Betting preview: Boca Juniors Res. the expected winner when Newell's Old Boys Res. arrive

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Competition: Argentina Reserve League
Competition: Tue 18.October
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

A vital game in Reserve League as both participants are battling for the top spots. With Boca Juniors Res. in 1st place and Newell's Old Boys Res. located at 8th, this is almost guaranteed to be a thriling fight. Read on to learn more!

Insights:
  • Boca Juniors Res. have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Reserve League
  • Newell's Old Boys Res. have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Boca Juniors Res. have less rest than Newell's Old Boys Res. in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Reserve League game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Sarmiento Res., was also a home game. The away team is better rested.

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Boca Juniors Res. form and stats

Boca Juniors Res. have performed here this season with 9 wins from 12 Reserve League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. In general it's been a long time since Juniors tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 211 minutes.

Boca Juniors Res.'s previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Sarmiento Res. (placed 23rd). The home side are looking to build on that result.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Aldosivi Res. with a 2-0 scoreline.

Juniors are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 13 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 8, drew 3 and lost 2.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Boca Juniors Res. as they are travelling to their away game against Independiente Res. in the Reserve League. That match is four days after this one.

Boca Juniors Res. have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 22 goals in 12 league matches. From these home matches, Juniors have conceded only 6 goals.

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Newell's Old Boys Res. form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Reserve League travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Newell's Old Boys Res. play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Tigre Res. (placed 3rd).

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Central Cordoba SdE Res..

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Barracas Central Res. in just four days.

Newell's has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 12 games. In the opposite end, Newell's Old Boys Res. have conceded 18 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Boca Juniors Res. have avoided defeat in the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) facing Newell's Old Boys Res..

Boca Juniors Res. missing players

Newell's Old Boys Res. missing players

Boca Juniors Res. Newell's Old Boys Res.
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
39 19 4 Played P 4 19 39
21 12 1 Won W 0 6 16
9 5 2 Drew D 1 8 12
9 2 1 Lost L 3 5 11
63 35 6 Scored S 2 29 52
31 11 6 Conceded C 6 27 44
85% 84% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 87%
72% 74% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 89% 74%
49% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 58% 51%
21% 26% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 26% 18%
10% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 8%
41% 42% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 79% 56%
46% 53% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 31%
28% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 16% 26%
 
5.8 5.4 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.7 5.2
5.2 4.6 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 9.5 7.1 6.4
2.6 2.6 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.7 2.6
5 3 0 Red cards R C 3 3 6
 
11.1 11.7 12 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 9.8 10.1
4.6 4.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 4.2 4.5
35% 37% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 37% 30%
 
9.6 9.6 12 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 12.2 11.8
3.5 3.3 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.7 4.8
Key stats in Reserve League this season:
  • Boca Juniors Res. have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Boca Juniors Res. have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Reserve League
  • Boca Juniors Res. have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Reserve League
  • Boca Juniors Res. have the most points (29) at home in Reserve League
  • Newell's Old Boys Res. have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 Res. 25 16 3 6 43 19 12 9 2 1 22 6 13 7 1 5 21 13 24 51
2 Vélez Sársfield Res. 25 16 2 7 44 17 13 9 1 3 27 9 12 7 1 4 17 8 27 50
3 Tigre Res. 26 13 8 5 33 25 14 6 5 3 18 17 12 7 3 2 15 8 8 47
4 Huracan Res. 26 14 3 9 52 39 13 7 2 4 27 18 13 7 1 5 25 21 13 45
5 River Plate Res. 26 14 2 10 30 27 13 8 1 4 14 9 13 6 1 6 16 18 3 44
6 Independiente Res. 26 12 7 7 39 28 13 5 4 4 22 15 13 7 3 3 17 13 11 43
7 Argentinos Juniors Res. 25 11 9 5 35 24 12 7 3 2 18 10 13 4 6 3 17 14 11 42
8 Newell's Old Boys Res. 25 11 8 6 33 25 13 7 4 2 15 7 12 4 4 4 18 18 8 41
9 Lanus Res. 26 12 5 9 41 41 13 6 2 5 20 21 13 6 3 4 21 20 0 41
10 Gimnasia Esgrima Res. 25 11 6 8 44 32 13 7 3 3 23 11 12 4 3 5 21 21 12 39
11 Rosario Central Res. 26 10 8 8 46 36 13 6 4 3 24 20 13 4 4 5 22 16 10 38
12 Defensa y Justicia Res. 26 11 5 10 27 31 13 6 1 6 14 17 13 5 4 4 13 14 -4 38
13 Talleres Córdoba Res. 25 11 4 10 39 34 12 5 2 5 17 17 13 6 2 5 22 17 5 37
14 Union Santa Fe Res. 26 9 9 8 24 22 14 6 5 3 14 10 12 3 4 5 10 12 2 36
15 Colon Res. 26 9 9 8 35 35 12 5 3 4 20 14 14 4 6 4 15 21 0 36
16 San Lorenzo Res. 25 10 3 12 30 32 12 5 1 6 16 15 13 5 2 6 14 17 -2 33
17 Platense Res. 26 7 11 8 25 26 13 1 7 5 12 16 13 6 4 3 13 10 -1 32
18 Godoy Cruz Res. 25 8 7 10 33 34 13 5 4 4 22 16 12 3 3 6 11 18 -1 31
19 Banfield Res. 26 8 7 11 24 31 13 3 5 5 12 17 13 5 2 6 12 14 -7 31
20 Racing Club Res. 26 7 9 10 35 32 13 3 7 3 21 19 13 4 2 7 14 13 3 30
21 Estudiantes La Plata Res 25 7 9 9 22 26 12 4 3 5 16 16 13 3 6 4 6 10 -4 30
22 Arsenal Res. 26 6 11 9 24 26 13 4 5 4 13 11 13 2 6 5 11 15 -2 29
23 Sarmiento Res. 25 8 4 13 20 37 13 6 3 4 13 9 12 2 1 9 7 28 -17 28
24 Central Cordoba SdE Res. 26 7 6 13 22 37 13 6 1 6 16 17 13 1 5 7 6 20 -15 27
25 Atletico Tucuman Res. 26 6 5 15 29 44 12 4 2 6 15 15 14 2 3 9 14 29 -15 23
26 Barracas Central Res. 26 7 2 17 18 47 13 5 1 7 14 22 13 2 1 10 4 25 -29 23
27 Aldosivi Res. 25 6 4 15 32 51 13 3 2 8 16 21 12 3 2 7 16 30 -19 22
28 Patronato Res. 25 5 6 14 19 40 12 4 3 5 10 12 13 1 3 9 9 28 -21 21

Read more about Reserve League

The Argentina Reserve League is a reserve team league that feature reserve lineups from many of the biggest football clubs in Argentina. It currently has 26 teams who play each other once for a total of 25 fixtures per team. The final league table is complete in April.