Newells Old Boys vs Central Cordoba de Santiago prediction and preview

19 Oct 2026, 22:00 UTC

The PunterPick prediction

Over 1.5 GoalsOdds 1.44Market probability 64%Final score 2–1

Published before kick-off and never changed afterwards. See the methodology for how picks are chosen.

Match preview

Newells Old Boys host Central Cordoba de Santiago in the Liga Profesional Argentina (Argentina) on 19 Oct 2026, 22:00 UTC. The prediction PunterPick published for this fixture is Over 1.5 Goals — more than 1.5 goals in the match. It was published at odds of 1.44, which the bookmaker market rated at about 64% once the bookmaker margin is removed.

Final score: Newells Old Boys 2–1 Central Cordoba de Santiago.

Going into the match, Newells Old Boys had won 3, drawn 5 and lost 2 of their last 10 matches, scoring 10 and conceding 8. Central Cordoba de Santiago had won 2, drawn 4 and lost 4 of their last 10, with 10 scored and 13 conceded.

Both teams scored in 5 of Newells Old Boys's last 10 and 6 of Central Cordoba de Santiago's last 10; 3 and 5 of those matches respectively went over 2.5 goals. At home Newells Old Boys averaged 1.13 goals scored and 0.63 conceded across 8 matches; away from home Central Cordoba de Santiago averaged 0.63 scored and 1.13 conceded across 8.

Our team-strength model expects about 1.39 goals from Newells Old Boys and 0.66 from Central Cordoba de Santiago. From that it rates a home win at 54%, a draw at 30% and an away win at 17%, against 50%, 31% and 19% implied by the 1X2 prices. For the published pick itself the model gives 62%.

Team comparison

Share of each factor between Newells Old Boys (green) and Central Cordoba de Santiago (grey), from our data provider's pre-match comparison.

Recent form67% – 33%

Attack33% – 67%

Defence75% – 25%

Head-to-head38% – 62%

Goals46% – 54%

Overall strength55% – 44%

Form before the match

Team	Last 5	Scored	Conceded	BTTS	O2.5
Newells Old Boys	LDWDD	1.00	0.80	50%	30%
Central Cordoba de Santiago	DDDLL	1.00	1.30	60%	50%

Averages over each side's last 10 matches in our results archive before this fixture.

Other markets we priced

Market	Our probability	Odds
1st Half Under 1.5 Goals	73%	1.28
Double Chance 12	70%	1.36
Over 1.5 Goals	64%	1.44
Under 2.5 Goals	61%	1.53
1st Half Over 0.5 Goals	61%	1.53
BTTS No	56%	1.67
Newells Old Boys Win	49%	1.91
Over 2.5 Goals	39%	2.40

Probabilities are derived from bookmaker prices with the margin removed. They are estimates, not guarantees.