Corinthians host the first leg in this deciding Copa Sudamericana Round of 16 game. Newell's Old Boys will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa before the return leg in 9 days.
These teams have little in common geographically as Newell's Old Boys have to travel 2100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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 Corinthians and Newell's Old Boys.
Corinthians form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie A, Corinthians have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 7 games.
Corinthians's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Vasco da Gama. The home side are looking to build on that result. The gifted forward Guedes outshone all others in that fixture and managed a match rating of 8.62 out of 10. Guedes scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 43 successful passes (of 51 total).
Ahead of that match, a home victory against Sao Paulo in the Copa do Brasil. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Corinthians handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Corinthians as they are travelling to their away game against Internacional in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.
Corinthians are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. Corinthians are not conceding a lot of goals here at Neo Química Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
Newell's's last game was the home draw against Talleres Cordoba (1-1). Méndez, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.73. Méndez hit two key passes and won 12 of 16 duels.
Prior to that match, the Newell's Old Boys manager Heinze faced defeat when travelling to Boca Juniors and losing 1-2.We have checked recent matches where Newell's have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were 6 victories, 2 draws and 9 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Krug Guedes 7 goals |   J. Recalde Ramírez 6 goals |  Y. Monteiro da Silva 3 goals |
Corinthians missing players
Newell's Old Boys missing players
| Corinthians | Newell's Old Boys | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 26 | 20 | Scored | S | 13 | 26 | ||
| 26 | 10 | Conceded | C | 15 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 36% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.9 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 24% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 28% | ||
| 16 | 14.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 40 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Gremio | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 29 |
| 4 | Fluminense | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Palmeiras | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 28 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 28 |
| 7 | Athletico PR | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Sao Paulo | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 9 | Cuiaba | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | Cruzeiro | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 11 | Fortaleza | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Internacional | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 23 |
| 13 | Atletico Mineiro | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Santos | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -8 | 17 |
| 16 | Goias | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 15 |
| 17 | Bahia | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 14 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 14 |
| 19 | America Mineiro | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -16 | 10 |
| 20 | Vasco da Gama | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -16 | 9 |
