Match Info

Liga Profesional - Apertura - Round 4

Date: 7 February 2026, Saturday

Location: Estadio Marcelo Bielsa (Rosario)

Referee: Viola F. (Arg)

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	Newells Old Boys		Defensa y Justicia

	1	X	2
	2.1	3	3.9	Watch
	2.15	2.92	3.9	Watch
	2.2	2.97	4.1
	2.16	2.97	3.97	Watch
	2.15	2.75	3.8
	2.16	2.88	3.89	Watch
	2.14	2.9	4
Avarage Now (Initially)	2.15 ↓ (2.5)	2.91 ↑ (2.84)	3.94 ↑ (3.08)

The most likely Over/Under: 1.75

The best margin for this event is 3.5%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Newells Old Boys
43.8%

Draw
32.3%

Defensa y Justicia
23.9%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

37.2%

32.7%

30.1%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Newells Old Boys has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+6.6%)

Note: This is a significant improvement in prediction, suggesting increased confidence in Newells Old Boys's performance.

Defensa y Justicia has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-6.2%)

Note: This is a significant drop in prediction, and Defensa y Justicia might be facing challenges that affect their performance.

Newells Old Boys - Defensa y Justicia Predictions

Over/Under & Asian Handicap Predictions by Selected Experts:

O/U 3.5 - under (votes: 1 - 100%) .

Expected Score (Market Odds): 0:0

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
21. Arias G. (G) 14. Mendez A. 15. Salcedo S. 22. Salomon O. 3. Luciano M. 19. Gomez J. 26. Herrera R. 20. Guch F. 13. Coccaro M. 27. Herrera L. 33. Nunez W.	22. Fiermarin C. (G) 33. Souto L. 29. Fernandez D. 6. Amor E. 16. Portillo A. 15. Sosa S. 10. Molinas A. 2. Lucero S. 20. Botta R. 9. Miritello J. B. 24. Gutierrez J.
Substitutes
10. Acuna V. 1. Barlasina W. (G) 25. Cabrera B. 17. Garcia F. 23. Goitea N. 9. Hoyos M. 6. Mosquera J. 7. Orozco F. 99. Ramirez I. 5. Regiardo L. 28. Russo J. 8. Sotelo D.	23. Aguiar M. 25. Altamira F. 36. Amade L. (G) 11. Banega E. 19. Barbona D. 26. Caceres D. 30. Fernandez D. 17. Hausch A. 55. Lopez J. 28. Loza V. 27. Pereyra E. 32. Roselli N.
Coaches
Gomez S.	Soso M.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 2)
13', Gomez J. 🟨,
31', 0 - 1, Miritello J. B. ⚽, Portillo A. (A),
43', Luciano M. 🟨,
45+4', 0 - 2, Miritello J. B. ⚽, Gutierrez J. (A),
2nd Half (2 - 1)
46', Gomez J. ↓, Sotelo D. ↑,
46', Herrera L. ↓, Hoyos M. ↑,
46', Luciano M. ↓, Russo J. ↑,
63', 0 - 3, Portillo A. ⚽, Gutierrez J. (A),
64', Botta R. ↓, Altamira F. ↑,
69', Herrera R. 🟨,
71', Nunez W. ↓, Garcia F. ↑,
73', Miritello J. B. ↓, Hausch A. ↑,
73', Sosa S. ↓, Banega E. ↑,
76', 1 - 3, Coccaro M. ⚽, Guch F. (A),
81', Salcedo S. 🟨,
86', Guch F. ↓, Ramirez I. ↑,
90+2', Gutierrez J. ↓, Fernandez D. ↑,
90+2', Molinas A. ↓, Lopez J. ↑,
90+3', Banega E. 🟨,
90+7', 2 - 3, Salomon O. ⚽,

Preview

A mid-table team and an outsider will play in this match (ranked 15 and 7 in the zone Promotion ~ Liga Profesional (Apertura ~ Play Offs: 1/8~finals)).

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Newells Old Boys won 2.

Newells Old Boys could have a small edge in this match.

There will not play in Newells Old Boys: Cabrera B. (Thigh Injury) Glavinovich I. (Knee Injury) Montero A. (Knee Injury) Reinatti J. (Inactive) Salomon O. (Muscle Injury)

There will not play in Defensa y Justicia: Perez C. (Knee Injury) Sosa M. (Inactive)

There are questionable in Defensa y Justicia: Martinez D. (Injury) Osorio A. (Injury)

In the last 18 head-to-head matches, Newells Old Boys won 6 matches, drew 2 matches, lost 10 matches, and goals 12:16. (average 0.7:0.9).

Including home matches between the teams, Newells Old Boys won 5 matches, drew 1 match, lost 3 matches, and goals 9:4. (average 1:0.4).

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Newells Old Boys
Argentinian Liga Profesional
01.02.26	Boca Juniors - Newells Old Boys	2:0 ✺
27.01.26	Newells Old Boys - Independiente	1:1 ✺
23.01.26	Talleres de Córdoba - Newells Old Boys	2:1 ✺
16.11.25	Newells Old Boys - Racing	0:1 ✺
08.11.25	Huracán Buenos Aires - Newells Old Boys	0:2 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 13.1 LTLLW
- Defensa y Justicia
Argentinian Liga Profesional
02.02.26	Defensa y Justicia - Estudiantes La Plata	0:0 ✺
29.01.26	Deportivo Riestra - Defensa y Justicia	0:1 ✺
22.01.26	Aldosivi - Defensa y Justicia	0:0 ✺
Club Friendly
08.01.26	Santa Cruz Recife - Defensa y Justicia	0:1 ✺
Argentinian Liga Profesional
17.11.25	Defensa y Justicia - Independiente Rivadavia	0:2 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 9.8 TWTWL

Latest Head to Head

Argentinian Liga Profesional
17.08.25	Defensa y Justicia - Newells Old Boys	1:1
Copa Argentina
22.05.25	Defensa y Justicia - Newells Old Boys	0:2
Argentinian Liga Profesional
12.02.25	Newells Old Boys - Defensa y Justicia	0:1
25.05.24	Newells Old Boys - Defensa y Justicia	1:0
Argentinian Copa de la Liga Profesional
16.04.24	Defensa y Justicia - Newells Old Boys	1:0
27.11.23	Newells Old Boys - Defensa y Justicia	3:0
Argentinian Liga Profesional
11.02.23	Defensa y Justicia - Newells Old Boys	1:0

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