Colón vs Newell´s Old Boys Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Colón

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Colón will play in this game coming off the back of a 0-0 Superliga draw against Gimna ' Plata.

In that match, Colón managed 41% possession and 8 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. On the other side, Gimnasia y Esgrima got 14 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

It has not been often in recent games that Colón have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Colón have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 7 goals in the process. We will just have to see if that trend can be continued on into this next match.

Looking at their past form shows that Colón:

• haven't lost in the league to Newell´s Old Boys in their previous 2 games.
• haven't beaten Newell´s Old Boys in their previous 3 matches in the league.
• have not won at home in their last 5 league matches. Things will have to change soon.

Newell´s Old Boys

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Newell´s Old Boys come into this meeting after a 1-0 Superliga win with the eclipse of Barracas Central in their previous fixture.

In that match, Newell´s Old Boys managed 54% possession and 17 shots on goal with 7 on target. The scorer for Newell´s Old Boys was Facundo Mansilla (33'). Barracas Central got 7 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

Gabriel Heinze's Newell´s Old Boys have fired home a total of 7 times throughout their latest six matches. The aggregate of goals that they have conceded during those same matches comes to 6.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Newell´s Old Boys:

• are winless against Colón when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
• have not won away from home in their last 4 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings going back to 26/11/2016, there has been little to separate the clubs with Colón winning 2 of those games, Newell´s Old Boys 2 and 2 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

In all, 11 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 4 of them from Los Sabaleros and 7 being from La Lepra. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.83.

The previous league game between the two was Superliga match day 12 on 07/08/2022 and the score finished Newell´s Old Boys 0-0 Colón.

In that game, Newell´s Old Boys had 50% possession and 14 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

On the other side, Colón had 6 attempts at goal with 0 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Pablo Echavarría.

🗞️ Team News: Colón

The Colón boss Néstor Gorosito has a full complement, with no fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this match thanks to a fully injury-free group available for selection.

In our view, Los Sabaleros may well use the 3-5-2 system for the game, utilising Ignacio Chicco, Gian Nardelli, Facundo Garces, Paolo Goltz, Augusto Schott, Baldomero Perlaza, Stefano Moreyra, Santiago Pierotti, Rafael Delgado, Carlos Arrua and Jorge Benitez.

🗞️ Team News: Newell´s Old Boys

With a fully injury-free group to choose from, the Newell´s Old Boys boss Gabriel Heinze does not have any fitness concerns at all before this clash.

We reckon that La Lepra might make use of a 4-3-3 lineup, going with Lucas Hoyos, Jherson Mosquera, Willer Ditta, Facundo Mansilla, Bruno Pitton, Juan Sforza, Cristian Ferreira, Iván Gómez, Brian Aguirre, Jorge Recalde and Ramiro Sordo.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the view that Newell´s Old Boys and Colón should both be able to find the back of the net here although it’s difficult to select a clear winner.

There should be little in it, and a draw looks to be quite a realistic result. We’re therefore seeing a hard-fought 1-1 score at the end of this game.

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

Lucas Pereira, 02:38 10/03/2023