It's fixture two of the Superliga campaign and a lot to play for. Check out our in-depth preview of Newell's Old Boys-Vélez Sarsfield!
The visiting Vélez Sarsfield played their last game only four days ago, a Superliga match.
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
In the previous season, Newell's Old Boys's league results were 7 wins, 7 draws and 11 losses, resulting in 19th spot in the Superliga. During these 25 matches they scored {24 goals} and let in 32. Playing as the home team in the former season Newell's Old Boys produced 6-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with {15 goals} and 14 conceded.
Newell's drew their last game, 2-2 away at Platense (placed 11th). A painful moment in the game against Platense was the missed penalty kick from Sordo in the 59th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome. González, a forward, was the declared top performer for the side in that fixture, receiving a rating of 7.83 (out of 10). González scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Boca Juniors in a game that was won 2-0.Vélez Sarsfield form and stats
The followers enjoyed Vélez Sarsfield's previous game versus Gimnasia La Plata (placed 27th), a 3-1 win played at home. Bou, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.2. Bou scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Central Cordoba SdE.Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these teams: Newell's Old Boys won three, Vélez Sarsfield triumphed in six and we saw one draw. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Bou 2 goals |  R. Sordo 1 goals | F. González 1 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 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
