This has the looks of yet another engrossing encounter at Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa in the Superliga. Newell's Old Boys is in 3rd position and welcome Argentinos Juniors in 6th place. Read all about the fixture here!
- Argentinos Juniors haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
This looks to be an absorbing game with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well rested since they last played a game. Bring it on!
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
When playing at home in the Superliga, Newell's Old Boys have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 1 games.
The home followers saw a 0-0 draw versus San Lorenzo last time out and are looking for a win here. Midfield player Fernández got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, the max score being 10. Fernández hit one key pass and had 64 successful passes (of 78 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Banfield and winning 2-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Newell's Old Boys perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Newell's Old Boys as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Newell's has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Early season league goal statistics from Newell's Old Boys's 1 home game: 0 goals, 0 conceded.
Argentinos Juniors form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Argentinos Juniors, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Sarmiento (placed 22nd). Defender Villalba was the best team player with a rating of 7.43. Villalba hit three key passes and won 6 of 8 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Aldosivi.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Argentinos Juniors playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were 4 Argentinos Juniors wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats.
It's early days yet, but Argentinos Juniors has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
This happened when the contenders played each other earlier this campaign; Argentinos Juniors - Newell's 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Newell's Old Boys one win, zero draws and Argentinos Juniors five victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. The games between these clubs have sometimes been brutal, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last six duels.Top Goalscorers
  G. Ávalos Stumpfs 6 goals |  R. Sordo 4 goals | J. García 4 goals |
Newell's Old Boys missing players
Argentinos Juniors missing players
| Newell's Old Boys | Argentinos Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 8 | 12 | 23 |
| 15 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 9 | 11 | 16 |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 53% | 43% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 71% |
| 47% | 29% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 33% | 41% |
| 20% | 14% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 22% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 11% | 6% |
| 33% | 14% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 56% | 53% |
| 47% | 71% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 29% |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 22% | 24% |
| 4.3 | 4.6 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 4.7 | 3.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 2.4 | 3 |
| 3.3 | 2.9 | 6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 11.2 | 13 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 8.2 | 11.9 |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.5 |
| 25% | 24% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 43% | 30% |
| 10.8 | 8.9 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 8.2 | 8.4 |
| 4.2 | 2.9 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
- Argentinos Juniors haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Estudiantes | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Platense | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Newell's Old Boys | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Boca Juniors | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Racing Club | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Argentinos Juniors | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Gimnasia La Plata | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Colon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Atletico Tucuman | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Union Santa Fe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Banfield | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Central Cordoba SdE | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Huracan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Independiente | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Tigre | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Patronato | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 17 | Rosario Central | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 18 | San Lorenzo | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Godoy Cruz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Defensa y Justicia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | Talleres Cordoba | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Sarmiento | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 23 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 2 |
| 24 | Barracas Central | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 25 | Lanus | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 26 | River Plate | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 27 | Velez Sarsfield | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 28 | Aldosivi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
