Copa Sudamericana betting and spectator preview: Santos and Newell's Old Boys meet at Estádio Urbano Caldeira to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
Newell's Old Boys have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There have been little to rest for the host team, as they were involved in a Serie A match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Internacional, was also a home game here at Estádio Urbano Caldeira. The away team is better rested.
Santos form and stats
Last season, Santos's Copa Sudamericana journey ended in the round of 16 against Deportivo Tachira.2-3-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Santos so far this season.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Santos, who played 1-1 against Internacional. That match was also played at this venue (Estádio Urbano Caldeira). Midfielder Lima was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.14 (out of ten) in that game. Lima scored one goal, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 69 successful passes (of 73 total).
In the match before, 1-1 away to Bahia (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) (Copa do Brasil). The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Santos have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 5 and lost 0.
There will be little rest for Santos after this match as they are travelling to Coritiba for a Serie A game in only four days.
The Santos fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. From these home matches, Santos have conceded only 3 goals.
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
They also participated in Copa Sudamericana last season. This ended in the group stage.Playing away, Newell's Old Boys have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the league this season.
Newell's has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Sarmiento for a 0-0 draw. Attacker Portillo got a player rating of 7.62 in the game. "Man of the match" Portillo dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Godoy Cruz in the Superliga.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Newell's Old Boys in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Newell's Old Boys, 3 draws and 10 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Santos and Newell's Old Boys have faced off already this season: Newell's Old Boys - Santos 1-0.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Sordo 3 goals |  J. Recalde Ramírez 3 goals |   ?. Borges Damaceno 2 goals |
Santos missing players
Newell's Old Boys missing players
| Santos | Newell's Old Boys | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Scored | S | 11 | 24 | ||
| 24 | 5 | Conceded | C | 16 | 19 | ||
| 84% | 64% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 73% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 40% | ||
| 4 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 5 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11.1 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4 | ||
| 29% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 24% | ||
| 12.7 | 11.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 8.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.7 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Audax Italiano | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Santos | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 4 | Blooming | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Audax Italiano | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Santos | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 4 | Blooming | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 0 |
