About Match
Unión Santa Fe (8th, 21 pts) visit Newell's Old Boys (8th, 16 pts) with 5 points between them. Unión Santa Fe rank just 47th in the league on five-round form despite their 8th table position. Per game in the league, Newell's Old Boys score 1.1 and conceding 0.8, Unión Santa Fe 1.5 and 1.25, against a competition average of 1.06 goals per team per game.
Defeat has not touched Newell's Old Boys in 6 games.
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 49,000.