Match Report
Newell's Old Boys, 5th on 11 points, faced a 20-point deficit to Estudiantes (1st, 31). On recent form Estudiantes sat only 46th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Per game in the league, Estudiantes were scoring 1.19 and conceding 0.44, Newell's Old Boys 1.14 and 0.86, against a competition average of 1.04 goals per team per game.
15 meetings are on record — 7 won by Estudiantes, 4 by Newell's Old Boys, 4 drawn, at 2.33 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 40% of the meetings went to the host. These meetings skew tight — only 27% saw more than two goals.
The referee was J. Pafundi, with 93 matches in our database and 2.4 yellows per game on average. Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, capacity 32,530, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.
Key stats
Possession: Estudiantes 63% · Newell's Old Boys 37% · Total shots: 24-9 · On target: 8-2 · Corners: 6-0