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- Atlético Tucumán have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Superliga
This has all the signs of an engaging match with lots of fun and excitement as both participants are well refreshed since they last played a game. Let's get started!
It's quite the trip for Atlético Tucumán when visiting Newell's as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
3-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Superliga numbers at home for Newell's Old Boys so far this season.
Newell's faced defeat in their previous match, away at Defensa y Justicia (0-2). Cristian Lema was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.4 out of 10. The defender Lema hit two key passes and won 9 of 13 duels.
Before that, Newell's drew at home versus Rosario Central.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 as a small favourite), we find seven games. Newell's Old Boys has won one of these, drawn four and lost two.
Goals decide football matches and Newell's are scoring many of them at home; 9 on target from 4 league matches. Newell's have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Atlético Tucumán form and stats
Playing away, Atlético Tucumán have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Superliga this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Atlético have lost on their last two travels.
Atlético won their last game, 2-0 versus Independiente played at home. Franco Mussis got a match rating of 8.22 in that game, top player of the team. Mussis scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 39 successful passes (of 48 total).
A 0-3 defeat away at Sarmiento before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Atlético Tucumán playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were two Atlético wins, two draws and four defeats.
Atlético have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. Atlético have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Newell's and Atlético Tucumán have faced off already this season: Atlético Tucumán - Newell's Old Boys 2-2. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's one Newell's victory, four draws and one Atlético Tucumán win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Lotti 8 goals |  I. Scocco 4 goals | R. Carrera 4 goals |
Newell's Old Boys missing players
Atlético Tucumán missing players
| Newell's Old Boys | Atlético Tucumán | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 6 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 23 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 33 |
| 31 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 11 | 19 | 31 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 71% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | 81% |
| 48% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 70% | 62% |
| 33% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 30% | 38% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 19% |
| 48% | 60% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 57% |
| 19% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 29% |
| 43% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 30% | 19% |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.3 | 5 |
| 5.1 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 8.7 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 9.2 | 9.8 |
| 3.6 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 30% | 37% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 23% | 34% |
- Atlético Tucumán have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Atlético Tucumán have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Superliga
- Atlético Tucumán 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 | Lanus | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | Racing Club | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Independiente | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Colon | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| 5 | Estudiantes | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | Talleres Cordoba | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | Aldosivi | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | Argentinos Juniors | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Patronato | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | River Plate | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 11 | Defensa y Justicia | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 12 | Newell's Old Boys | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | Atlético Tucumán | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 14 | Boca Juniors | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 15 | Godoy Cruz | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 16 | Sarmiento | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 17 | Gimnasia La Plata | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 18 | Huracán | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 19 | Banfield | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 20 | San Lorenzo | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 21 | Rosario Central | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 22 | Velez Sarsfield | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 23 | Central Cordoba SdE | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 24 | Union Santa Fe | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 25 | Platense | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 26 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | -13 | 5 |