It's the second attempt for points this league season as Argentinos Juniors and Newell's Old Boys bump heads at Estadio Diego Armando Maradona.
Both squads have had sufficient rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's trust this will be an animated fixture!
Argentinos Juniors form and stats
Last season, Argentinos Juniors's league statistics were 10 wins, 9 draws and 4 losses, resulting in 5th position in the Superliga. From these 23 matches they scored 22 goals and gave away 17. Playing as the host team in the last season Argentinos Juniors produced 7-5-0 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 9 conceded.
Argentinos are confident in defense, having played 210 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A strong away win for Argentinos Juniors against Patronato the last match, as Nuss were on target. Villalba, defender, was given a rating of 7.44/10 in that game, top of the team. Villalba won 8 of 12 duels.
Ahead of that match, Argentinos Juniors won a home game hosting Sarmiento (2-0).This is expected to be a close game, with Argentinos Juniors perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Argentinos Juniors as a small favourite), we find 18 games. Argentinos has won nine of these, drawn four and lost five.
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
Let's have a look at how Newell's Old Boys performed last season in the Superliga: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 8 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 33 and conceded 25 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 6 and lost 3 with 14/15 goals scored/conceded.
Newell's Old Boys are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the game against Defensa y Justicia (placed 13th). Defender Vangioni was the best team player with a rating of 8.14. Vangioni hit two key passes and won 3 of 6 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against San Lorenzo wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Newell's Old Boys playing away and similar expectations, we found 18 relevant matches. Results were one Newell's Old Boys win, ten draws and seven defeats.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's four Argentinos Juniors victories, zero draws and one Newell's Old Boys win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last five duels.Top Goalscorers
  T. Nuss 1 goals |  F. González 1 goals |
Argentinos Juniors missing players
Newell's Old Boys missing players
| Argentinos Juniors | Newell's Old Boys | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Argentinos Juniors | Last season | Newell's Old Boys | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 11 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 9 | 17 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 10 | 16 | ||
| 91% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 45% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | ||
| 18% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 55% | ||
| 18% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 45% | ||
| 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 9% | ||
| 27% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 55% | ||
| 45% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 18% | ||
| 36% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 27% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.6 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.6 | 6.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8.7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 30% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 35% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 9 | ||
| 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Argentinos Juniors | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Newell's Old Boys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Sarmiento | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Banfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Gimnasia La Plata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Platense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Racing Club | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | River Plate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | San Lorenzo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Talleres Cordoba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Union Santa Fe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Atletico Tucuman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Defensa y Justicia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Patronato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
