📊 Form Guide

Atlético Tucumán

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Atlético Tucumán will be wanting a better result here after the 1-0 Superliga defeat last time out to Gimna ' Plata.

In that match, Atlético Tucumán managed 59% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 3 on target. On the other side, Gimnasia y Esgrima got 11 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Leandro Mamut (9') scored for Gimna ' Plata.

Fewer than three goals per match were scored during 5 of the past 6 meetings where Atlético Tucumán have taken part. With regard to the goal distribution in that period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 5 and Atlético Tucumán got themselves 7. That sort of trend isn’t assured to be continued here, of course.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Atlético Tucumán:

• are unbeaten in the league by Newell´s Old Boys in their previous 6 games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches at home.

Newell´s Old Boys

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Newell´s Old Boys will come into the match after a 2-1 Superliga win to defeat Independiente in their previous match.

In that game, Newell´s Old Boys managed 35% possession and 10 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For Newell´s Old Boys, the scorers were Éver Banega (5') and Juan Manuel García (49'). On the other side, Independiente had 15 shots on goal with 6 on target. Alexis Canelo (93') was the scorer for Independiente.

Looking at their form, and Newell´s Old Boys have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, conceding 12 goals overall. In defence, Newell´s Old Boys have not been doing too well.

Going into this contest, Newell´s Old Boys haven’t won away from home in the past 8 league matches. A poor run.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 07/12/2019 tells us that Atlético Tucumán have won 2 of these games and Newell´s Old Boys 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 3.

A combined total of 17 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 8 of them for El Decano and 9 for La Lepra. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.

The last league match between the two was Superliga match day 25 on 17/07/2023 and the score finished Newell´s Old Boys 0-0 Atlético Tucumán.

That day, Newell´s Old Boys managed 71% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 5 on target.

On the other side, Atlético Tucumán got 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

The referee was Leandro Rey Hilfer.

📰 Team News: Atlético Tucumán

Regarding absentees, there’s just a single fitness concern for the Atlético Tucumán gaffer Facundo Sava to be concerned about from an otherwise complete group. Gino Peruzzi (Muscle injury) won’t play.

It looks as if El Decano may well kick off with a 4-4-2 formation for this one, handing starts to Tomás Durso, Moises Brandan, Néstor Breitenbruch, Nicolás Romero, Juan Infante, Renzo Tesuri, Guillermo Acosta, Adrian Sanchez, Mateo Bajamich, Marcelo Estigarribia and Mateo Coronel.

📋 Team News: Newell´s Old Boys

We reckon that La Lepra appear most likely to begin the game with a 4-4-2 system, starting Ramiro Macagno, Armando Méndez, Gustavo Velázquez, Saúl Salcedo, Leonel Vangioni, Tomas Perez, Juan Ignacio Méndez, Ever Banega, Matko Miljevic, Mateo Silvetti and Lucas Besozzi.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that in this game, Newell´s Old Boys have the capability to breach the defence of this Atlético Tucumán team, however it probably won’t be enough to avoid defeat.

Our selection here is for both teams to score in a 2-1 victory for Atlético Tucumán at full-time. It really should be an interesting one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 00:59 03/12/2024