We have a full selection of fixtures to look forward to in the Argentina Primera Division this week and on Monday the 8th of November we have a meeting between Newell's Old Boys and Unión Santa Fe.
The game will be played at the Estadio Marcelo Bielsa, with the hosts beginning the weekend in 22nd place on 20 points and the visitors in 13th place on 25 points.
💪 Keep it up, lads Preparations are continuing at the Jorge Griffa Training Centre for Monday’s home game against Unión. #Newells pic.twitter.com/m4oxas29KD— Newell's Old Boys - English (@Newells_en) November 4, 2021
💪 Keep it up, lads Preparations are continuing at the Jorge Griffa Training Centre for Monday’s home game against Unión. #Newells pic.twitter.com/m4oxas29KD
Newell's Old Boys come into the match having picked up a 1-0 win over Independiente last time out. It took until the 90th minute for Newell's Old Boys to score their goal and it was a good victory considering they were down to ten men from the 72nd minute of the match.
It was a much needed win against a team in the top half of the table, however, Newell's Old Boys have been struggling to win games and they have picked up just a single victory from their last 7 league fixtures. In fact, Newell's Old Boys have been in poor form and they have won only 2 of their last 14 Primera Division matches.
Home form shows Newell's Old Boys have recorded only 1 league win from their last 7 games at the Estadio Marcelo Bielsa. They have scored goals in each of their last 8 league matches on home soil but have also conceded goals in 5 of their last 6 at home.
Unión Santa Fe make the trip to the Estadio Marcelo Bielsa on the back of a 3-1 home victory over Rosario Central in the Primera Division. It was a good win against team that was above Unión Santa Fe before the game and means they have remained undefeated in 3 of their last 4 league matches.
Unión Santa Fe have won 2 of their last 3 away league fixtures, beating Aldosivi 2-1 and Sarmiento 4-3 on the road. However, conceding goals has been a problem for Unión Santa Fe when playing away in the league and they have failed to keep a clean sheet in their 6 most recent away trips.
Trends show recent meetings between these two teams have been low scoring and under 2.5 goals were seen in Unión Santa Fe's last 4 away matches against Newell's Old Boys in the Primera Division.
Looking ahead to the team news and Newell's Old Boys are without the suspended Marco Campagnaro following his red card in the previous game. Cristian Lema, Franco Escobar, and Denis Rodríguez are injured.
Unión Santa Fe travel without Emanuel Brítez, who is suspended. Martin Ezequiel Cañete has a knee injury and is not expected back in action until next year.
We expect this to be a low scoring game, matching the recent encounters between these teams at the Estadio Marcelo Bielsa. If one teams was to make the breakthrough, we expect it to be visitors and Unión Santa Fe could win by a single goal.