Unión Santa Fe will hope to utilise their home advantage to give everything they have against today’s opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind Newell's Old Boys.
- Unión Santa Fe have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Superliga
- Newell's Old Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There have been limited time to rest for the hosting team, as they performed in a Copa Sudamericana fixture only three days earlier. Thankfully the previous game, versus Junior, was also a home game here at Estadio 15 de Abril. The away team is better rested.
Unión Santa Fe form and stats
Unión Santa Fe have collected 12 points from their Superliga home games so far after 4-0-0. Unión Santa Fe has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estadio 15 de Abril. We remember; it was River Plate.
The home fans saw a 1-1 draw versus Junior in the Copa Sudamericana last time out and are hoping for a win here.
Prior to that, an away loss at Patronato in the Superliga.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 Unión have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won six times, drawn two and lost three.
Unión Santa Fe are traveling soon after this match as the Copa Sudamericana match at Oriente Petrolero awaits in three days.
The Unión fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Unión Santa Fe have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Newell's Old Boys playing as the away team in the Superliga this season.
Newell's Old Boys had fun at their own home (Estadio 15 de Abril) last time out, beating Platense 3-1. Reasco, Garro and Castro scored. Midfield player Castro was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.12/10. Castro scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Rosario Central at their stadium, the result 1-0.Newell's are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, five draws and nine defeats. From a total of 19 matches.
Newell's Old Boys find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. Newell's struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 6 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Unión Santa Fe-Newell's Old Boys H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Unión Santa Fe one win, Newell's Old Boys three wins, three draws. one of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  N. Castro 3 goals | J. Garro 2 goals |
Unión Santa Fe missing players
Newell's Old Boys missing players
| Unión Santa Fe | Newell's Old Boys | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 5.8 | 6.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| 5.1 | 4.5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4 | 3.6 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.6 | 11.8 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 10.2 | 11.2 |
| 3 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| 29% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 38% | 38% |
| 9.2 | 7.8 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 11.5 | 11.5 |
| 4.1 | 2.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.8 | 4.5 |
- Newell's Old Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Newell's Old Boys haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Unión Santa Fe have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Unión Santa Fe have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Unión Santa Fe have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Superliga
- Unión Santa Fe have the most clean sheets (5) in Superliga
- Unión Santa Fe have the most points (12) at home in Superliga
- Unión Santa Fe have won all their matches at home so far.
- Unión Santa Fe 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 | Racing Club | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| 2 | River Plate | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 3 | Newell's Old Boys | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Argentinos Juniors | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Defensa y Justicia | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Unión Santa Fe | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Banfield | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Sarmiento | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 9 | Gimnasia La Plata | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -7 | 9 |
| 10 | San Lorenzo | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | Platense | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 12 | Patronato | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 13 | Talleres Cordoba | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 14 | Atletico Tucuman | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -10 | 5 |
