The season is still fairly new and the Superliga table has to be read with caution. So far Newell's Old Boys find themselves in 1st position and Vélez Sarsfield are placed 2nd.
- Newell's Old Boys has the fewest conceded goals (1) in Superliga
- Vélez Sarsfield has the most clean sheets (3) in Superliga
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
Perfect Superliga season at home so far for Newell's Old Boys, who have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Superliga, 2 wins from 2 appearances. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Newell's are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location. There’s a good atmosphere here at Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa after three straight home wins.
Newell's's last game was hosting Central Cordoba SdE (placed 5th) and winning 3-1. Previous to that game, a Copa Argentina home match hosting Sportivo Penarol in a game that was won 2-0.
Newell's Old Boys's victory against Central Cordoba SdE could easily have been with a bigger margin than 3-1 as they hit the posts three times.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Newell's Old Boys at home in the league. 4 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Vélez Sarsfield form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (3) in Superliga, on their Superliga travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
The manager M. Pellegrino was unhappy after their last game, a Superliga match played at their home ground Estadio José Amalfitani. Vélez Sarsfield suffered a 2-3 loss to Estudiantes (placed 4th). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Central Cordoba SdE.
A quick return to home after this game, as Vélez Sarsfield are hosting Lanus in the Copa Sudamericana only three days away.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Vélez Sarsfield has managed 2 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Newell's three wins, two draws and Vélez Sarsfield five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Palacios 4 goals |  C. Tarragona 4 goals |  M. Rodríguez 3 goals |
Newell's Old Boys missing players
Vélez Sarsfield missing players
| Newell's Old Boys | Vélez Sarsfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 89% |
| 89% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 67% |
| 56% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 44% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 56% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.1 | 11.4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.8 | 9.9 |
| 4.6 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 39% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 29% |
- Newell's Old Boys has the fewest conceded goals (1) in Superliga
- Newell's Old Boys has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Superliga
- Newell's Old Boys has the most points (6) at home in Superliga
- Newell's Old Boys has the most scored goals in the second half (10) in Superliga
- Newell's Old Boys has the the best goal difference (+6) in Superliga
- Newell's Old Boys haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Newell's Old Boys is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Vélez Sarsfield has the most clean sheets (2) away in Superliga
- Vélez Sarsfield has the most clean sheets (3) in Superliga
- Vélez Sarsfield has the most points from losing position (5) in Superliga
- Vélez Sarsfield have not yet lost a game away.
- Vélez Sarsfield 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 | Newell's Old Boys | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Vélez Sarsfield | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Racing Club | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Estudiantes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Central Cordoba SdE | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 6 | Godoy Cruz | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 1 |