This should be an engaging fixture as Newell's Old Boys have their presumed home advantage, while Gimnasia La Plata are in front by 10 points in the Superliga standings.
- Newell's Old Boys have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Superliga
- Gimnasia La Plata have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Superliga
The hosts Newell's Old Boys saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Copa Argentina. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Talleres Córdoba.
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
2 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Newell's Old Boys have to build on here at Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa in the Superliga.
The regulars hope that Newell's will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 1-2 away defeat in the Copa Argentina fixture against Talleres Córdoba.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Vélez Sarsfield.This is expected to be a close game, with Newell's Old Boys perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Newell's Old Boys as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Newell's Old Boys has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 5.
Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 16 league matches, 12 have contained zero, one or two goals.
There will be little rest for Newell's after this match as they are travelling to Aldosivi for a Superliga game in only three days.
Newell's Old Boys aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa in the league, with only 7 goals from 8 games. Newell's Old Boys are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.
Gimnasia La Plata form and stats
3 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Gimnasia La Plata playing as the away team in the Superliga this season.
Impressive finishing from Morales, Domínguez and Contín secured the home win 3-1 against Independiente in their previous game. Alemán got a match rating of 7.73 in that game, top player of the team. Alemán served one assist and hit seven key passes.
A 0-0 draw at Sarmiento's stadium before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Gimnasia in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Gimnasia La Plata, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
A tale of few goals? 12 of this side's last 13 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.
After this away game Gimnasia La Plata return home for a Superliga game against Arsenal de Sarandi. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gimnasia as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. Gimnasia La Plata are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The 5 most recent fixtures featuring these teams have all finished as Gimnasia La Plata victories. Are we destined for another one?These sides encountered each other earlier on this season: Gimnasia La Plata - Newell's Old Boys 3-1.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Tarragona 10 goals | B. Alemán Athaydes 9 goals |  R. Sordo 6 goals |
Newell's Old Boys missing players
Gimnasia La Plata missing players
| Newell's Old Boys | Gimnasia La Plata | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 32 | 18 | 9 | Scored | S | 10 | 20 | 43 |
| 31 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 18 | 28 |
| 87% | 80% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | 87% |
| 55% | 53% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 69% | 65% |
| 39% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 38% | 39% |
| 19% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 25% | 29% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 12% | 6% |
| 35% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 31% | 39% |
| 45% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 44% | 48% |
| 32% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 38% | 26% |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.5 | 5.1 |
| 4.7 | 3.7 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.1 |
| 3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.3 | 12.4 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 10.9 | 12.4 |
| 4 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 26% | 26% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 28% | 28% |
| 11.6 | 9.9 | 13.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 11.8 | 10.8 |
| 3.7 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
- Gimnasia La Plata have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Superliga
- Gimnasia La Plata have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Superliga
- Gimnasia La Plata have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Newell's Old Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Newell's Old Boys have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Superliga
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Tucuman | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 33 |
| 2 | Gimnasia La Plata | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Huracan | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | Godoy Cruz | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | Argentinos Juniors | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 30 |
| 6 | River Plate | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 29 |
| 7 | Boca Juniors | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 29 |
| 8 | Racing Club | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 28 |
| 9 | Platense | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| 10 | Union Santa Fe | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | San Lorenzo | 17 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 25 |
| 12 | Patronato | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| 13 | Estudiantes | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 14 | Newell's Old Boys | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 15 | Tigre | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 22 |
| 16 | Sarmiento | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 22 |
| 17 | Rosario Central | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 22 |
| 18 | Barracas Central | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 19 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 17 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 19 |
| 20 | Banfield | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 19 |
| 21 | Defensa y Justicia | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 22 | Independiente | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 18 |
| 23 | Central Cordoba SdE | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 24 | Colon | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 18 |
| 25 | Talleres Córdoba | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 26 | Aldosivi | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -17 | 13 |
| 27 | Vélez Sarsfield | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 12 |
| 28 | Lanus | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 11 |
