This is where the action is, this is Superliga and this is Newell's Old Boys - Atlético Tucumán. Prepare with our complete match guide!
- Newell's Old Boys have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
Atlético Tucumán have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
22 points is a decent return from 11 Superliga games here at Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa for Newell's Old Boys. The data says 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. Two draws in a row at home now for Newell's Old Boys.
Newell's are returning here after visiting Independiente and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Ferreira scored the goal(s). Finally, a league win after five matches without one. The goalie Hoyos was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.83 out of ten. Hoyos topped it up with a clean sheet.
Heartbreak before that as Newell's Old Boys lost 0-2 at Central Cordoba SdE's place.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Newell's Old Boys have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 7 and lost 2.
It should be added that a peek at the 17 latest league fixtures reveals that 13 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
Newell's has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Newell's Old Boys have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {4 goals}. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Atlético Tucumán form and stats
Atlético Tucumán have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 2-5-5 (12 played).
Atlético Tucumán have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Tomas Ignacio Marchiori Carreno. It's been 277 minutes since they last conceded in Superliga.
Atlético are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the fixture against Gimnasia La Plata (placed 20th). Bianchi was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.93. The defender Bianchi served one assist, hit one key pass and won 7 of 11 duels.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Huracan with the score of 1-0.Atlético Tucumán are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 6 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 17 matches.
The attacking power of Atlético when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 12 league matches away. As opposed to that, Atlético Tucumán have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: two - four - three (Newell's Old Boys wins - draws - Atlético Tucumán wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Coronel 7 goals |   J. Recalde Ramírez 5 goals | M. Estigarribia 5 goals |
Newell's Old Boys missing players
Atlético Tucumán missing players
| Newell's Old Boys | Atlético Tucumán | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 22 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 21 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | 27 |
| 88% | 82% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 54% | 45% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 50% | 62% |
| 21% | 9% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 8% | 4% |
| 29% | 18% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 42% | 50% |
| 46% | 73% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 38% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 50% | 29% |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10.8 | 10.5 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.8 | 12.3 | 12.6 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 23% | 31% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 23% | 25% |
| 10.1 | 8.6 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 16 | 14.2 |
| 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
- Newell's Old Boys have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at 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 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 27 | 54 |
| 2 | Talleres Cordoba | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 45 |
| 3 | San Lorenzo | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 43 |
| 4 | Lanus | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 41 |
| 5 | Defensa y Justicia | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 40 |
| 6 | Estudiantes | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 39 |
| 7 | Rosario Central | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 39 |
| 8 | Godoy Cruz | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 37 |
| 9 | Boca Juniors | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 35 |
| 10 | Belgrano | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -1 | 35 |
| 11 | Argentinos Juniors | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 34 |
| 12 | Newell's Old Boys | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 33 |
| 13 | Racing Club | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 32 |
| 14 | Platense | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -2 | 32 |
| 15 | Barracas Central | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 31 |
| 16 | Atlético Tucumán | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 30 |
| 17 | Central Cordoba SdE | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 29 |
| 18 | Sarmiento | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 28 |
| 19 | Tigre | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 28 |
| 20 | Gimnasia La Plata | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -12 | 28 |
| 21 | Instituto | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -12 | 26 |
| 22 | Velez Sarsfield | 24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -2 | 25 |
| 23 | Independiente | 24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 25 |
| 24 | Colon | 24 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 25 |
| 25 | Union Santa Fe | 24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 25 |
| 26 | Banfield | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 25 |
| 27 | Huracan | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 19 |
| 28 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 17 | -16 | 18 |
