Match guide for Superliga: Unión Santa Fe - Newell's Old Boys at Estadio 15 de Abril

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 01.October
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio 15 de Abril (22852 seats)

Here's every piece of data you need to learn, and some more, before the Unión Santa Fe - Newell's Old Boys fixture!

Insights:
  • Unión Santa Fe have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Newell's Old Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Superliga

Both squads have had plenty of rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's agree to expect an energetic fixture!

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Unión Santa Fe form and stats

When playing at home in the Superliga, Unión Santa Fe have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 10 games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Unión to get some points in this home game.

Unión Santa Fe faced defeat in their previous match, away at Racing Club (1-2). Esquivel was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.45 out of 10. The defender Esquivel served one assist, hit three key passes and won 5 of 11 duels.

Ahead of that match, Unión lost 0-1 at home to Independiente.

It should be taken into account that a glance at the 10 latest league matches reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).

There will be little rest for Unión Santa Fe after this match as they are travelling to Rosario Central for a Superliga game in only four days.

On the other hand, Unión Santa Fe have conceded 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Newell's Old Boys form and stats

5 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. That’s the product of Newell's Old Boys playing as the away team in the Superliga this season.

The attacking players of Newell's have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 212 minutes.

Two away games in a row for Newell's Old Boys, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Independiente. It's a concern for Newell's Old Boys that their keeper Morales made six saves in the Independiente match, but still couldn't hinder a loss.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Sarmiento.

Low-scoring game? 15 of this club's latest 20 league rounds have had two or less goals.

A new game in only four days for Newell's Old Boys, the Superliga home match versus Arsenal de Sarandi. Busy days.

The attacking power of Newell's when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. 12 goals have been conceded by Newell's Old Boys in these games.

Head 2 Head

This was the score when the squads faced each other previously this campaign; Unión - Newell's Old Boys 1-0. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: two - three - three (Unión Santa Fe wins - draws - Newell's Old Boys wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Newell's Old BoysR. Sordo
R. Sordo
6 goals
Newell's Old BoysJ. García
J. García
6 goals
Unión Santa FeJ. Alvez Sagar
J. Alvez Sagar
5 goals

Unión Santa Fe missing players

Newell's Old Boys missing players

Unión Santa Fe Newell's Old Boys
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 7 18 35
12 9 1 Won W 6 7 15
7 2 0 Drew D 0 3 7
15 6 3 Lost L 1 8 13
33 18 3 Scored S 9 16 36
39 17 5 Conceded C 4 22 34
85% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 89%
56% 53% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 43% 56% 54%
50% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 39% 37%
12% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 17%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
47% 41% 50% BTTS BTTS 43% 39% 34%
32% 47% 25% Clean Sheets C S 43% 28% 43%
35% 24% 25% Failed to Score F T 14% 39% 34%
 
5.8 6.8 8.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 3.6 4.1
4.4 3.3 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.9 5.6 4.7
2.6 2.4 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 3 2.9
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
11.1 12.2 12 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 10.1 11.6
3.9 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.5 4.1
25% 25% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 25% 25%
 
11.5 10.2 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.1 13.7 11.9
4.5 3.5 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.4 4.2 3.7
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Newell's Old Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Newell's Old Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Superliga
  • Newell's Old Boys have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Superliga
  • Unión Santa Fe have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 Atletico Tucuman 21 11 8 2 26 12 11 7 4 0 18 5 10 4 4 2 8 7 14 41
2 Boca Juniors 21 12 3 6 26 22 11 7 2 2 17 12 10 5 1 4 9 10 4 39
3 Racing Club 21 10 7 4 28 16 11 7 3 1 19 7 10 3 4 3 9 9 12 37
4 Huracán 21 9 10 2 26 15 10 6 3 1 16 6 11 3 7 1 10 9 11 37
5 Gimnasia La Plata 21 10 6 5 21 12 10 7 2 1 14 3 11 3 4 4 7 9 9 36
6 River Plate 21 9 5 7 29 18 10 5 1 4 14 9 11 4 4 3 15 9 11 32
7 Godoy Cruz 21 9 5 7 23 22 10 6 3 1 13 6 11 3 2 6 10 16 1 32
8 Tigre 21 7 9 5 29 24 10 4 5 1 14 7 11 3 4 4 15 17 5 30
9 Platense 21 7 9 5 19 16 11 4 6 1 10 5 10 3 3 4 9 11 3 30
10 Argentinos Juniors 20 9 3 8 22 20 11 7 1 3 15 10 9 2 2 5 7 10 2 30
11 Newell's Old Boys 21 8 5 8 19 19 10 3 4 3 9 7 11 5 1 5 10 12 0 29
12 Patronato 21 7 7 7 24 22 11 6 4 1 13 5 10 1 3 6 11 17 2 28
13 Sarmiento 21 8 4 9 22 24 10 5 2 3 14 10 11 3 2 6 8 14 -2 28
14 Defensa y Justicia 21 7 7 7 20 22 11 4 6 1 11 8 10 3 1 6 9 14 -2 28
15 San Lorenzo 21 5 12 4 23 21 11 2 8 1 14 12 10 3 4 3 9 9 2 27
16 Independiente 21 7 6 8 23 23 10 4 3 3 10 8 11 3 3 5 13 15 0 27
17 Estudiantes 21 7 6 8 20 23 11 6 3 2 13 9 10 1 3 6 7 14 -3 27
18 Barracas Central 21 7 6 8 24 29 11 6 2 3 17 13 10 1 4 5 7 16 -5 27
19 Unión Santa Fe 20 7 5 8 22 26 10 4 2 4 10 12 10 3 3 4 12 14 -4 26
20 Talleres Cordoba 20 6 7 7 17 17 10 5 2 3 12 9 10 1 5 4 5 8 0 25
21 Banfield 21 6 7 8 21 24 11 2 4 5 12 16 10 4 3 3 9 8 -3 25
22 Rosario Central 21 6 7 8 16 20 11 5 3 3 9 8 10 1 4 5 7 12 -4 25
23 Central Cordoba SdE 19 7 3 9 23 25 10 5 1 4 14 12 9 2 2 5 9 13 -2 24
24 Arsenal de Sarandi 21 4 11 6 21 24 10 3 6 1 13 10 11 1 5 5 8 14 -3 23
25 Colon 20 4 7 9 15 24 10 3 4 3 10 12 10 1 3 6 5 12 -9 19
26 Lanus 21 4 5 12 19 30 10 3 3 4 11 11 11 1 2 8 8 19 -11 17
27 Velez Sarsfield 20 2 10 8 20 27 9 2 4 3 8 8 11 0 6 5 12 19 -7 16
28 Aldosivi 20 3 4 13 12 33 9 2 1 6 7 13 11 1 3 7 5 20 -21 13

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The Superliga Argentina, also referred to as the Primera División, is the premier football division in Argentina. It currently holds 26 teams who play 25 fixtures each to form a final league table. The season runs from August to May. Argentina was the first country outside the United Kingdom to create a football league, in 1891.