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Newell´s Old Boys

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Newell´s Old Boys go into this fixture following on from a 0-0 Superliga draw against River Plate.

In that game, Newell´s Old Boys managed 33% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 2 on target. River Plate had 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

Newell´s Old Boys have not been in good attacking form in more recent games. Their ‘goals for’ figure stands at just 2 against opposition teams over their last 6 fixtures. In those meetings, Newell´s Old Boys have also seen the tally of goals against them come to 7. In any event, we must now wait to see whether such a trend might be replicated in this match or not.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Newell´s Old Boys:

• have not beaten Belgrano in their previous 8 league matches.
• are without a win at home for the past 4 league games. Things will have to change soon.

Belgrano

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Gimna ' Plata in Superliga competition, Belgrano and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Belgrano had 47% possession and 9 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. At the other end, Gimnasia y Esgrima got 14 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Lucas Castro (89') was the scorer for Gimna ' Plata.

For 5 of the previous six games featuring Belgrano, a notably low volume of goals have been scored between them and their opposition. The overall average goals scored per game during that period comes to just 1.5, with the average goals for Pirata being 0.5.

Leading up to this clash, Belgrano:

• remain undefeated by Newell´s Old Boys when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league games.
• are without an away win for the past 12 matches in the league. It's not a good run at all.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their past head to head meetings going back to 22/06/2017 tells us that Newell´s Old Boys have won 1 of these games and Belgrano 3, with the tally of drawn results being 2.

A total of 8 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 3 of them for La Lepra and 5 coming from Pirata. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.33.

The last league encounter featuring these sides was Copa de la Liga Profesional match day 3 on 05/02/2024 and the score finished Newell´s Old Boys 1-0 Belgrano.

In that game, Newell´s Old Boys had 46% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Ignacio Ramírez (62').

Belgrano had 8 attempts at goal with 0 on target.

The match was refereed by Andrés Merlos.

🗞️ Team News: Newell´s Old Boys

In all likelihood, La Lepra will possibly use a 4-2-3-1 system for this game featuring Lucas Hoyos, Armando Méndez, Gustavo Velázquez, Saúl Salcedo, Angelo Martino, Gabriel Carabajal, Rodrigo Fernández, Fernando Cardozo, Matko Miljevic, Lucas Besozzi and Ignacio Ramírez.

📋 Team News: Belgrano

Belgrano boss Juan Cruz Real has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Ulises Sánchez (Cruciate ligament tear), Matías Daniele (Knee problems), Matías Marín (Knock) and Lucas Passerini (Cruciate ligament tear) will miss out on this game.

From our viewpoint, Pirata will likely play in a 3-5-2 formation, choosing Juan Espínola, Mariano Troilo, Alejandro Rebola, Rafael Delgado, Gabriel Compagnucci, Esteban Rolon, F. González Metilli, Facundo Quignon, J. M. Velázquez, Nicolas Fernandez and Matias Suarez.

🔮 Prediction

We’re thinking that Belgrano will need to put in a solid display to find the net against this Newell´s Old Boys outfit who we think will likely get a goal themselves and run out victorious.

We’re going for a good tussle with a 1-0 win for Newell´s Old Boys at the conclusion of the game.

There should be little in it.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 17:03 31/08/2024