Newell's Old Boys have enginereed 6 home triumphs so far this season, Unión Santa Fe have won 2 away. Which team betters their standings after this one?
- Newell's Old Boys have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Unión Santa Fe have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Superliga
Newell's Old Boys and Unión Santa Fe should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa as Newell's Old Boys have scored 9 goals to get 20 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Superliga are 6-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Newell's Old Boys after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Lucas Adrian Hoyos not having conceded a league goal in 255 minutes.
Newell's Old Boys are returning here after visiting Santos in a Copa Sudamericana game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Sarmiento that finished 0-0.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 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.
It should be added that a peek at the 12 latest league matches shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
As for guarding their own goal, Newell's Old Boys have only let in {1 goals} at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Unión Santa Fe form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Unión Santa Fe so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose). Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Unión are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Unión Santa Fe goalkeeper Santiago Andres Mele Castanero is eager to challenge this, with his 306 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Unión Santa Fe had fun at their own home (Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa) last time out, beating Gimnasia La Plata 2-0. Domina and Castrillón scored. Goalkeeper Mele got the top player rating of the team with 7.75/10. Mele saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Huracan with the score of 1-0.Unión are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
Lacking goals? 14 of this side's last 18 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.
The attacking power of Unión Santa Fe when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Unión Santa Fe have conceded 11 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous nine meetings with these teams: Newell's won four, Unión Santa Fe triumphed in two and we saw three draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Sordo 3 goals |  J. Recalde Ramírez 3 goals | V. Velázquez Ramos 2 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 |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 16 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 15 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 84% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 83% |
| 42% | 33% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 40% | 61% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 20% | 22% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 10% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 6% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 40% | 33% |
| 53% | 89% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | 39% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 10.7 | 9.9 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 10.8 | 12.5 |
| 4 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 3.8 |
| 21% | 30% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 22% | 18% |
| 9.7 | 8.6 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 16.2 | 14 |
| 3 | 2.6 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
- Newell's Old Boys have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Unión Santa Fe have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Superliga
- Unión Santa Fe have won significantly less corners away then 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 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 41 |
| 2 | Talleres Cordoba | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 37 |
| 3 | San Lorenzo | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 36 |
| 4 | Estudiantes | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 35 |
| 5 | Rosario Central | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 33 |
| 6 | Lanus | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 32 |
| 7 | Belgrano | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | Defensa y Justicia | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 30 |
| 9 | Godoy Cruz | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 29 |
| 10 | Boca Juniors | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 27 |
| 11 | Newell's Old Boys | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 27 |
| 12 | Argentinos Juniors | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 26 |
| 13 | Sarmiento | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 |
| 14 | Platense | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 23 |
| 15 | Central Cordoba SdE | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 23 |
| 16 | Tigre | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 22 |
| 17 | Racing Club | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 22 |
| 18 | Barracas Central | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 22 |
| 19 | Gimnasia La Plata | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -11 | 22 |
| 20 | Instituto | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 21 |
| 21 | Colon | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 20 |
| 22 | Velez Sarsfield | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 23 | Independiente | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 18 |
| 24 | Atletico Tucuman | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 18 |
| 25 | Huracan | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 26 | Unión Santa Fe | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 18 |
| 27 | Banfield | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 18 |
| 28 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 17 |
