Newell´s Old Boys vs San Lorenzo Live Stream, Predictions

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Newell´s Old Boys

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Newell´s Old Boys prepare for this match following on from a 1-1 Superliga drawn result against Colón.

In that game, Newell´s Old Boys had 65% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 7 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Newell´s Old Boys was Jorge Recalde (68'). Colón got 16 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Joaquín Ibáñez (16') was the scorer for Colón.

Fewer than three goals per match were scored during 5 of the last 6 meetings where Newell´s Old Boys have taken part. Breaking down the goal split during that period, their opponents scored a total of 5 and Newell´s Old Boys managed the sum of 6. We will just have to find out whether or not that trend will be sustained into this next match.

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

• have not emerged victorious against San Lorenzo in their last 2 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 4 home league matches.

San Lorenzo

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San Lorenzo go into this encounter following on from a 4-0 Superliga win in the defeat of Gimna ' Plata in their previous match.

In that match, San Lorenzo had 60% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For San Lorenzo, goals were scored by Andrés Vombergar (39'), Adam Bareiro (58', 78') and Gastón Hernández (80'). On the other side, Gimnasia y Esgrima had 8 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

In their previous six outings, San Lorenzo have bagged the sum of 9 goals. San Lorenzo have also scored on each one of those occasions. During those fixtures, their defenders have seen 3 goals go into their own net.

Their prior results show that San Lorenzo:

• haven't beaten Newell´s Old Boys in games played away from home for the previous 9 league games. An awful away record.
• are undefeated in their previous 2 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their past head to head clashes going back to 17/02/2018 tells us that Newell´s Old Boys have won 1 of them and San Lorenzo 3, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 2.

A combined total of 12 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 5 of them from La Lepra and 7 belonging to Ciclón. That is an average goals per game value of 2.

The previous league encounter featuring these sides was Superliga match day 2 on 09/06/2022 when it finished Newell´s Old Boys 0-0 San Lorenzo.

In that match, Newell´s Old Boys had 50% possession and 18 shots at goal with 4 on target.

For their opponents, San Lorenzo had 4 attempts at goal with 0 of them on target.

The referee was Silvio Trucco.

ℹ️ Team News: Newell´s Old Boys

The Newell´s Old Boys boss Gabriel Heinze has zero fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this clash thanks to a fully injury-free group ready to go.

It looks as if La Lepra look set to use the 4-3-3 formation featuring Lucas Hoyos, Jherson Mosquera, Willer Ditta, F. Mansilla Zahir, Bruno Pitton, Ivan Gomez, Juan Sforza, Cristian Ferreira, Ramiro Sordo, Jorge Recalde and Brian Aguirre.

📰 Team News: San Lorenzo

Thanks to a completely healthy squad available for selection, the San Lorenzo manager Rubén Insúa does not have any fitness worries whatsoever before this clash.

We reckon that Ciclón could decide to begin the game with a 3-4-1-2 formation, giving starts to Augusto Batalla, Rafael Perez, Federico Gattoni, Gaston Hernandez, Agustin Giay, Malcom Braida, Jalil Elias, Carlos Sanchez, Agustin Martegani, Ezequiel Cerutti and Adam Bareiro.

💡 Prediction

When taking everything into account, San Lorenzo will have to perform well to score goals against this Newell´s Old Boys team who we think might well get a goal themselves and run out victorious.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a very competitive game with a 1-0 advantage for Newell´s Old Boys when the full-time whistle blows.

Should be an interesting one.

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

Renata Leite, 01:55 16/03/2023