Argentina - Primera DivisiónData current as of 19 September 2026

Platense vs Newell's Old Boys: match statistics

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Platense vs Newell's Old Boys: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Platense play Newell's Old Boys in Primera División (Argentina). The match date is 20 September 2026.

Current form

Platense: 0-2-3, 0.40 points/match. Newell's Old Boys: 2-3-0, 1.80 points/match.

Goal statistics

Platense scores 0.63 and concedes 0.94 goals per match. Newell's Old Boys scores 0.94 and concedes 1.69. League average: 2.08 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Platense 31%, Newell's Old Boys 56%. Over 2.5: Platense 19%, Newell's Old Boys 38%. League level: BTTS 45%, Over 2.5 34%.

xG, shots and style

Platense has higher xG: 1.42 vs 1.29. Platense: 12.2 shots per match, Newell's Old Boys: 10.5.

Match halves

Platense: half-time lead 19%, second-half goals 0.38. Newell's Old Boys: half-time lead 19%, second-half goals 0.63.

Goals by minute

Platense: 76-90+ (4 goals). Newell's Old Boys: 76-90+ (9 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

Primera División: 2.08 goals per match, BTTS 45%, Over 2.5 34%.

Head-to-head

Before this fixture, 1 previous H2H matches were available: 0-1-0. Average goals 2.00, BTTS 100%.

Before the match

1X2 odds

(2.17)
(3.05)
(3.45)

Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
0.63Goals scored / match0.94
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
0.94Goals conceded / match1.69
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
51%Average possession44%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
3.81Shots on target / match3.38
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

12.19Shots per match10.5
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
3.81Shots on target3.38
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
5.1%Shot conversion8.9%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
51%Possession44%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
1.42xG for1.29
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
1.34xG against1.53
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys

Shooting quality

Platense: BalancedNewell's Old Boys: Balanced
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
Accuracy (shots on target)31%32%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.120.12
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.170.28

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

Newell's Old Boys is 350% better for: last-5 form.

0.4 pts / match - Platense · 1.8 pts / match - Newell's Old Boys

Platense
DDLLL
No win in the last 5 matches
Season result split
19% W44% D38% L
Season (W-D-L)
3-7-6
1.00 pts / match · goal difference -5
Last 5 (W-D-L)
0-2-3
0.40 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
2-2-4
Last 5 at home
0-2-3
DLDLL
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 0.8Goals conceded: 1.6xG: 1.72Opponent xG: 1.38BTTS: 40%Over 2.5: 20%
Newell's Old Boys
WDWDD
Unbeaten in the last 5 matches
Season result split
19% W38% D44% L
Season (W-D-L)
3-6-7
0.94 pts / match · goal difference -12
Last 5 (W-D-L)
2-3-0
1.80 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
2-2-4
Last 5 away
2-1-2
LLWWD
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.6Goals conceded: 1.0xG: 1.35Opponent xG: 1.47BTTS: 80%Over 2.5: 40%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Newell's Old Boys is 49% better for: goals scored per match.

0.63 goals / match - Platense · 0.94 goals / match - Newell's Old Boys

Platense is 80% better for: goals conceded per match.

0.94 goals / match - Platense · 1.69 goals / match - Newell's Old Boys

Platense scoring profile: strong

Platense scores in 38% of matches (6 of 16 matches), while Newell's Old Boys keeps a clean sheet in 13% (2 of 16 matches).

Newell's Old Boys scoring profile: strong

Newell's Old Boys scores in 63% of matches (10 of 16 matches), while Platense keeps a clean sheet in 38% (6 of 16 matches).

10Goals scored (season)15
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
15Goals conceded (season)27
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
1.56Average goals in match2.63
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
4Goals scored (last 5)8
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
8Goals conceded (last 5)5
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys

How often they score at least...

38%1 goal63%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
19%2 goals19%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
6%3 goals13%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
0%4 goals0%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys

How often they concede at least...

63%1 goal88%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
19%2 goals50%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
6%3 goals19%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
6%4 goals6%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

56%
Newell's Old Boys - BTTSBTTS - percentage of matches where both teams scored.9 of 16 matches
45%
League average

Goal patterns

6%BTTS at half-time6%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
6%BTTS in both halves6%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
19%Scored in both halves13%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys

BTTS and goal count

19%Min. 3 goals and BTTS25%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
0%Min. 3 goals without BTTS13%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
40%BTTS - last 580%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

1st half

44%Min. 1 goal before half-time50%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
6%Min. 2 goals before half-time25%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
6%Min. 3 goals before half-time13%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys

2nd half

63%Min. 1 goal after half-time94%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
25%Min. 2 goals after half-time63%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
6%Min. 3 goals after half-time19%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Platense is 7% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.13 pts / match - Platense · 1.06 pts / match - Newell's Old Boys

Platense - half-time state
19% leading56% draw25% trailing
Newell's Old Boys - half-time state
19% leading50% draw31% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.13Points per match (1st half)1.06
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
0.25Goals scored (1st half)0.31
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
0.31Goals conceded (1st half)0.56
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
0.56Average goals (1st half)0.88
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
75%Clean sheet before half-time63%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
75%No goal before half-time81%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys

After half-time (2nd half)

0.94Points per match (2nd half)1.06
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
0.38Goals scored (2nd half)0.63
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
0.63Goals conceded (2nd half)1.13
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
1Average goals (2nd half)1.75
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
50%Clean sheet after half-time25%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys
69%No goal after half-time44%
PlatenseNewell's Old Boys

Platense - second-half results

13% W56% D31% L
18
Half-time points
4
Half-time goals
-1
Goal difference (1st half)
15
Second-half points
-4
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.13
PPG before half-time
Lead holding100%

Leads at half-time in 19% of matches and wins 19%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.3

Concedes 0.3 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

Newell's Old Boys - second-half results

25% W31% D44% L
17
Half-time points
5
Half-time goals
-4
Goal difference (1st half)
17
Second-half points
-8
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.06
PPG before half-time
Lead holding100%

Leads at half-time in 19% of matches and wins 19%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.6

Concedes 0.6 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

Platense - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.000.60
Goals scored / match0.40.4
Goals conceded / match0.61.0
Average goals in match1.01.4
1 goal60%60%
2 goals20%40%
3 goals20%20%
Clean sheet60%40%
No goal60%80%
Goal difference-1-3
Half-time: 20% leading - 40% draw - 40% trailing
2nd half: 0% won - 60% draw - 40% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 2
Newell's Old Boys - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.801.00
Goals scored / match0.80.8
Goals conceded / match0.20.8
Average goals in match1.01.6
1 goal40%80%
2 goals40%80%
3 goals20%0%
Clean sheet80%20%
No goal60%20%
Goal difference+30
Half-time: 40% leading - 60% draw - 0% trailing
2nd half: 0% won - 100% draw - 0% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 4

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

Platense
ScoredConceded
1
1
0-15
3
3
16-30
0
1
31-45
0
3
46-60
2
4
61-75
4
3
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (4 goals). Concedes most in 61-75 (4). Late-goal balance (76-90): +1 - wins late phases.

Newell's Old Boys
ScoredConceded
2
1
0-15
1
1
16-30
2
7
31-45
1
8
46-60
0
5
61-75
9
5
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (9 goals). Concedes most in 46-60 (8). Late-goal balance (76-90): +4 - wins late phases.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

2.10
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
1.2 : 0.9
Estimated goal split
home : away
101%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
44%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
-5%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
24%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
24%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 4 matches
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Platense

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.08
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.39
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
+1.2 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.79
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.40
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
53%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
104%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-0.60
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.1
Late goals
40% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 10% come in the first quarter-hour.
40%

Newell's Old Boys

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.24
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.51
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
+3.7 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.35
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
-0.16
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
104%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
143%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.86
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.3
Late goals
60% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 13% come in the first quarter-hour.
60%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (Primera División).

Teams vs league

PlatenseLigaNewell's Old Boys
Average goals in match 1.562.08 2.63
Both teams scored 31%45% 56%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 19%34% 38%
Clean sheets 38%34% 13%
Goal before half-time 44%61% 50%
Goal after half-time 63%71% 94%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.08
Average goals per match
45%
Both teams scored
34%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
34%
Clean sheets
1.18
Home goals / match
0.90
Away goals / match
+31%
Home attack advantage
+24%
Home defence advantage
+15%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
61%
1 goal
22%
2 goals
5%
3 goals
1%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
71%
1 goal
35%
2 goals
9%
3 goals
3%
4 goals

Head-to-head

Previous meeting: Platense 0 - 1 - 0 Newell's Old Boys. Average goals 2.00, both teams scored in 100% matches.

FAQ

When do Platense and Newell's Old Boys play?

Platense face Newell's Old Boys on 20 September 2026 in Primera División. The exact kick-off time in your timezone is shown at the top of the match page.

What do the goal statistics show before Platense vs Newell's Old Boys?

Platense score 0.63 goals per game on average and Newell's Old Boys 0.94. The Primera División average is 2.08 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 34% of games. Both teams score in 31% of Platense's matches and 56% of Newell's Old Boys's.

What form are Platense and Newell's Old Boys in?

Over the last 5 games Platense have a 0-2-3 record (0.40 points per game) and Newell's Old Boys 2-3-0 (1.80 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Platense vs Newell's Old Boys?

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