Both sides are sailing pretty smoothly so far, Godoy Cruz having a 5 point edge on Newell's Old Boys in the league table. Let's start!
- Newell's Old Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Superliga
- Godoy Cruz have the most points from losing position (17) in Superliga
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Godoy Cruz, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
Newell's Old Boys have played 7 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Newell's Old Boys are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Huracán. Balzi (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.45/10. Balzi hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 24 successful passes (of 29 total).
Before that, Newell's had a home game versus Lanús which ended with a victory 2-0.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 10 games. Newell's Old Boys has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.
Low on goals? Looking at this team's last 14 league games, 11 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Newell's Old Boys here at Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). From these home matches, Newell's have conceded only 4 goals.
Godoy Cruz form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Godoy Cruz so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Godoy Cruz delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Independiente (placed 24th) in their previous game. As mentioned above, Godoy Cruz drew the match against Independiente. Manager Orsi brought on Allende to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Ferrari, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.15. Ferrari won 3 of 6 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sarmiento at their stadium, the result 2-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Godoy Cruz playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 3 Godoy Cruz wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The attacking power of Godoy when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. As opposed to that, Godoy Cruz have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's two Newell's victories, two draws and four Godoy Cruz wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Rodríguez Lima 11 goals | M. Ojeda 10 goals |  R. Sordo 6 goals |
Newell's Old Boys missing players
Godoy Cruz missing players
| Newell's Old Boys | Godoy Cruz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 6 | Played | P | 7 | 15 | 29 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| 30 | 17 | 8 | Scored | S | 9 | 19 | 39 |
| 29 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 15 | 23 | 37 |
| 86% | 79% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 55% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 87% | 83% |
| 38% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 86% | 60% | 45% |
| 21% | 21% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 27% | 21% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 7% | 10% |
| 34% | 29% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 86% | 73% | 66% |
| 45% | 64% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 13% | 24% |
| 34% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 20% | 17% |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| 4.7 | 3.7 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.9 | 6.8 | 5.2 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 11.4 | 12.9 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 12.1 | 13.7 |
| 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
| 25% | 25% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | 28% |
| 11.1 | 9.1 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 14.1 | 11.5 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.9 | 3.8 |
- Godoy Cruz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Godoy Cruz have the most points from losing position (17) in Superliga
- Newell's Old Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) 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 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 29 |
| 2 | Gimnasia La Plata | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 |
| 3 | Huracán | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Argentinos Juniors | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | River Plate | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 6 | Godoy Cruz | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 | Racing Club | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| 8 | Boca Juniors | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 23 |
| 9 | Patronato | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 22 |
| 10 | Platense | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Union Santa Fe | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | San Lorenzo | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| 13 | Newell's Old Boys | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 14 | Tigre | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 18 |
| 15 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 18 |
| 16 | Rosario Central | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 18 |
| 17 | Colon | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 18 |
| 18 | Barracas Central | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 19 | Central Cordoba SdE | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 20 | Sarmiento | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 21 | Estudiantes | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 22 | Banfield | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 15 |
| 23 | Defensa y Justicia | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 24 | Independiente | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 25 | Talleres Cordoba | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 26 | Aldosivi | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 11 |
| 27 | Velez Sarsfield | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 10 |
| 28 | Lanús | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -10 | 10 |
