Superliga: Boca Juniors expected to win home against Newell's Old Boys

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Date: Sat 28.September
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Alberto José Armando (49000 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Boca Juniors - Newell's Old Boys!

Boca Juniors and Newell's Old Boys should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Boca Juniors form and stats

Seven points from three Superliga home games is a great start for Boca Juniors, who are hoping to build on that form here at Estadio Alberto José Armando. Two home wins in a row for Boca Juniors bring valid hopes of a third.

Happy days for Boca Juniors in their previous game, a Superliga match away at San Lorenzo (placed 6th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Estudiantes.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Boca Juniors's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won 3 matches, drawn 0 and lost 0.

The manager G. Alfaro will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to River Plate in only three days.

The Boca Juniors fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 3 in 3 matches. Boca Juniors have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 0 goals.

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Newell's Old Boys form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Superliga for Newell's Old Boys with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

The supporters enjoyed Newell's Old Boys's previous game versus Aldosivi (placed 20th), a Superliga 2-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Rosario Central.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Newell's Old Boys when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.

Newell's Old Boys have the goal stats of 2-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last six meetings: 3 - 3 - 0 (Boca Juniors wins - draws - Newell's Old Boys wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

C. Lema
3 goals
C. Tevez
2 goals
E. Salvio
2 goals / 1 assists

Boca Juniors missing players

Newell's Old Boys missing players

Boca Juniors Newell's Old Boys
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 1 2 6
5 2 0 Won W 0 0 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
8 3 0 Scored S 1 2 12
0 0 0 Conceded C 3 4 5
71% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
43% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 50%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
29% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 7.7 0 Corners For (avg) C F 6 5.5 7.2
6.4 5.3 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 3.5 3.5
3.1 2.7 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4 3.5 2.3
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of Newell's Old Boys's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Boca Juniors have not yet conceded a single goal.
  • Boca Juniors have not yet lost a game.
  • Boca Juniors have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Boca Juniors have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Newell's Old Boys have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Newell's Old Boys have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Newell's Old Boys have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Newell's Old Boys have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Newell's Old Boys have yet to win a game away.
  • Newell's Old Boys haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Boca Juniors
All Copa Libertadores Torneos De Verano Superliga Copa Argentina Super Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
25-08-19 SU Banfield 0 - 1 Boca Juniors
28-08-19 CL Boca Juniors 0 - 0 LDU Quito
01-09-19 SU River Plate 0 - 0 Boca Juniors
15-09-19 SU Boca Juniors 1 - 0 Estudiantes
21-09-19 SU San Lorenzo 0 - 2 Boca Juniors
28-09-19 SU Boca Juniors 23:00 Newell's Old Boys
02-10-19 CL River Plate 00:30 Boca Juniors
06-10-19 SU Defensa y Justicia 23:00 Boca Juniors
20-10-19 SU Boca Juniors - Racing Club
23-10-19 CL Boca Juniors 00:30 River Plate
Newell's Old Boys
All Torneos De Verano Superliga Copa Argentina Club Friendlies Copa Sudamericana
All Home Away
17-08-19 SU Newell's Old Boys 2 - 0 Union Santa Fe
24-08-19 SU Velez Sarsfield 3 - 1 Newell's Old Boys
01-09-19 SU Newell's Old Boys 4 - 1 Huracan
15-09-19 SU Rosario Central 1 - 1 Newell's Old Boys
22-09-19 SU Newell's Old Boys 2 - 0 Aldosivi
28-09-19 SU Boca Juniors 23:00 Newell's Old Boys
04-10-19 SU Newell's Old Boys 22:00 Banfield
20-10-19 SU Patronato - Newell's Old Boys
30-10-19 SU Newell's Old Boys - Gimnasia La Plata
03-11-19 SU Talleres Cordoba - Newell's Old Boys

  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 7 5 2 0 8 0 3 2 1 0 3 0 4 3 1 0 5 0 8 17
2 Talleres Córdoba 7 5 1 1 8 4 4 3 1 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 2 1 4 16
3 Argentinos Juniors 7 4 3 0 9 4 4 3 1 0 8 4 3 1 2 0 1 0 5 15
4 Lanús 7 4 2 1 12 10 4 3 1 0 8 4 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 14
5 Newell's Old Boys 6 4 1 1 12 5 4 4 0 0 10 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 7 13
6 San Lorenzo 7 4 1 2 11 9 4 2 1 1 7 7 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 13
7 Vélez Sarsfield 7 4 1 2 10 8 3 2 1 0 6 3 4 2 0 2 4 5 2 13
8 Arsenal de Sarandi 7 4 0 3 11 6 3 2 0 1 5 3 4 2 0 2 6 3 5 12
9 Racing Club 7 3 3 1 10 11 4 2 1 1 6 8 3 1 2 0 4 3 -1 12
10 River Plate 7 3 2 2 15 5 4 1 1 2 4 3 3 2 1 0 11 2 10 11
11 Rosario Central 7 2 5 0 8 6 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 1 3 0 5 4 2 11
12 Patronato 7 3 2 2 6 6 3 2 0 1 3 3 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 11
13 Independiente 6 3 1 2 6 6 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 2 0 2 2 4 0 10
14 Estudiantes 7 3 0 4 6 5 4 3 0 1 5 1 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 9
15 Huracán 7 2 2 3 5 10 3 1 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 3 6 -5 8
16 Banfield 7 2 1 4 5 6 3 1 0 2 1 2 4 1 1 2 4 4 -1 7
17 Colón 7 2 1 4 7 11 4 2 1 1 5 4 3 0 0 3 2 7 -4 7
18 Defensa y Justicia 7 2 1 4 4 8 4 0 1 3 0 5 3 2 0 1 4 3 -4 7
19 Atlético Tucumán 7 2 0 5 3 8 4 2 0 2 3 3 3 0 0 3 0 5 -5 6
20 Aldosivi 7 1 2 4 5 8 3 1 2 0 4 1 4 0 0 4 1 7 -3 5
21 Central Cordoba SdE 7 1 2 4 4 9 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 0 1 3 2 7 -5 5
22 Unión Santa Fe 7 1 2 4 5 11 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 0 1 3 2 8 -6 5
23 Godoy Cruz 7 1 0 6 5 13 4 1 0 3 2 6 3 0 0 3 3 7 -8 3
24 Gimnasia La Plata 7 0 1 6 4 10 3 0 0 3 1 4 4 0 1 3 3 6 -6 1

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