Newells Old BoysAttacking momentumBoca Juniors
Preview
- In the Group Stage of the 2026 Liga Profesional Argentina, Newell's Old Boys and Boca Juniors lock horns on 2026-08-02 at 21:00 GMT.
- Expect 3-4 yellow cards and 0 red cards, and 19 fouls this match from Referee A. Merlos based on their last 10 games.
- There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between Lucas Bernardi and Rodolfo Arruabarrena.
- Newell's Old Boys are 14th in the standings with 15 points, followed by Boca Juniors in 2nd on 30 points.
- Both teams have no missing players.
- Our forecast has Newell's Old Boys in a 4-man backline (4-2-3-1), with Boca Juniors set to counter in 4-4-2.
- Last time out, F. Escobar registered the best mark for Newell's Old Boys - 6.3 - and L. Paredes did likewise for Boca Juniors with an 6.2 score.
- Double disappointment: Newell's Old Boys fell 0-1 against Independiente, while Boca Juniors went down 0-1 vs O'Higgins.
- Both teams have been in great form: Newell's Old Boys 2-2-1 and Boca Juniors 3-0-2 over their last 5 matches.
- Boca Juniors lead this rivalry - 20 wins from 37 matches versus Newell's Old Boys (who've won just 9 games), alongside 8 draws.
- Expect Boca Juniors to edge a 0-1 win: their 5-1-3 record on the road and 1.11 goals per away match tip the balance.
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Odds
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Newells Old Boys
Boca Juniors
Events
| 30' | 0 - 1 | ||
| 43' | L. Giannetti | ||
| 45+1' | A. Costa | ||
HT 0 - 1 | |||
| 50' | 1 - 1 | ||
| 53' | L. Regiardo | ||
| 59' | 2 - 1 | ||
| 63' | |||
| 66' | |||
| 68' | L. Paredes | ||
| 75' | |||
| 75' | |||
| 80' | A. Velasco | ||
| 81' | 2 - 2 | ||
| 84' | |||
| 90+3' | |||
| 90+3' | |||
| 90+3' | |||
Stats
Lineups
Standings
Newells Old Boys is going head to head with Boca Juniors on 2/8/2026 20:00 GMT for the Argentina Liga Profesional Argentina. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Newells Old Boys v Boca Juniors H2H statistics!