20th- against 13th spot might not feel all that inviting. Fear not: We have the information that makes Newell's Old Boys - Unión Santa Fe (even) more exciting!
- Unión Santa Fe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
Newell's Old Boys have played 10 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Newell's last time playing, versus Independiente. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Roman Bravo scoring for the victors. Newell's Old Boys made it very difficult for themselves, when Marco Campagnaro got a red card in the 72nd minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Newell's Old Boys won the match 1-0! Manager A. Taffarel felt very clever after Roman Bravo scored the winning goal against Independiente, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 59th minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when Roman Bravo scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time. Defender Joseph Canale got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.65/10. Canale won 3 of 5 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Sarmiento.Newell's Old Boys are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. On the other hand, Newell's have conceded 14 goals.
Unión Santa Fe form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga.
Impressive finishing from Mauro Luna Diale, Juan Manuel García and Imanol Machuca secured the home win 3-1 against Rosario Central in their previous game. The attacker Mauro Luna Diale got a match rating of 8.81 in that game. Diale scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Independiente's place.Unión have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Unión Santa Fe struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent registered match featuring both these sides is the Newell's - Unión Santa Fe 0-0 played previously this season. Statistics for the preceeding six meetings featuring these two squads are: two wins for Newell's, three draws and one win for Unión Santa Fe. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  J. García 7 goals |  I. Scocco 6 goals | N. Castro 5 goals |
Newell's Old Boys missing players
Unión Santa Fe missing players
| Newell's Old Boys | Unión Santa Fe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 6 | Played | P | 3 | 16 | 32 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 33 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| 47 | 20 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 25 | 40 |
| 91% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 69% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 66% |
| 50% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | 41% |
| 28% | 25% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 25% |
| 9% | 19% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 9% |
| 53% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | 47% |
| 19% | 31% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 31% |
| 38% | 25% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 34% |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 5 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 9.5 | 10.9 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.6 | 9.5 |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 27% | 27% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 28% | 30% |
| 9.9 | 8.9 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9 | 8.8 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
- Unión Santa Fe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 43 |
| 2 | Talleres Córdoba | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 36 |
| 3 | Lanús | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 34 |
| 4 | Vélez Sarsfield | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 31 |
| 5 | Defensa y Justicia | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 31 |
| 6 | Boca Juniors | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 7 | Colon | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 29 |
| 8 | Estudiantes | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| 9 | Huracan | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 28 |
| 10 | Independiente | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 28 |
| 11 | Gimnasia La Plata | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 28 |
| 12 | Godoy Cruz | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 26 |
| 13 | Unión Santa Fe | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 25 |
| 14 | Rosario Central | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 24 |
| 15 | Argentinos Juniors | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 24 |
| 16 | Racing Club | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
| 17 | Platense | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 23 |
| 18 | Sarmiento | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 23 |
| 19 | Atletico Tucuman | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -10 | 21 |
| 20 | Newell's Old Boys | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 21 | San Lorenzo | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -8 | 20 |
| 22 | Aldosivi | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 20 |
| 23 | Banfield | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 18 |
| 24 | Patronato | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 17 |
| 25 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 16 | -15 | 16 |
| 26 | Central Cordoba SdE | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 13 |