A good game and three points is the only event that will satisfy the Newell's Old Boys club members in this Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa clash with San Lorenzo, seeing as they have a solid lead on the opposition in the Superliga standings.
- Newell's Old Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Superliga
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
Newell's Old Boys have been outstanding at home so far in the Superliga with 5 wins, 0 draws and only 1 loss. Ever since the River Plate game Newell's Old Boys has been unbeatable here at Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa producing four straight wins.
The Newell's Old Boys goalkeeper Ivan Mauricio Arboleda is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 300 minutes without conceding a goal in the Superliga.
An away draw last time out for Newell's, facing Racing Club in a game that ended 0-0. Newell's Old Boys's goalie Arboleda played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Racing Club with a stunning six saves. Lema, defender, was given a rating of 8.44/10 in that game, top of the team. Lema won 2 of 6 duels.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Banfield.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Newell's Old Boys have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won seven times, drawn four and lost two.
A decent goal production from Newell's in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. From these home matches, Newell's Old Boys have conceded only 3 goals.
San Lorenzo form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Patronato with 1-2 on the scoreboard. The attacker Cerutti got a match rating of 7.65 in that game. Cerutti hit two key passes.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Union Santa Fe.We have checked recent matches where San Lorenzo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were zero victories, two draws and seven defeats.
The attacking power of San Lorenzo when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Lorenzo as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous six meetings involving these two sides are: one win for Newell's Old Boys, three draws and two wins for San Lorenzo. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: four games. The games between these clubs have sometimes been "violent", having seen 4 sending-offs from the last six duels.Top Goalscorers
  N. Castro 3 goals | J. García 3 goals | J. Garro 2 goals |
Newell's Old Boys missing players
San Lorenzo missing players
| Newell's Old Boys | San Lorenzo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | 10 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 50% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 58% |
| 42% | 33% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 25% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 25% | 17% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 58% |
| 50% | 67% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.8 | 6.1 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.5 | 11.8 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.8 | 11.3 |
| 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 29% | 32% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 11.5 | 10.2 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 11.8 | 12.8 |
| 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
- 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 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 | Racing Club | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 28 |
| 2 | River Plate | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | Newell's Old Boys | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 4 | Argentinos Juniors | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | Sarmiento | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Defensa y Justicia | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 19 |
| 7 | Gimnasia La Plata | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
| 8 | Banfield | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Union Santa Fe | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 10 | San Lorenzo | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 11 | Patronato | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 12 | Platense | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 9 |
| 13 | Talleres Cordoba | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 8 |
| 14 | Atletico Tucuman | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -13 | 7 |
