Newells Old Boys vs Central Cordoba de Santiago Prediction & Betting Tips

Form: Newell's steadier, Central Cordoba leaking goals

Across their last 20 games, Newell's have won 7, drawn 8 and lost 5, with 21 scored and 23 conceded. That's a reasonably balanced record, even if the win tally is modest.

Newells Old Boys: 20 completed matches; Central Cordoba de Santiago: 20 completed matches.

Newells Old Boys

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

40% 8 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

21

Conceded

23

Difference

-2

Central Cordoba de Santiago

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

55% 11 / 20

Scored

17

Conceded

30

Difference

-13

Central Cordoba's equivalent run reads 5 wins, 4 draws and 11 losses, with 17 scored but 30 conceded. That defensive record includes some heavy nights, among them a 5-0 loss at Estudiantes, and shows a side that's been opened up regularly.

Central Cordoba's defence has been the bigger problem lately, which gives Newell's something to work with at home.

Comparative Team Statistics: Newells Old Boys vs Central Cordoba de Santiago

Head-to-head: no fixed pattern

There are 13 meetings on record stretching back to 2019, and the scorelines swing wildly, from 0-0 draws to a 5-0 rout and several three-goal winning margins.

The most recent clash in April saw Newell's win 3-1 away at Central Cordoba, but the meeting before that went the other way, with Central Cordoba winning 2-0 at home. There's no real recent trend to lean on.

Standings: both hovering in the bottom half

One set of figures has Newell's 14th with 15 points from 16 games and Central Cordoba 13th with 16 points from the same number, so barely anything separates them.

A shorter snapshot tells a slightly different story, with Newell's up in 8th on 16 points from 10 games while Central Cordoba sit down in 15th with just 8 from 10. The overall picture is still one of two sides stuck in a congested part of the division rather than one clearly ahead of the other.

It's a tight table with little to split these two on paper.

Team news: Santos is Central Cordoba's main threat

The individual numbers available are limited, but M. Santos has scored 7 of Central Cordoba's goals in 20 appearances, clearly their leading source of goals this season.

Central Cordoba de Santiago:

Penalty cards:

A. Maciel x 8

A. Maciel has picked up 8 yellow cards in 24 games without a red, the most bookings in the squad, though that's a discipline note rather than an injury concern. There's no wider team news to draw on beyond these two entries.

How this one might play out

With Central Cordoba conceding freely and Newell's defence not watertight either, goals at both ends wouldn't be a surprise.

The head-to-head history ranges from blank draws to five-goal margins, so backing a tight, low-scoring game with any confidence is difficult based on what's here.