📊 Form Guide

Newell´s Old Boys

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Newell´s Old Boys will be looking for a repeat result of the 0-1 Copa de la Liga Profesional success versus Sarmiento.

In that match, Newell´s Old Boys managed 60% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Newell´s Old Boys was Ignacio Ramírez (81'). Sarmiento had 16 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.

Under three goals per match were seen in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Newell´s Old Boys have been involved. With regard to the goal attribution during this period, their opponents scored an aggregate of 4 while Newell´s Old Boys managed the sum of 5.

Boca Juniors

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In their last game, Boca Juniors drew 0-0 in the Copa Sudamericana tie with Nacional Potosí.

Boca Juniors have attacked well of late, scoring 11 goals in their previous 6 matches. While their manager Diego Martínez will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Boca Juniors have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 6 of those same games. We will see if that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their past head to head meetings stretching back to 29/11/2020 shows us that Newell´s Old Boys have won 1 of these games & Boca Juniors 4, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

In all, 9 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 3 of them for La Lepra and 6 for Los Xeneizes. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.5.

The last league match between these sides was Copa de la Liga Profesional match day 13 on 12/11/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Boca Juniors 1-0 Newell´s Old Boys.

In that game, Boca Juniors had 58% possession and 14 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer was Miguel Ángel Merentiel (90').

Newell´s Old Boys got 9 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

The match was refereed by Fernando Echenique.

🗞️ Team News: Newell´s Old Boys

The Newell´s Old Boys boss Mauricio Larriera will be grateful not to have any fitness worries to speak of before this match owing to a completely injury-free squad to choose from.

🗞️ Team News: Boca Juniors

Boca Juniors manager Diego Martínez has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Sergio Romero (Achilles tendon irritation), Edinson Cavani (Thigh problems), Exequiel Zeballos (Cruciate ligament tear) and Lucas Blondel (Cruciate ligament tear) are not ready for selection.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that Boca Juniors and Newell´s Old Boys may well end up cancelling each other out here.

Will be interesting to see how this one goes, with a good chance of a draw. We therefore see a very even match with a 1-1 scoreline at the end of the 90 minutes.

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

Andre Moura, 19:00 06/04/2024