Trying to decrease the distance up to the top clubs is on the list when these mid-table clubs fight it out. Both are aiming to improve their league table standing, Tigre in 10th and Newell's Old Boys in 12th position.
- Tigre have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Newell's Old Boys have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Superliga
Tigre have less rest than Newell's Old Boys in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa Sudamericana game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Academia Puerto Cabello.
Tigre form and stats
Tigre have played 6 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Estadio José Dellagiovanna after three straight home wins.
Tigre are returning here after visiting Academia Puerto Cabello in a Copa Sudamericana match and winning with a 3-0 scoreline.
1-1 away at Gimnasia La Plata before that.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 Tigre have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 18 games) they have won 11 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.
Trench warfare? In this club's last 11 league games, 10 have seen two goals or less.
From these home matches, Tigre have conceded only 5 goals.
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
There's been little loot from Newell's Old Boys's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the Superliga. Newell's Old Boys only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
Velázquez was the last player to score for the away team. Newell's haven't scored a league goal in the last 294 minutes.
The followers enjoyed Newell's Old Boys's previous game versus Santos, a Copa Sudamericana win (1-0) played at home.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Argentinos Juniors in the Superliga.Newell's Old Boys are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 7 wins, 3 draws and 10 defeats. From a total of 20 matches.
Low on goals? 11 of this club's most recent 13 league fixtures have had two or less goals.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Newell's have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Tigre-Newell's Old Boys H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Tigre one win, Newell's Old Boys three wins, one draw. one of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last five encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Retegui 9 goals |  B. Armoa Núñez 2 goals |   V. Velázquez Ramos 2 goals |
Tigre missing players
Newell's Old Boys missing players
| Tigre | Newell's Old Boys | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 12 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 64% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 36% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 43% | 21% |
| 14% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 29% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 43% | 21% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 14% | 50% |
| 36% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 43% |
| 5.4 | 5.7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 4.5 | 5.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| 2.2 | 2.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16.6 | 17.2 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 11.6 | 10.6 |
| 5 | 5.3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.1 | 4 |
| 20% | 19% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 14% | 18% |
| 12.8 | 15 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 11.1 | 9.8 |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
- Newell's Old Boys have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Newell's Old Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Newell's Old Boys have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Superliga
- Newell's Old Boys haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Tigre have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tigre haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 34 |
| 2 | San Lorenzo | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Defensa y Justicia | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 27 |
| 4 | Talleres Cordoba | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 24 |
| 5 | Estudiantes | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Belgrano | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 7 | Rosario Central | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Lanus | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 22 |
| 9 | Godoy Cruz | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 10 | Tigre | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Argentinos Juniors | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 12 | Newell's Old Boys | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 13 | Boca Juniors | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 14 | Racing Club | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 15 | Central Cordoba SdE | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 18 |
| 16 | Platense | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 17 |
| 17 | Instituto | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 18 | Velez Sarsfield | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 19 | Sarmiento | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 20 | Huracan | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 21 | Banfield | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 22 | Gimnasia La Plata | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -9 | 15 |
| 23 | Colon | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 24 | Atletico Tucuman | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 25 | Barracas Central | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 14 |
| 26 | Independiente | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 13 |
| 27 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 11 |
| 28 | Union Santa Fe | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -12 | 8 |
