Huracán are aiming to forget the league table ahead of this game versus Newell's Old Boys. Here's everything you must know before the game!
- Huracán have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Newell's Old Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Huracán form and stats
The story so far in the Superliga for Huracán at their home stadium (Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Huracán has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Battaglia and the players.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 602 minutes without scoring a league goal. Hezze was the last player to find the net.
The supporters are hoping that Huracán will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Gimnasia La Plata (placed 15th). The forward Cóccaro bettered all others in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.12 out of 10. Cóccaro hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against Danubio in the Copa Sudamericana.
It should be added that a look at the 11 latest league games reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Huracán here at Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 9 games). On the other hand, Huracán have conceded 10 goals.
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
There's been little loot from Newell's Old Boys's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the Superliga. Newell's Old Boys only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws.
Newell's's last game was the home draw against Union Santa Fe (1-1). Defender Ortíz was the best team player with a rating of 7.33. Ortíz hit one key pass and won 6 of 6 duels.
Previously, the Copa Sudamericana win away at Santos.
Lacking goals? 10 of this club's most recent 11 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Newell's Old Boys as they have only managed to score 7 times from 10 away games in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Newell's in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Huracán three wins, one draw and Newell's Old Boys four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Cordero 4 goals |   J. Recalde Ramírez 4 goals | G. Gudiño 3 goals |
Huracán missing players
Newell's Old Boys missing players
| Huracán | Newell's Old Boys | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 24 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 16 |
| 80% | 78% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 85% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 45% |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 20% |
| 10% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 30% | 15% |
| 10% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 35% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 25% |
| 25% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 50% |
| 60% | 56% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 5.2 | 5.9 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 4.1 | 3.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.7 | 12.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 11.5 | 10.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 4.6 | 4 |
| 23% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 15% | 22% |
| 11.9 | 9.3 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.8 | 9.5 |
| 3.8 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3 |
- Huracán have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | River Plate | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Talleres Cordoba | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 18 | 40 |
| 3 | San Lorenzo | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 37 |
| 4 | Estudiantes | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 35 |
| 5 | Rosario Central | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 34 |
| 6 | Defensa y Justicia | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 33 |
| 7 | Lanus | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 33 |
| 8 | Belgrano | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 31 |
| 9 | Argentinos Juniors | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 10 | Godoy Cruz | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 29 |
| 11 | Boca Juniors | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 28 |
| 12 | Newell's Old Boys | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 28 |
| 13 | Platense | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 26 |
| 14 | Sarmiento | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 25 |
| 15 | Gimnasia La Plata | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -10 | 25 |
| 16 | Central Cordoba SdE | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 24 |
| 17 | Colon | 20 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 23 |
| 18 | Racing Club | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 23 |
| 19 | Barracas Central | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 23 |
| 20 | Tigre | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 22 |
| 21 | Instituto | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 22 |
| 22 | Independiente | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 21 |
| 23 | Atletico Tucuman | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 21 |
| 24 | Union Santa Fe | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 19 |
| 25 | Velez Sarsfield | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 26 | Huracán | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 18 |
| 27 | Banfield | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -13 | 18 |
| 28 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 16 | -12 | 17 |
