This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Newell's Old Boys at Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa when the Copa Sudamericana tournament arrives in town and Santos with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Santos, who are travelling more than 2100 kilometers to play this game.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
Newell's Old Boys was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Copa Sudamericana.When playing at home in the league, Newell's Old Boys have managed 0 wins, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 0 games.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Newell's Old Boys, who played 0-0 against Argentinos Juniors. That match was also played at this venue (Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa). The forward Sordo won the honour of being "man of the match" for Newell's with the rating of 7.8/10. Sordo hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 9 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Belgrano 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 Newell's Old Boys have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 6 and lost 2.
Santos form and stats
Last season their Copa Sudamericana adventure ended in the round of 16 against Deportivo Tachira.0 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Santos playing as the away team in the Serie A this season.
Leonardo, Mendoza and Bauermann scored in Santos's previous match, the home game against America Mineiro that ended 3-2. Goalkeeper Paulo was absolutely vital in the Santos victory against America Mineiro, making six saves. Attacker Mendoza got a player rating of 8.81 in the game. "Man of the match" Mendoza scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
A home win as anticipated against Botafogo SP ahead of that, in the Copa do Brasil. We have checked recent matches where Santos have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 0 defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Santos now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Serie A game at Cruzeiro is waiting in only four days.
It's early days yet, but Santos has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  V. Velázquez Ramos 2 goals |  J. Recalde Ramírez 2 goals | R. Sordo 1 goals |
Newell's Old Boys missing players
Santos missing players
| Newell's Old Boys | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Scored | S | 13 | 28 | ||
| 18 | 5 | Conceded | C | 22 | 31 | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 52% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10.9 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10.9 | ||
| 4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 21% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| 9.3 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 12.6 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Santos | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Audax Italiano | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 4 | Blooming | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Santos | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Audax Italiano | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 4 | Blooming | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
