This looks to be an intriguing fixture as Newell's Old Boys have their supposed home advantage, while Godoy Cruz have an edge of 3 points in the Superliga standings.
- Newell's Old Boys have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Godoy Cruz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Godoy Cruz have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
The hosts Newell's Old Boys saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Copa Sudamericana. That game was an away game at Blooming, so at least Newell's Old Boys are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
Newell's Old Boys are steadily winning Superliga games and points here at Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games.
Newell's are returning here after visiting Blooming in a Copa Sudamericana fixture and winning with a 3-2 scoreline.
A Superliga defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Lanus.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Newell's Old Boys handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.
It should be added that a look at the 10 latest league matches reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
There will be little rest for Newell's after this match as they are travelling to Sarmiento for a Superliga game in only four days.
Newell's Old Boys aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa in the league, with only {7 goals} from 8 games. As for guarding their own goal, Newell's Old Boys have only let in {1 goals} at home. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Godoy Cruz form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga. Two points from the last two away games for Godoy, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
The Godoy Cruz goalkeeper Diego Matias Rodriguez is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 345 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Godoy won their last game, 2-0 versus Gimnasia La Plata played at home. That win felt good as this team had gone three league games without victory. Allende got a match rating of 8.31 in that game, top player of the team. Allende scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
A 0-0 draw at Huracan's stadium before that.Godoy Cruz are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
Betting on few goals? 5 league games in a row with this side have had less than three (under 2.5) goals.
A new game in only two days for Godoy Cruz, the Copa Argentina home match versus Defensores Unidos. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Godoy Cruz as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Godoy have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Data for the preceeding ten meetings between these two participants are: two wins for Newell's Old Boys, two draws and six wins for Godoy Cruz. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Allende 4 goals |  R. Sordo 3 goals | G. Abrego 3 goals |
Newell's Old Boys missing players
Godoy Cruz missing players
| Newell's Old Boys | Godoy Cruz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 18 |
| 88% | 75% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 88% |
| 41% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 56% | 59% |
| 24% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 29% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 24% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 22% | 29% |
| 47% | 88% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 41% |
| 41% | 38% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 56% | 41% |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 10.5 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 12 | 13.1 |
| 4.2 | 3.4 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 20% | 26% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 22% | 30% |
| 9.6 | 7.9 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.2 | 11.6 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
- Godoy Cruz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Newell's Old Boys have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at 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 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 20 | 40 |
| 2 | San Lorenzo | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 35 |
| 3 | Talleres Córdoba | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 31 |
| 4 | Estudiantes | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 31 |
| 5 | Rosario Central | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Defensa y Justicia | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 29 |
| 7 | Lanus | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 28 |
| 8 | Belgrano | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | Godoy Cruz | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Boca Juniors | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 11 | Argentinos Juniors | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 12 | Sarmiento | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 |
| 13 | Newell's Old Boys | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 14 | Tigre | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 22 |
| 15 | Gimnasia La Plata | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -9 | 21 |
| 16 | Platense | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 17 | Instituto | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 20 |
| 18 | Barracas Central | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 19 | Central Cordoba SdE | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 20 | Colón | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 18 |
| 21 | Huracan | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 18 |
| 22 | Racing Club | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 18 |
| 23 | Velez Sarsfield | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 24 | Independiente | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 17 |
| 25 | Atletico Tucuman | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 15 |
| 26 | Banfield | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 15 |
| 27 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 14 |
| 28 | Union Santa Fe | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -13 | 12 |
