Newell's Old Boys vs San Lorenzo: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Date: Tue 04.February
Match begins: 00:10 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa (38095 seats)

Newell's Old Boys perform at a high level so far being 8th in the table. San Lorenzo can look both up and down from their 10th position.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Newell's Old Boys form and stats

16 points is a decent return from 8 Superliga games here at Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa for Newell's Old Boys. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

The home team returns to Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa after being equal after 90 minutes with Arsenal de Sarandi (placed 7th) on their last time out; the Superliga game ended 1-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Independiente and winning 3-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Newell's Old Boys handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are Wseven-Done-Ltwo.

A decent goal production from Newell's Old Boys in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.

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San Lorenzo form and stats

The visitors are W4-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga.

San Lorenzo delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Estudiantes (placed 12th) in their previous match; a Superliga game. The game before that, in the Torneos De Verano, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Talleres Córdoba.

San Lorenzo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and five defeats. From a total of six matches.

San Lorenzo have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. As opposed to that, San Lorenzo have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last four meetings: zero - three - one (Newell's Old Boys wins - draws - San Lorenzo wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

San LorenzoB. Pittón
B. Pittón
6 goals
Newell's Old BoysM. Rodríguez
M. Rodríguez
5 goals
San LorenzoÁ. Romero Villamayor
Á. Romero Villamayor
5 goals

Newell's Old Boys missing players

San Lorenzo missing players

Newell's Old Boys San Lorenzo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 8 17
7 5 2 Won W 0 4 8
5 1 0 Drew D 1 1 3
5 2 0 Lost L 1 3 6
26 14 4 Scored S 3 9 24
21 8 0 Conceded C 4 8 23
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 82%
41% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 38% 53%
41% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 12% 29%
18% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
53% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 38% 53%
29% 62% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 35%
24% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 12%
 
5.7 7.1 7 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 4.2 5.3
4.8 4.9 4.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 5.9 5.4
2.7 2.5 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3.5 4 3.2
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 3
 
193 113 28 Total Shots T S 18 75 199
64 37 7 Shots on Target S O 8 27 65
41% 38% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 33% 37%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Newell's Old Boys have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • San Lorenzo has the most scored goals in the first half (15)
  • San Lorenzo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • San Lorenzo 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 River Plate 17 10 3 4 32 15 8 3 1 4 8 6 9 7 2 0 24 9 17 33
2 Boca Juniors 17 8 6 3 19 7 9 4 4 1 12 4 8 4 2 2 7 3 12 30
3 Velez Sarsfield 18 8 6 4 18 12 9 4 4 1 12 6 9 4 2 3 6 6 6 30
4 Argentinos Juniors 17 8 6 3 16 12 8 6 2 0 13 6 9 2 4 3 3 6 4 30
5 Rosario Central 17 7 8 2 25 17 9 5 3 1 17 8 8 2 5 1 8 9 8 29
6 Lanús 17 8 5 4 23 21 8 5 2 1 12 7 9 3 3 3 11 14 2 29
7 Arsenal de Sarandi 17 8 4 5 28 21 9 4 4 1 17 11 8 4 0 4 11 10 7 28
8 Racing Club 17 6 9 2 21 19 9 4 4 1 11 10 8 2 5 1 10 9 2 27
9 San Lorenzo 17 8 3 6 24 23 9 4 2 3 15 15 8 4 1 3 9 8 1 27
10 Newell's Old Boys 17 7 5 5 26 21 8 5 1 2 14 8 9 2 4 3 12 13 5 26
11 Atlético Tucumán 17 7 5 5 18 16 8 4 2 2 11 8 9 3 3 3 7 8 2 26
12 Estudiantes 17 7 4 6 17 14 8 5 2 1 10 2 9 2 2 5 7 12 3 25
13 Defensa y Justicia 17 7 3 7 17 15 9 3 2 4 8 7 8 4 1 3 9 8 2 24
14 Talleres Córdoba 17 7 3 7 23 22 8 4 3 1 12 10 9 3 0 6 11 12 1 24
15 Unión Santa Fe 17 6 5 6 16 20 8 4 2 2 8 6 9 2 3 4 8 14 -4 23
16 Independiente 17 6 4 7 18 21 8 3 1 4 12 12 9 3 3 3 6 9 -3 22
17 Banfield 17 5 6 6 16 16 9 2 3 4 10 12 8 3 3 2 6 4 0 21
18 Central Cordoba SdE 17 5 6 6 18 19 9 4 3 2 8 6 8 1 3 4 10 13 -1 21
19 Aldosivi 18 4 4 10 16 26 9 3 3 3 9 8 9 1 1 7 7 18 -10 16
20 Colón 17 5 1 11 16 27 9 5 1 3 11 11 8 0 0 8 5 16 -11 16
21 Gimnasia La Plata 17 4 3 10 18 19 9 1 1 7 3 10 8 3 2 3 15 9 -1 15
22 Huracán 17 3 6 8 9 18 8 2 3 3 5 8 9 1 3 5 4 10 -9 15
23 Patronato 17 3 5 9 14 26 8 2 2 4 6 11 9 1 3 5 8 15 -12 14
24 Godoy Cruz 17 3 0 14 16 37 9 2 0 7 8 20 8 1 0 7 8 17 -21 9

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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.