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Liga Profesional de Fútbol11/01/2026, 09:30 PM

Newell's Old Boys – Unión Santa Fe1 : 1

Why the model thinks so

Newell's Old Boys
1.18
Total xG
2.33
Unión Santa Fe
1.15
Expected goals from our model, before kickoff

How the model gets there: each factor adds goals to or takes goals from one team's expected goals.

FactorNewell's Old BoysUnión Santa Fe
Low-scoring league (2.2 goals/match)−0.32−0.32
Attack weakness (0.79x league average)−0.23
4 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (1 goals/match)−0.17
Declining form (1 vs 1.6 season average)−0.17
3 clean sheets in last 5 matches−0.15
4 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (0.6 goals/match)−0.14
Standings disadvantage (pos 14 vs 8, 6 places gap)−0.07
Standings advantage (pos 8 vs 14, 6 places gap)+0.03
Rodrigo Herrera not in squad (0 goals, 2 assists)
Weak away record (1 vs 1.6 goals/match)
Full strength squad available

Key factors

  • Home/Away: Newell's scores 1.07 goals per game at home in the league, Unión Santa Fe 1.29 goals per game away
  • Head-to-head: In 4 meetings, Newell's Old Boys won 1, Unión Santa Fe won 2, with 1 draw

Risks

  • Standings: Unión Santa Fe is 8th with 21 points in 16 games, Newell's Old Boys is 14th with 15 points in 16 games
  • Defense: Newell's Old Boys conceded 0.4 goals per game in their last 5 games, Unión Santa Fe conceded 1.8 goals per game in 5 games

All probabilities

Result
Newell's Old Boys35%
Draw32%
Unión Santa Fe34%
Double chance
Newell's Old Boys or draw66%
Unión Santa Fe or draw65%
No draw68%
Goals
Over 1.569%
Under 1.531%
Over 2.541%
Under 2.559%
Over 3.521%
Under 3.579%
Both teams score
Yes49%
No51%

xG score

1:1
From xG 1.18 : 1.15, rounded up only from .915% probability

Other likely scores

0:0
11%
1:0
10%
0:1
9%
2:1
8%

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. Unión Santa Fe: 84% of all goals in the second half (16 of 19, last 12 games)
  2. Newell's Old Boys: scored only in H2 in 4 consecutive games (6 of 12 total)
  3. Unión Santa Fe: 6 consecutive games with 3+ goals (last 12 games)
  4. Eric Ramírez: 3 of 3 goals after minute 60 (last 12 games)
  5. Unión Santa Fe: opponent scores first in 8 of 12 games (67%)

Lineups

Newell's Old Boys 4-2-3-1 · Unión Santa Fe 4-4-2

Newell's Old Boys
  • 30 J. Reinatti Balansino
  • 6 M. Ortega
  • 23 N. Goitea
  • 16 L. Carrizo
  • 28 J. Russo
  • 27 L. Gómez
  • 5 L. Regiardo
  • 7 W. Mazzantti
  • 20 F. Guch
  • 32 S. Solari
  • 9 M. Cóccaro Ferreira
Unión Santa Fe
  • 21 M. Mansilla
  • 27 T. Rubio
  • 33 I. Isla
  • 26 J. Ludueña
  • 18 L. Ayala
  • 20 J. Palacios
  • 17 J. Mosqueira
  • 11 M. Luna Diale
  • 22 B. Cuello
  • 25 C. Tarragona
  • 19 M. Estigarribia
Substitutes
  • 33 W. Núñez
  • 19 J. Gómez Mattar
  • 22 O. Salomón
  • 99 J. Ramírez Polero
  • 2 I. Glavinovich
  • 21 G. Arias Arroyo
  • 29 M. Esponda
  • 3 M. Luciano
  • 4 A. Montero
  • 36 F. Scarpeccio
  • 39 L.Rios
  • 15 A. Soñora
  • 23 A. Solari
  • 31 M. Aguirre
  • 40 L. Meuli Palma
  • 12 B. Pittón
  • 7 F. Fragapane
  • 8 E. Giaccone
  • 43 E. Ramírez
  • 27 J. Koike
  • 15 J. Pintado Leines
  • 36 M. Aimar
  • 44 T. Fagioli
  • 34 M. Peresutti
  • 38 V. Cerrudo

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