Open game expected at Estadio Monumental Presidente José Fierro: Atlético Tucumán vs Newell's Old Boys preview

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Tue 30.March
Match begins: 00:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Monumental Presidente José Fierro (32700 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Superliga, Atlético Tucumán holding 11th place and Newell's Old Boys lying 12th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Atlético Tucumán have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Superliga
  • Newell's Old Boys have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Superliga

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

It's quite the trip for Newell's Old Boys when visiting Atlético as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

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Atlético Tucumán form and stats

1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Superliga numbers at home for Atlético Tucumán so far this season.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Huracán in the Superliga last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that, an away loss at Gimnasia La Plata.

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 Atlético have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won five, drawn five and lost four.

The Atlético manager O. De Felippe has got the team scoring with 6 from 3 home games in the league. Atlético have conceded 5 from these games.

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Newell's Old Boys form and stats

The Superliga season is young and Newell's Old Boys 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.

The attacking players of Newell's Old Boys have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 195 minutes.

Newell's Old Boys's last game was the home draw against Union Santa Fe (0-0). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Defensa y Justicia wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Newell's in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Newell's Old Boys, seven draws and six defeats.

The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Newell's have conceded 7 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Atlético Tucumán-Newell's Old Boys H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Atlético one win, Newell's Old Boys one win, three draws. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Atlético TucumánA. Lotti
A. Lotti
3 goals
Atlético TucumánG. Acosta
G. Acosta
2 goals
Atlético TucumánS. Vergini
S. Vergini
1 goals

Atlético Tucumán missing players

Newell's Old Boys missing players

Atlético Tucumán Newell's Old Boys
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
6 3 2 Played P 0 3 6
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 0 Lost L 0 2 4
9 6 5 Scored S 0 2 3
11 5 3 Conceded C 0 7 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 83%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 50%
67% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 50%
33% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 33%
17% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
83% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 67%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.8 4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.7 3
2 2 2 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
7 3 3 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7.7 7
2.8 2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2.3
50% 100% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 21%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • All of Atlético Tucumán's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Atlético Tucumán have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Atlético Tucumán have scored more than double the goals of Newell's Old Boys.
  • Atlético Tucumán have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Superliga
  • Atlético Tucumán have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Superliga
  • Atlético Tucumán haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Newell's Old Boys have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Newell's Old Boys have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Superliga
  • Newell's Old Boys have yet to win a game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Velez Sarsfield 6 5 0 1 8 8 3 2 0 1 3 7 3 3 0 0 5 1 0 15
2 Independiente 6 4 0 2 10 3 3 2 0 1 7 1 3 2 0 1 3 2 7 12
3 Defensa y Justicia 6 3 1 2 11 8 3 3 0 0 8 2 3 0 1 2 3 6 3 10
4 Union Santa Fe 6 2 4 0 8 6 3 1 2 0 6 5 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 10
5 Lanus 6 3 1 2 7 7 2 2 0 0 4 2 4 1 1 2 3 5 0 10
6 Boca Juniors 6 2 3 1 13 7 4 0 3 1 5 6 2 2 0 0 8 1 6 9
7 Gimnasia La Plata 6 2 3 1 9 5 3 2 1 0 6 1 3 0 2 1 3 4 4 9
8 Talleres Cordoba 6 2 2 2 6 8 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 5 -2 8
9 Huracán 6 1 4 1 6 6 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 7
10 Sarmiento 6 1 3 2 7 12 3 1 1 1 5 4 3 0 2 1 2 8 -5 6
11 Atlético Tucumán 6 1 2 3 9 11 3 1 1 1 6 5 3 0 1 2 3 6 -2 5
12 Newell's Old Boys 6 0 2 4 3 10 3 0 1 2 1 3 3 0 1 2 2 7 -7 2
13 Patronato 6 0 0 6 2 9 3 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 3 2 6 -7 0

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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.