Newells Old Boys have gone over 2.5 goals in 9 of 28 league games this season (32%) — 21% at home, 43% away. They've scored 26 and conceded 36, so their matches average 2.21 goals, and both teams have scored in 50% of them. Record: 7-11-10 in the Liga Profesional, where the division average is 38% over 2.5.
Full Newells Old Boys season view in the app →They are on the tighter end of the division: 32% over 2.5 against a league average of 38%, 6 points below it. That ranks them 23rd of 30 for goals in their matches, 23rd for scoring (0.93 a game) and 7th for goals conceded (1.29). They've kept 7 clean sheets and failed to score 10 times in 28 games.
Across 28 matches with half-time data, 68% of the goals in their games have come after the break (20 before, 42 after). Newells Old Boys themselves have scored 6 in first halves and 20 in second — a distinctly second-half team.
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | O2.5 | O3.5 | BTTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 32% | 18% | 50% |
| Home | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 21% | 14% | 50% |
| Away | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 43% | 21% | 50% |
Home/away splits are small samples — our 30,582-match study found ~94% of such gaps are indistinguishable from chance, which is why the app's ratings pool them rather than trusting the split.
Their most common result this season is 1–1 (7 times). Biggest win: 2–0 at home to Deportivo Riestra (Sat 15 Aug). Heaviest defeat: 0–5 away at Lanus. 3 of their 28 games have produced five goals or more. Current run: 6 straight matches under 2.5 goals.
Streaks read louder than they predict: our break study found a three-game goals run carries roughly ±4.6 points of signal — real, but small, and it resets entirely after a long lay-off.
In 32 league games last season Newells Old Boys's matches went over 2.5 goals 28% of the time. This season is tracking it closely at 32% — consistent goal patterns across two campaigns.
Fixture links open our full rating for that match — form, head-to-head, goal timing and the score projection. How those are built is set out in the methodology.