The Newell's Old Boys & Racing Club bosses Sanguinetti and Gago are both anxious about and eagerly anticipating this key match in the higher part of the Superliga table.
- Newell's Old Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Superliga
- Racing Club have the most clean sheets (13) in Superliga
Both teams have had ample time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's look for an animated match!
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
Newell's Old Boys must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Superliga games here at Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa.
The home team returns to Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa after drawing with Platense (placed 6th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Defender Lema got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.44/10. Lema won 6 of 9 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Patronato.Newell's have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Racing Club form and stats
The Superliga season is young and Racing Club have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
Racing Club had fun at their own home (Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa) last time out, beating Independiente 1-0. Hauche scored. The attacker Hauche got a match rating of 7.81 in that game. Hauche scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that, Racing Club travelled to Sarmiento and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Low-scoring game? 9 of this club's last 12 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Arsenal de Sarandi in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Racing Club as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have played previously this season: Racing Club - Newell's 0-0. Newell's Old Boys-Racing Club H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Newell's Old Boys one win, Racing Club four wins, three draws. four of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Copetti 11 goals |  R. Sordo 6 goals | J. García 4 goals |
Newell's Old Boys missing players
Racing Club missing players
| Newell's Old Boys | Racing Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | 14 | 8 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 42 |
| 19 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 16 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 87% |
| 57% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 82% | 70% |
| 43% | 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 43% |
| 24% | 30% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 45% | 35% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 38% | 30% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 64% | 39% |
| 48% | 60% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 57% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 18% | 17% |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.9 | 5.7 |
| 5 | 3.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 6 | 4.6 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 12.8 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.2 | 13.4 |
| 4.2 | 5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
| 29% | 28% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | 34% |
| 11.6 | 9.9 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 11.5 | 9.8 |
| 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5 | 3.7 |
- Newell's Old Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Superliga
- Racing Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Racing Club have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Racing Club have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Superliga
- Racing Club have the most clean sheets (13) in Superliga
- Racing Club have the the best goal difference (+6) 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 | Newell's Old Boys | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | Gimnasia La Plata | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Huracan | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Racing Club | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Godoy Cruz | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Platense | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | Atlético Tucumán | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Argentinos Juniors | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Union Santa Fe | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Banfield | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 11 | San Lorenzo | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 13 | Barracas Central | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 14 | Boca Juniors | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 15 | River Plate | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 16 | Central Cordoba SdE | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 17 | Colón | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 18 | Sarmiento | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 19 | Estudiantes | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 20 | Patronato | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 21 | Defensa y Justicia | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 22 | Independiente | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 23 | Rosario Central | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 24 | Tigre | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 6 |
| 25 | Velez Sarsfield | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 26 | Talleres Cordoba | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 27 | Lanus | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 28 | Aldosivi | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 4 |
