Flashy Vélez Sarsfield land at Newell's Old Boys after their 3-3-result versus Independiente. Check out our comprehensive match preview!
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
3 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Newell's Old Boys have to build on here at Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa in the Superliga. With Newell's Old Boys having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager F. Gamboa.
Newell's Old Boys drew their last game, 2-2 away at Godoy Cruz (placed 7th). A disappointing finish for Newell's in their match versus Godoy Cruz as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score. Manuel Capasso, defender, was given a rating of 7.65/10 in that game, top of the team. Capasso scored one goal and won 5 of 7 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against Huracán that was lost 0-1.Newell's have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa with 11 goals in 7 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Newell's defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Vélez Sarsfield form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Vélez Sarsfield so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-2 (win-draw-lose).
There were no winners in Sarsfield's previous match, a Superliga home game that ended 3-3 vs Independiente (placed 5th). The match against Independiente looked like a defeat for Sarsfield, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 3-3. Matías de los Santos equalized in the 90th minute. As you can tell from the result, the match against Independiente was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Attacker Juan Martín Lucero got a player rating of 7.41 in the game. "Man of the match" Lucero scored one goal.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Sarmiento with the score of 1-0.Sarsfield are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 6 away games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Vélez Sarsfield - Newell's 1-0 was the story when these two teams formerly did battle, some time ago this season. Stats for the previous ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Newell's Old Boys, one draw and six wins for Vélez Sarsfield. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
J. Lucero 8 goals | T. Almada 7 goals | I. Scocco 6 goals |
Newell's Old Boys missing players
Vélez Sarsfield missing players
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Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
27 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 28 |
6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 15 |
9 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
12 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
30 | 17 | 9 | Scored | S | 8 | 15 | 43 |
42 | 18 | 11 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 24 |
93% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 85% | 82% |
74% | 69% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 62% | 57% |
52% | 46% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 23% | 36% |
33% | 31% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 8% | 25% |
11% | 23% | 60% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 8% | 21% |
56% | 62% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 31% | 32% |
15% | 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 46% | 54% |
37% | 23% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 38% | 32% |
3.8 | 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
5.1 | 4.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
2.8 | 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
9 | 10.4 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.4 | 11.2 |
3.9 | 4.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
28% | 29% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 22% | 32% |
Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
# | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
1 | Talleres Cordoba | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 29 |
2 | River Plate | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 27 |
3 | Lanus | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
4 | Estudiantes | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 24 |
5 | Independiente | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
6 | Vélez Sarsfield | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 21 |
7 | Godoy Cruz | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
8 | Boca Juniors | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 21 |
9 | Huracán | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
10 | Colon | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 19 |
11 | Racing Club | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
12 | Argentinos Juniors | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
13 | Unión Santa Fe | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
14 | San Lorenzo | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
15 | Gimnasia La Plata | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
16 | Rosario Central | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 16 |
17 | Newell's Old Boys | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 16 |
18 | Atletico Tucuman | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 16 |
19 | Defensa y Justicia | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
20 | Patronato | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 15 |
21 | Platense | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 13 |
22 | Banfield | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 13 |
23 | Sarmiento | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
24 | Aldosivi | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -10 | 13 |
25 | Central Cordoba SdE | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 11 |
26 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | -14 | 11 |