It's been nine sleeps since Gimnasia La Plata ran out versus Patronato and the scoreline was 6-0. What happens against Newell's Old Boys?
- Gimnasia La Plata is in the best form (5-0-1) in Superliga
- Newell's Old Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Copa Argentina.
Gimnasia La Plata form and stats
The complete Superliga results playing at home this season for Gimnasia La Plata are 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Gimnasia goalkeeper Rodrigo Francisco Jesus Rey is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the Superliga.
Happy days for Gimnasia La Plata in their previous game, a fixture away at Patronato (placed 13th) that ended with a 6-0 victory. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Gimnasia played a great game against Patronato and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Alemán (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.25/10. Alemán scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that, Gimnasia La Plata had a home game versus Union Santa Fe which ended with a victory 1-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Gimnasia La Plata perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Gimnasia La Plata as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Gimnasia La Plata has won nine of these, drawn two and lost two.
The Gimnasia La Plata fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. Gimnasia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
The visitors are W2-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga.
The supporters enjoyed Newell's Old Boys's previous fixture versus Ituzaingo, a Copa Argentina win (3-1) played at home.
A loss against San Lorenzo was the result prior to that, in a Superliga home game.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Newell's Old Boys in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Newell's Old Boys, eight draws and seven defeats.
The attacking power of Newell's when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. As opposed to that, Newell's Old Boys have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the former nine meetings between these two sides are: six wins for Gimnasia, one draw and two wins for Newell's Old Boys. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  C. Tarragona 8 goals | B. Alemán Athaydes 5 goals | E. Ramírez 3 goals |
Gimnasia La Plata missing players
Newell's Old Boys missing players
| Gimnasia La Plata | Newell's Old Boys | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 19 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 7 | 12 |
| 92% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 77% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 54% |
| 69% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 46% |
| 46% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 17% | 23% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 46% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 31% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 46% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 31% |
| 5.6 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
| 5.3 | 3.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| 3.3 | 3.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.5 | 12.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.2 | 11 |
| 5.5 | 6.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| 29% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 29% |
| 10.8 | 7.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 12.8 | 11.3 |
| 3.9 | 2.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.1 |
- Gimnasia La Plata have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Gimnasia La Plata have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Superliga
- Gimnasia La Plata have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Gimnasia La Plata have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Gimnasia La Plata haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Gimnasia La Plata is in the best form (5-0-1) in Superliga
- Newell's Old Boys 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 | Racing Club | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 29 |
| 2 | River Plate | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 26 |
| 3 | Newell's Old Boys | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 |
| 4 | Defensa y Justicia | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Argentinos Juniors | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Gimnasia La Plata | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Sarmiento | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 21 |
| 8 | Banfield | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Union Santa Fe | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | San Lorenzo | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | Atletico Tucuman | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 10 |
| 12 | Platense | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 10 |
| 13 | Patronato | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -14 | 10 |
| 14 | Talleres Córdoba | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -13 | 8 |
