International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Newell's Old Boys and Blooming are looking forward to this Copa Sudamericana fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Blooming, who are travelling more than 2000 kilometers to play this game.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Newell's and Blooming.
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
Newell's Old Boys was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Copa Sudamericana.The Newell's crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to River Plate here at Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa. The defeat against River Plate was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored five minutes into stoppage time (by Solari). Aguirre, a natural forward, was the highest rated performer for the side in that match, earning a rating of 7.65 (out of 10). Aguirre hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 10 of 13 times.
In the game before, an away victory in the Superliga match versus Racing Club with a 1-0 scoreline.The manager Heinze will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Belgrano in only four days.
Blooming form and stats
As the visiting team in Liga De Futbol Prof matches, Blooming have produced an overall stat of 0-0-4 so far.
Blooming won their last game, 3-1 versus Guabira played at home.
A 1-2 defeat away at Santa Cruz before that.As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Blooming's match history for similar games we find 7 matches. The home team won 6 of these as expected, 4 of them by at least two goals. Blooming managed 0 draws and 1 surprise win.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Liga De Futbol Prof trip to Royal Pari.
The attacking power of Blooming when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. The Blooming manager Bustos has some worries about the defense as 10 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Rodríguez Maeso 4 goals |  J. Sinisterra Castillo 3 goals |  V. Velázquez Ramos 2 goals |
Newell's Old Boys missing players
Blooming missing players
| Newell's Old Boys | Blooming | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 9 | 13 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Scored | S | 8 | 31 | ||
| 19 | 6 | Conceded | C | 21 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 40% | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 9 | 18 | ||
| 11.5 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 12 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 21% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 26% | ||
| 10 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 12.4 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 4.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newell's Old Boys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Santos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Blooming | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Audax Italiano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newell's Old Boys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Santos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Blooming | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Audax Italiano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
