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River Plate vs Newells Old Boys: result 4-2 and analysis

Liga Profesional ArgentinaRegular Season - 21Kick-off on March 3, 2019 at 12:30 AM (UTC)Estadio Mâs Monumental, Capital Federal, Ciudad de Buenos Aires

River Plate
4-2
Newells Old Boys

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What was the result of River Plate vs Newells Old Boys?

River Plate won 4-2 on March 3, 2019.

Goalscorers

  • 4′L. MartínezRiver Plate
  • 24′M. SuárezRiver Plate
  • 33′A. RodríguezNewells Old Boys
  • 36′C. FerreiraRiver Plate
  • 76′I. ScoccoRiver Plate (pen.)
  • 90′Luís LealNewells Old Boys

Official lineup for River Plate vs Newells Old Boys

The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.

River Plate

3-1-4-2
  1. 7M. Suárez
  2. 27L. Pratto
  1. 21C. Ferreira
  2. 11N. de la Cruz
  3. 28L. Martínez
  4. 5B. Zuculini
  1. 18C. Mayada
  1. 24E. Pérez
  2. 2R. Rojas
  3. 22J. Pinola
  1. 1F. Armani

Newells Old Boys

4-1-4-1
  1. 9F. Fydriszewski
  1. 22C. Insaurralde
  2. 31J. Cacciabue
  3. 14A. Rodríguez
  4. 8B. Rivero
  1. 10M. Formica
  1. 35F. Nadalín
  2. 13T. Paredes
  3. 28M. Bíttolo
  4. 24F. Fontanini
  1. 1A. Aguerre
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What is the recent form of both teams?

Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, River Plate have 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats; Newells Old Boys have 5, 5 and 5.

The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.

River Plate
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Feb 24, 2019San Martin Tucuman(home)2-1Liga Profesional Argentina
Feb 18, 2019Banfield(away)1-1Liga Profesional Argentina
Feb 15, 2019Rosario Central(away)1-1Liga Profesional Argentina
Feb 10, 2019Racing Club(home)2-0Liga Profesional Argentina
Feb 4, 2019Velez Sarsfield(away)2-1Liga Profesional Argentina
Newells Old Boys
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Feb 26, 2019San Martin S.J.(home)3-0Liga Profesional Argentina
Feb 16, 2019San Lorenzo(away)1-1Liga Profesional Argentina
Feb 10, 2019Rosario Central(home)0-0Liga Profesional Argentina
Feb 3, 2019Union Santa Fe(away)0-0Liga Profesional Argentina
Jan 28, 2019Boca Juniors(home)1-1Liga Profesional Argentina

What does the head-to-head say?

Across the last 3 meetings: 0 River Plate wins, 0 draws, 3 Newells Old Boys wins.

DateScoreCompetition
Nov 26, 2017River Plate 1-3 Newells Old BoysLiga Profesional Argentina
Nov 20, 2016Newells Old Boys 1-0 River PlateLiga Profesional Argentina
Nov 8, 2015River Plate 0-2 Newells Old BoysLiga Profesional Argentina

Last archived meeting: River Plate vs Newells Old Boys on Nov 26, 2017

How many goals should we expect?

River Plate score 1.5 and concede 1.1 goals per match over their last 15; Newells Old Boys score 0.9 and concede 0.5.

ClubGoals scored / matchGoals conceded / matchClean sheetsBoth teams scoredOver 2.5 goals
River Plate1.51.139/158/15
Newells Old Boys0.90.583/153/15

Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.

Where do both teams sit in the table?

River Plate sit 4th in Liga Profesional Argentina (26 points from 16 matches) and Newells Old Boys sit 6th (22 points from 15 matches).

2026 standings
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4River PlateGroup B16826211426
6Newells Old BoysGroup A15573141122

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The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy

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