The hosting team, Newell's Old Boys, should be favourites in this game, but Banfield have proven both ability and determination. Learn more about the match!
- Newell's Old Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Superliga
- Banfield have the most clean sheets (3) away in Superliga
Banfield could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Superliga game only three sleeps ago.
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
4-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Superliga numbers at home for Newell's Old Boys so far this season. There’s a good atmosphere here at Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa after three straight home wins.
Newell's Old Boys's last game was hosting Patronato (placed 12th) and winning 1-0. The victory against Patronato came after Sordo's winning goal. The Newell's manager Sanguinetti was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute. Defender Ditta got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.34/10. Ditta won 5 of 7 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Unión Santa Fe.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 six games. Newell's Old Boys has won one of these, drawn two and lost three.
The manager Sanguinetti will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Racing Club in only four days.
The Newell's Old Boys fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. From these home matches, Newell's Old Boys have conceded only 3 goals.
Banfield form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Banfield, who have the most clean sheets (3) away in Superliga, playing as the away team in the Superliga this season. Banfield love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Banfield's previous game was their home loss versus River Plate (1-2). Defender Coronel was the best team player with a rating of 7.15. Coronel won 8 of 12 duels.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Banfield playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were four Banfield wins, seven draws and three defeats.
After this away game Banfield return home for a Superliga game against Talleres Córdoba. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Banfield are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Banfield are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Newell's Old Boys-Banfield H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Newell's Old Boys zero wins, Banfield two wins, five draws. zero of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  G. Galoppo 5 goals |   N. Castro 3 goals | J. Garro 2 goals |
Newell's Old Boys missing players
Banfield missing players
| Newell's Old Boys | Banfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 90% |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 60% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 40% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 5.5 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.6 | 11.6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 11.1 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 35% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 36% |
| 11.3 | 11.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9.8 | 9.6 |
| 4.3 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.1 |
- Banfield have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Banfield have the most clean sheets (3) away in Superliga
- Banfield have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Banfield haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Newell's Old Boys have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Newell's Old Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Superliga
- Newell's Old Boys haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | River Plate | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | Newell's Old Boys | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Defensa y Justicia | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
| 5 | Argentinos Juniors | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Unión Santa Fe | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Sarmiento | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Banfield | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Gimnasia La Plata | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | San Lorenzo | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | Platense | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 8 |
| 12 | Patronato | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 7 |
| 13 | Atlético Tucumán | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 6 |
| 14 | Talleres Córdoba | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 5 |
