Possible nail-biting contest in Newell's Old Boys - Tigre game

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Fri 14.October
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa (38095 seats)

Fasten your seatbelt before the show! Today's main characters are Newell's Old Boys and Tigre, victory is the objective and 1 1/2 hours the duration.

Insights:
  • Newell's Old Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Superliga
  • Tigre have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in Superliga

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Newell's Old Boys and Tigre.

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Newell's Old Boys form and stats

Newell's Old Boys have played 11 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-5-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Lautaro Morales not having conceded a league goal in 298 minutes.

Newell's Old Boys enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Central Cordoba SdE's place. The match ended 3-0 with Ditta and Esponda scoring. Ditta, defender, was given a rating of 8.12/10 in that game, top of the team. Ditta scored one goal and won 4 of 6 duels.

In the match before that, Newell's Old Boys hosted Arsenal de Sarandi and drew the game 0-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Newell's have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 6.

It should be considered that a look at the 11 most recent league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Newell's Old Boys, as the Superliga home game vs Boca Juniors is only three days away.

Newell's Old Boys have scored {9 league goals} here from 11 matches, not a lot. Newell's 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 7 from 11 matches.

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Tigre form and stats

As the visiting team in Superliga matches, Tigre have produced an overall stat of 3-5-4 so far.

The followers enjoyed Tigre's previous match versus Independiente (placed 17th), a 2-1 win played at home. Which player has scored six matches in a row for the away team? The answer is Armoa and that is impressive stuff! Armoa got a match rating of 8.15 in that game, top player of the team. Armoa scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Sarmiento.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Tigre playing away and similar expectations, we found 18 relevant matches. Results were 5 Tigre wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats.

Tigre have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. Tigre have conceded 19 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Newell's Old Boys have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (3-1-0) when facing Tigre.

Top Goalscorers

TigreM. Retegui
M. Retegui
18 goals
Newell's Old BoysJ. García
J. García
7 goals
TigreF. Colidio
F. Colidio
7 goals

Newell's Old Boys missing players

Tigre missing players

Newell's Old Boys Tigre
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
38 18 5 Played P 6 21 41
17 8 3 Won W 2 5 15
8 5 1 Drew D 1 8 16
13 5 1 Lost L 3 8 10
40 20 7 Scored S 10 26 56
34 12 2 Conceded C 14 31 44
87% 78% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 90%
53% 50% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 76% 78%
37% 33% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 52% 44%
16% 17% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 19% 15%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 7%
32% 28% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 59%
47% 61% 80% Clean Sheets C S 17% 19% 29%
34% 33% 40% Failed to Score F T 17% 24% 22%
 
4.2 4.6 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.7 5
4.7 3.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5 4.2
2.8 2.7 3.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 2
5 4 0 Red cards R C 1 1 5
 
11.7 13 11.4 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 12.7 13.1
4.1 4.6 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.4 4.6
26% 24% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 28% 29%
 
11.7 9.8 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 12.3 10.2
3.4 2.9 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.1 4
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Newell's Old Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Superliga
  • Newell's Old Boys have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Superliga
  • Tigre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tigre have the most scored goals in the first half (31) 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 Boca Juniors 23 14 3 6 29 23 13 9 2 2 20 13 10 5 1 4 9 10 6 45
2 Racing Club 24 12 8 4 37 22 13 9 3 1 25 10 11 3 5 3 12 12 15 44
3 Atlético Tucumán 24 12 8 4 29 17 12 8 4 0 20 6 12 4 4 4 9 11 12 44
4 River Plate 24 12 5 7 38 18 11 6 1 4 19 9 13 6 4 3 19 9 20 41
5 Huracán 24 10 11 3 28 17 11 7 3 1 17 6 13 3 8 2 11 11 11 41
6 Gimnasia La Plata 23 11 7 5 24 13 10 7 2 1 14 3 13 4 5 4 10 10 11 40
7 Tigre 24 9 10 5 36 27 12 6 5 1 19 8 12 3 5 4 17 19 9 37
8 Argentinos Juniors 24 11 4 9 31 24 13 7 2 4 16 14 11 4 2 5 15 10 7 37
9 Newell's Old Boys 24 10 6 8 23 19 11 3 5 3 9 7 13 7 1 5 14 12 4 36
10 San Lorenzo 24 7 13 4 25 21 13 4 8 1 16 12 11 3 5 3 9 9 4 34
11 Godoy Cruz 24 9 7 8 25 26 11 6 4 1 13 6 13 3 3 7 12 20 -1 34
12 Patronato 24 8 7 9 26 25 13 7 4 2 15 7 11 1 3 7 11 18 1 31
13 Platense 24 7 10 7 21 20 13 4 7 2 11 7 11 3 3 5 10 13 1 31
14 Central Cordoba SdE 23 9 4 10 28 29 12 5 2 5 14 15 11 4 2 5 14 14 -1 31
15 Sarmiento 24 8 7 9 25 27 11 5 3 3 16 12 13 3 4 6 9 15 -2 31
16 Defensa y Justicia 24 7 10 7 23 25 12 4 7 1 14 11 12 3 3 6 9 14 -2 31
17 Independiente 24 8 6 10 26 27 11 4 3 4 11 10 13 4 3 6 15 17 -1 30
18 Unión Santa Fe 23 8 6 9 24 28 12 5 2 5 11 13 11 3 4 4 13 15 -4 30
19 Estudiantes 24 8 6 10 25 33 13 7 3 3 18 14 11 1 3 7 7 19 -8 30
20 Barracas Central 24 7 8 9 26 33 13 6 4 3 19 15 11 1 4 6 7 18 -7 29
21 Talleres Cordoba 23 7 7 9 20 20 12 6 2 4 15 11 11 1 5 5 5 9 0 28
22 Colón 24 7 7 10 22 31 12 4 4 4 11 16 12 3 3 6 11 15 -9 28
23 Rosario Central 24 6 9 9 20 25 13 5 5 3 10 9 11 1 4 6 10 16 -5 27
24 Banfield 24 6 8 10 22 28 13 2 5 6 13 19 11 4 3 4 9 9 -6 26
25 Arsenal de Sarandi 24 4 12 8 21 26 11 3 6 2 13 11 13 1 6 6 8 15 -5 24
26 Lanús 24 5 5 14 21 37 11 3 3 5 11 15 13 2 2 9 10 22 -16 20
27 Velez Sarsfield 23 3 10 10 21 29 10 3 4 3 9 8 13 0 6 7 12 21 -8 19
28 Aldosivi 24 4 4 16 15 41 11 3 1 7 9 16 13 1 3 9 6 25 -26 16

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The Superliga Argentina, also referred to as the Primera División, is the premier football division in Argentina. It currently holds 26 teams who play 25 fixtures each to form a final league table. The season runs from August to May. Argentina was the first country outside the United Kingdom to create a football league, in 1891.