Rosario Central vs Newell’s Old Boys Match Analysis and Prediction

Rosario Central prepare to take on the arch rivals Newell’s Old Boys at the Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre in their Argentine Primera Division Matchday nine tie on Thursday night.

The two have made different campaigns in the Argentine top-flight with Rosario Central struggling for form as their have win two, drawn two and lost four of their eight league matches. They currently sit 23^rd in the standings on eight points, six places and four points above the bottom.

Meanwhile Newell’s Old Boys continue to be unbeaten in the league this season as they won four and drawn for of their opening eight matches. They currently sit second in the league standings, level on 16 points with top-placed Godoy Cruz, but so are third-placed Atletico Tucuman and fourth-placed Argentinos Juniors.

However, both sides head into the match off goalless draws against Independiente for the hosts and Racing Club for the visitors. The draw for Rosario saw them extend their unbeaten run to two league matches now and will be looking to continue with a positive result on Thursday as they seek to avoid dropping down the table further.

Meanwhile the draw for Newell’s marked their third consecutive draw in the league and will keen to bounce back on Thursday as they hope to climb to the top of the table. They are unbeaten at away this season winning three and drawing one and should be confident of extend the run in the clash.

Rosario Central vs Newell’s head to head

Both sides have met in 31 encounters since 2003 with Rosario Central claiming 12 victories, while Newell’s have claimed seven victories and there have been 12 draws.

• Rosario Central 0-1 Newell’s 20/03/22
• Newell’s 1-1 Rosario Central 22/08/21
• Rosario Central 3-0 Newell’s 03/05/21
• Rosario Central 1-1 Newell’s 15/09/19
• Newell’s 0-0 Rosario Central 10/02/19

Home

• Independiente 0-0 Rosario Central
• Rosario Central 1-0 Sarmiento
• Aldosivi 2-1 Rosario Central
• Rosario Central 0-1 Gimnasia
• Velez Sarsfield 2-0 Rosario Central

Away

• Newell’s 0-0 Racing
• Platense 1-1 Newell’s
• Newell’s 2-2 Patronato
• Estudiantes 0-2 Newell’s
• Newell’s 1-0 Argentinos Juniors

Rosario Central team news

Rosario Central will be without Luca Martinez and Francesco Lo Celso due to injury.

Newell’s team news

Newell’s will be without Ramiro Macagno and Leonel Vangioni due to injury, while Cristian Ferreira is a doubt through illness.

Prediction and odds

• Double chance (2, X)
• Both sides to score
• Goals over 1.5