Rosario Central vs Newells Old Boys — Argentine Primera result and pre-match forecast, Sunday, 6 September 2026

Argentine Primera·Sunday, 6 September 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Independent model — no market price

Frozen as published · 9.8 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Rosario Central

61%

top pick

Draw

25%

result

Newells Old Boys

13%

Final score

1–1

Top pick missed

Metis gave the draw 25.4% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Rosario Central win. Expected goals 1.70–0.73 against 1–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals44%2 scored
Both teams score43%yes
Rosario Central clean sheet48%no
Newells Old Boys clean sheet18%no
Rosario Central score 2+51%no
Newells Old Boys score 2+17%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1969
1X2 Brier score0.9506
Probability on the result25.4%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–0 (14.1%), 2–0 (12.7%), 1–1 (11.8%). It finished 1–1 — one of them.

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Rosario Central

25 JanHvs Belgrano1–2L
28 JanAvs Racing Club2–1W
2 FebHvs River Plate0–0D
7 FebAvs Aldosivi1–1D
16 FebHvs Barracas Central2–0W

Newells Old Boys

24 JanAvs Talleres Cordoba1–2L
28 JanHvs Independiente1–1D
1 FebAvs Boca Juniors0–2L
8 FebHvs Defensa y Justicia2–3L
16 FebAvs Dep. Riestra1–1D

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatRosario Central
(Home · 17 matches)
Newells Old Boys
(Away · 15 matches)
BTTS rate58.8%46.7%
Over 2.5 rate47.1%40.0%
Clean sheet35.3%20.0%
Avg goals2.292.27

Home stats use Rosario Central's home record; away stats use Newells Old Boys's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.