As the Canary fights to avoid relegation, the Torito de Mataderos remains focused on surviving in the Reduced Area.
Flandria and New Chicago meet today at the Carlos V, kicking off at 3:30 p.m., to mark the thirtieth matchday of Group A in the 2023 First National season.
HOW DO THEY GET THERE?
Both clubs arrive with contrasting aims. Canary is battling to climb out of the relegation zone, while Torito de Mataderos is determined to stay above the danger line. Tomás Arrotea’s squad arrives on the heels of a defeat to All Boys in the Malvinas Islands, with Franco Toloza converting a penalty to seal a 1-0 win for the visitors and push Luján’s side closer to the bottom. They sit second-to-last in their zone, two points ahead of the bottom club San Telmo, which drew with Guillermo Brown in their latest fixture away from home.
Andrés Montenegro’s team, on the other hand, could only settle for a goalless draw against San Martín (SJ). Despite the result, they extended their undefeated streak to three consecutive matches, a run that has kept them positioned in sixth place with 41 points on the board.
The most recent head-to-head ended 1-0 in Verdinegro’s favor on matchday eleven, thanks to Aaron Spetale’s lone strike from 11 yards out.
It is worth noting that the championship is split into two zones, one with 18 teams and the other with 19, with round-robin fixtures between all participants. The two teams finishing at the top in their group will face off in a final to determine the first promotion. The loser moves into the Reduced Zone along with the teams finishing from 2nd to 8th in that group, while teams with the fewest points overall could lose their place in the division. The penultimate team in each group will enter a repechage to avoid relegation.
The article also explores how supporters can follow the match live on television and online.
The best pre-match analysis and statistics for the game are provided by Goal.
FLANDRIA VS. NEW CHICAGO: DATE AND START TIME
HOW TO WATCH FLANDRIA VS. NEW CHICAGO ONLINE: CHANNELS AND BROADCASTS
THE TEAMS COMPARED
LINEUPS AND SUBSTITUTIONS
HEAD TO HEAD: THE LAST FIVE MEETINGS
AN EXPLANATION OF GROUP A STANDINGS
ADDITIONAL NOTES
Source: Goal