Creeping up on the top sides is the mission when these two mid-table sides duel. Both will be targeting to strenghten their league status, Central Cordoba SdE in 18th and Newell's Old Boys in 12th position.
- Central Cordoba SdE have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Superliga
- Newell's Old Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Superliga game only four days ago.
Central Cordoba SdE form and stats
When playing at home in the Superliga, Central Cordoba SdE have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games. The last three games played by Central Cordoba SdE, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
Central Cordoba SdE shared the glory with Estudiantes in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Pereyra was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.35 out of 10. The defender Pereyra won 10 of 14 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Gimnasia La Plata that ended 0-0.Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 12 league games, 10 have contained zero, one or two goals.
There will be little rest for Central after this match as they are travelling to Rosario Central for a Superliga game in only four days.
Central Cordoba SdE have scored {7 league goals} here from 11 matches, not a lot. Central Cordoba SdE are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches.
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
There's been little loot from Newell's Old Boys's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 11 away games in the Superliga. Newell's Old Boys only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 5 draws. Newell's has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 40 days ago, in the Godoy Cruz fixture.
Newell's Old Boys played 2-2 against Gimnasia La Plata in their previous match. A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Gimnasia La Plata. Newell's Old Boys were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Montenegro scoring the equalizer. The draw against Gimnasia La Plata came from a losing position. The Newell's Old Boys manager Heinze brought on Montenegro as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Attacker Aguirre got a player rating of 7.41 in the game. "Man of the match" Aguirre hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times.
Preceding that, 1-1 at home against Audax Italiano in the Copa Sudamericana.
Few goals the story here? 11 of this club's last 13 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Newell's manager Heinze as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Independiente.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Newell's Old Boys as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. 15 goals have been conceded by Newell's Old Boys in these games.
Head 2 Head
Newell's Old Boys have won all of the 5 most recent duels versus this side. Another win today?Top Goalscorers
  J. Recalde Ramírez 5 goals |   L. Gamba 4 goals | L. Maciel 4 goals |
Central Cordoba SdE missing players
Newell's Old Boys missing players
| Central Cordoba SdE | Newell's Old Boys | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 22 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 19 |
| 86% | 91% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 91% | 86% |
| 59% | 45% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 55% | 50% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | 23% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 27% | 9% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 32% |
| 36% | 45% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 18% | 45% |
| 50% | 55% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 45% | 36% |
| 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.4 | 13.8 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11 | 10.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4 |
| 22% | 16% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 17% | 23% |
| 16.1 | 15 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.3 | 10 |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
- Central Cordoba SdE have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Superliga
- Newell's Old Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | River Plate | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 25 | 50 |
| 2 | Talleres Córdoba | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 17 | 41 |
| 3 | San Lorenzo | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 41 |
| 4 | Lanus | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 40 |
| 5 | Estudiantes | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 37 |
| 6 | Defensa y Justicia | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 36 |
| 7 | Rosario Central | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 35 |
| 8 | Belgrano | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 34 |
| 9 | Godoy Cruz | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 33 |
| 10 | Argentinos Juniors | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 32 |
| 11 | Boca Juniors | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 31 |
| 12 | Newell's Old Boys | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 30 |
| 13 | Racing Club | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 30 |
| 14 | Platense | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 29 |
| 15 | Sarmiento | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 28 |
| 16 | Barracas Central | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 27 |
| 17 | Gimnasia La Plata | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -10 | 27 |
| 18 | Central Cordoba SdE | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 26 |
| 19 | Tigre | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 25 |
| 20 | Instituto | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 25 |
| 21 | Velez Sarsfield | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 22 | Independiente | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -5 | 24 |
| 23 | Colón | 22 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 24 |
| 24 | Atlético Tucumán | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 24 |
| 25 | Unión Santa Fe | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 23 |
| 26 | Banfield | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -14 | 21 |
| 27 | Huracán | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 19 |
| 28 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 17 | -15 | 17 |
