About Match
Unión Santa Fe (6th, 10 pts) visit Newell's Old Boys (5th, 11 pts) with 1 points between them. Newell's Old Boys rank just 40th in the league on five-round form despite their 5th table position. Per game in the league, Newell's Old Boys score 1.14 and conceding 0.86, Unión Santa Fe 1.71 and 1.43, against a competition average of 1.04 goals per team per game. A win here leaves Unión Santa Fe on 13 points, overtaking Newell's Old Boys, other results permitting.
16 meetings are on record — 6 won by Newell's Old Boys, 4 by Unión Santa Fe, 6 drawn, at 1.88 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 38% of the wins in this matchup. These meetings skew tight — only 19% saw more than two goals. Goals have risen lately: 2.8 per game across the last five meetings, against 1.88 across the full history.
Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa in Rosario stages the fixture, a ground that holds 42,000.