Newell's Old Boys vs Argentinos Juniors: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Fri 28.April
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa (38095 seats)

Stats, trends, results, player info, head-2-head, lineups and a lot else: Get all you should know on Newell's Old Boys - Argentinos Juniors!

Insights:
  • Newell's Old Boys have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Superliga
  • Argentinos Juniors have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

The visiting Argentinos Juniors played their last game only four days ago, a Superliga match.

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Newell's Old Boys form and stats

Newell's Old Boys are steadily winning Superliga games and points here at Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games.

Newell's Old Boys haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 204 minutes ago. Velázquez scored that one.

Newell's Old Boys are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Belgrano. Midfielder Gómez was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.63 (out of ten) in that game. Gómez dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 37 successful passes (of 41 total).

A home win before that one, as predicted. The team were huge favourites against Blooming and won 3-0.

It should be added that a peek at the 12 latest league fixtures shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Copa Sudamericana game versus Santos in only four days. This game is also played here at Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa.

Newell's have scored {5 league goals} here from 6 matches, not a lot. Newell's Old Boys have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.

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Argentinos Juniors form and stats

There's been little loot from Argentinos Juniors's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the Superliga. Argentinos Juniors only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.

Argentinos have lots to play for after their out-of-character defeat (2-4) to Gimnasia La Plata in their previous game, played at their own home ground. As you can tell from the result, the match against Gimnasia La Plata was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Torren, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.44. Torren won 4 of 7 duels.

Ahead of that, the Copa Libertadores victory away at Corinthians.

Argentinos Juniors have another game that requires travelling in just four nights, a Copa Libertadores match vs Liverpool. A back-breaking schedule for the guests!

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Argentinos Juniors's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 7 matches. It's not easy to score on Argentinos as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Newell's Old Boys victories, zero draws and five Argentinos Juniors wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Argentinos JuniorsG. Ávalos Stumpfs
G. Ávalos Stumpfs
7 goals
Argentinos JuniorsK. Mac Allister
K. Mac Allister
3 goals
Newell'sV. Velázquez Ramos
V. Velázquez Ramos
2 goals

Newell's Old Boys missing players

Argentinos Juniors missing players

Newell's Old Boys Argentinos Juniors
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 2 7 13
5 4 1 Won W 1 1 5
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
5 1 0 Lost L 1 4 5
10 5 1 Scored S 1 2 17
12 1 0 Conceded C 2 6 12
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 71% 85%
38% 17% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 29% 54%
23% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 38%
15% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 15%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
23% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 14% 31%
46% 83% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 43% 46%
38% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 71% 38%
 
4.7 4.3 1 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.7 5
3.2 3.8 2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 5.1 4.5
2.2 2.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
10.6 9.7 3 Shots (avg) S ( 13 13.1 15.5
4.1 2.8 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.6 5.5
19% 29% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 6% 24%
 
10 8.7 2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 9.6 9.4
3.2 2.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3 2.8
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Argentinos Juniors have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Newell's Old Boys have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Newell's Old Boys have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Argentinos Juniors have scored away.
  • Newell's Old Boys have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Superliga

  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 13 11 0 2 24 5 6 5 0 1 12 3 7 6 0 1 12 2 19 33
2 San Lorenzo 13 8 3 2 15 5 7 6 1 0 9 0 6 2 2 2 6 5 10 27
3 Defensa y Justicia 13 7 3 3 18 8 7 3 2 2 9 7 6 4 1 1 9 1 10 24
4 Belgrano 13 7 3 3 13 9 6 3 2 1 5 3 7 4 1 2 8 6 4 24
5 Rosario Central 13 6 5 2 18 16 7 5 2 0 11 5 6 1 3 2 7 11 2 23
6 Lanus 13 6 4 3 21 14 6 4 1 1 10 4 7 2 3 2 11 10 7 22
7 Talleres Cordoba 13 6 3 4 20 11 7 3 1 3 8 5 6 3 2 1 12 6 9 21
8 Estudiantes 13 6 3 4 14 12 7 3 2 2 8 6 6 3 1 2 6 6 2 21
9 Godoy Cruz 13 6 2 5 17 17 6 3 2 1 11 7 7 3 0 4 6 10 0 20
10 Argentinos Juniors 13 5 3 5 17 12 6 4 1 1 15 6 7 1 2 4 2 6 5 18
11 Racing Club 13 5 3 5 16 16 7 3 2 2 8 8 6 2 1 3 8 8 0 18
12 Newell's Old Boys 13 5 3 5 10 12 6 4 1 1 5 1 7 1 2 4 5 11 -2 18
13 Platense 13 4 5 4 14 15 7 2 4 1 8 8 6 2 1 3 6 7 -1 17
14 Instituto 13 4 5 4 13 14 7 2 4 1 6 6 6 2 1 3 7 8 -1 17
15 Tigre 12 4 4 4 12 13 5 2 1 2 5 5 7 2 3 2 7 8 -1 16
16 Velez Sarsfield 13 3 6 4 16 13 7 2 4 1 12 7 6 1 2 3 4 6 3 15
17 Boca Juniors 13 4 3 6 15 14 7 2 2 3 7 7 6 2 1 3 8 7 1 15
18 Sarmiento 13 4 3 6 14 14 6 3 0 3 10 9 7 1 3 3 4 5 0 15
19 Central Cordoba SdE 13 4 3 6 8 15 7 3 1 3 5 6 6 1 2 3 3 9 -7 15
20 Colon 13 2 8 3 12 14 7 1 4 2 7 9 6 1 4 1 5 5 -2 14
21 Banfield 13 3 5 5 9 15 7 2 3 2 2 5 6 1 2 3 7 10 -6 14
22 Gimnasia La Plata 13 4 2 7 13 22 6 3 1 2 7 6 7 1 1 5 6 16 -9 14
23 Huracan 12 3 4 5 13 17 6 2 2 2 6 8 6 1 2 3 7 9 -4 13
24 Atlético Tucumán 13 2 7 4 11 16 6 1 3 2 6 9 7 1 4 2 5 7 -5 13
25 Barracas Central 13 3 4 6 10 18 7 2 2 3 4 8 6 1 2 3 6 10 -8 13
26 Arsenal de Sarandi 13 3 2 8 11 19 6 2 1 3 7 9 7 1 1 5 4 10 -8 11
27 Independiente 13 1 7 5 9 15 6 0 3 3 7 11 7 1 4 2 2 4 -6 10
28 Union Santa Fe 13 1 5 7 8 20 6 1 2 3 4 9 7 0 3 4 4 11 -12 8

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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.