Newell's Old Boys will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind River Plate.
- River Plate have the the best goal difference (+10) in Superliga
This looks to be an appealing game with lots of fun and excitement as both squads are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
3-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Superliga numbers at home for Newell's Old Boys so far this season.
Newell's manager F. Gamboa and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Colon (placed 8th) in the Superliga. Defender Facundo Mansilla got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.05/10. Mansilla scored one goal and won 7 of 9 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against Atletico Tucuman that was lost 1-2.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (10 in 5 games), Newell's's attacking play is working. Newell's Old Boys have conceded 7 in these home matches.
River Plate form and stats
As the visiting team in Superliga matches, River Plate have produced an overall stat of 2-1-1 so far.
River Plate's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Independiente that finished 1-1. Attacker Nicolás De la Cruz got a player rating of 8.0 in the game. "Man of the match" Cruz hit four key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 60 successful passes (of 70 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Sarmiento with the score of 2-1.After this away game River return home for a Superliga game against Arsenal de Sarandi. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy River's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away. 4 goals have been conceded by River in these games.
Head 2 Head
Newell's-River Plate H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Newell's Old Boys four wins, River Plate two wins, zero draws. four of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Suárez 7 goals |   I. Scocco 5 goals |  D. De La Cruz Arcosa 4 goals |
Newell's Old Boys missing players
River Plate missing players
| Newell's Old Boys | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 25 | 16 | 9 | Scored | S | 9 | 22 | 44 |
| 34 | 13 | 8 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 74% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 79% |
| 48% | 45% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 30% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 17% | 21% |
| 9% | 18% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 17% |
| 52% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 58% | 54% |
| 17% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 39% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 6.3 | 7.5 |
| 5.1 | 4.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.4 | 9.5 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 13.2 | 13.6 |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| 29% | 33% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 34% | 34% |
- River Plate have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- River Plate have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Superliga
- River Plate have the the best goal difference (+10) 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 | Talleres Córdoba | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Lanús | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | Independiente | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | River Plate | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 5 | Racing Club | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | Estudiantes | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | Atletico Tucuman | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 8 | Colon | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 15 |
| 9 | Boca Juniors | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Defensa y Justicia | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 11 | Godoy Cruz | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Patronato | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 13 | Aldosivi | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 14 | Huracan | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 15 | Argentinos Juniors | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 16 | Union Santa Fe | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 17 | Newell's Old Boys | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 18 | San Lorenzo | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 12 |
| 19 | Sarmiento | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 20 | Velez Sarsfield | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 21 | Rosario Central | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 22 | Platense | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 23 | Gimnasia La Plata | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 24 | Banfield | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 25 | Central Cordoba SdE | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 8 |
| 26 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | -13 | 7 |