David Fernández ↓ Juan Gutiérrez⇄
90'↑ Julián López ↓ Aarón Molinas⇄
90+3'Éver Banega
90+7'Oscar Salomón 2 - 3⚽

Where to watch

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Match details

CompetitionLiga Profesional Apertura
Kick-off (UTC)Sunday, 8 February 2026, 01:15 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

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Head to head

6Newell's Old Boys wins2Draws11Defensa y Justicia wins

19 past meetings on record. Biggest Newell's Old Boys win: Defensa y Justicia 4–0 Newell's Old Boys (2021). Biggest Defensa y Justicia win: Defensa y Justicia 0–2 Newell's Old Boys (2025).

9 Aug 2026Defensa y Justicia 2 - 1 Newell's Old BoysLiga Profesional
17 Aug 2025Defensa y Justicia 1 - 1 Newell's Old BoysLiga Profesional Clausura
23 May 2025Defensa y Justicia 0 - 2 Newell's Old BoysCup
12 Feb 2025Newell's Old Boys 0 - 1 Defensa y JusticiaLiga Profesional Apertura
25 May 2024Newell's Old Boys 1 - 0 Defensa y JusticiaLiga Profesional
16 Apr 2024Defensa y Justicia 1 - 0 Newell's Old BoysCopa de la Liga Profesional
28 Nov 2023Newell's Old Boys 3 - 0 Defensa y JusticiaCopa de la Liga Profesional
11 Feb 2023Defensa y Justicia 1 - 0 Newell's Old BoysLiga Profesional
25 Jul 2022Newell's Old Boys 1 - 2 Defensa y JusticiaLiga Profesional
11 Feb 2022Newell's Old Boys 1 - 0 Defensa y JusticiaCopa de la Liga Profesional
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25 Aug 2021Defensa y Justicia 2 - 0 Newell's Old BoysLiga Profesional
13 Mar 2021Defensa y Justicia 4 - 0 Newell's Old BoysCopa de la Liga Profesional
10 Nov 2019Newell's Old Boys 2 - 0 Defensa y JusticiaSuperliga
12 Nov 2018Newell's Old Boys 0 - 0 Defensa y JusticiaSuperliga
5 May 2018Newell's Old Boys 1 - 0 Defensa y JusticiaSuperliga
11 Mar 2017Defensa y Justicia 1 - 0 Newell's Old BoysSuperliga
7 May 2016Newell's Old Boys 0 - 1 Defensa y JusticiaSuperliga
5 Sep 2015Defensa y Justicia 1 - 0 Newell's Old BoysSuperliga
20 Nov 2014Defensa y Justicia 1 - 0 Newell's Old BoysPrimera Torneo de Transicion