Almagro vs Defensores de Belgrano betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Argentina Primera B Nacional
Competition: Sat 24.Jun
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Tres de Febrero (21000 seats)

Almagro have some lost ground to recover from their 17th spot, and the task starts vs Defensores de Belgrano. Read more!

Insights:
  • Almagro have the fewest scored goals (12) in Primera B Nacional
  • Defensores de Belgrano have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Primera B Nacional

Both sides have had adequate rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's trust this will be an active game!

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Almagro form and stats

The overall Primera B Nacional stats playing at home this season for Almagro, who have the fewest scored goals (12) in Primera B Nacional, are 4-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Cuello was the last player to score a league goal for Almagro and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Almagro haven't scored in 210 minutes.

The club members are hoping that Almagro will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Almirante Brown (placed 2nd).

Ahead of that match, Almagro lost 0-1 at home to Deportivo Moron.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Almagro have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 4 and lost 7.

It should be noted that a look at the 20 most recent league matches shows that 16 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Almagro as they are travelling to their away game against Excursionistas in the Copa Argentina. That match is three days after this one.

Almagro aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Tres de Febrero in the league, with only {8 goals} from 10 games. From these home matches, Almagro have conceded only 5 goals.

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Defensores de Belgrano form and stats

Defensores de Belgrano have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Primera B Nacional, after 1-4-5 (10 played).

Defensores are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the game against San Telmo (placed 16th). That win felt nice as this side had gone four league games without winning.

Before that, Defensores de Belgrano travelled to Temperley and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Defensores de Belgrano playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 2 Defensores de Belgrano wins, 9 draws and 3 defeats.

A tale of few goals? 10 of this team's most recent 12 league matches have seen two goals or less.

The attacking power of Defensores when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Defensores de Belgrano have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Almagro and Defensores de Belgrano have duelled before this season: Defensores de Belgrano - Almagro 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Almagro wins - draws - Defensores de Belgrano wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Defensores de BelgranoC. Salto
C. Salto
8 goals
Defensores de BelgranoG. Benegas
G. Benegas
6 goals
Defensores de BelgranoR. Moreira
R. Moreira
4 goals

Almagro missing players

Defensores de Belgrano missing players

Almagro Defensores de Belgrano
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 4 10 20
5 4 1 Won W 1 1 6
6 3 1 Drew D 2 4 7
9 3 1 Lost L 1 5 7
12 8 2 Scored S 5 8 20
16 5 1 Conceded C 5 13 18
80% 80% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 80% 85%
30% 30% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 60% 55%
15% 10% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 30%
10% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 15%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
20% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 75% 60% 45%
40% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 35%
60% 50% 67% Failed to Score F T 25% 40% 35%
 
4.8 5 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 6.2 5.3
3.2 3.5 1 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 3.8 3
2.4 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 3.4 2.6
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
7.7 8.9 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 7.2 7.2
2.3 2.9 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.5 3.1
26% 28% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 23% 32%
 
6 4.4 3.7 Shots against (avg) S A 8.2 8.4 7.7
2.3 1.6 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 3.2
Key stats in Primera B Nacional this season:
  • Almagro have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Primera B Nacional
  • Almagro have the fewest scored goals (12) in Primera B Nacional
  • Almagro have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Primera B Nacional
  • Almagro have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Primera B Nacional
  • Defensores de Belgrano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Defensores de Belgrano have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Primera B Nacional

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Agropecuario 20 11 2 7 27 23 10 8 2 0 19 7 10 3 0 7 8 16 4 35
2 Almirante Brown 20 9 7 4 22 16 10 6 3 1 14 4 10 3 4 3 8 12 6 34
3 San Martin Tucuman 20 10 3 7 22 13 10 7 2 1 17 5 10 3 1 6 5 8 9 33
4 Gimnasia Mendoza 20 7 10 3 19 14 10 5 5 0 11 5 10 2 5 3 8 9 5 31
5 Defensores Unidos 20 8 7 5 18 13 10 7 3 0 14 4 10 1 4 5 4 9 5 31
6 San Martín San Juan 20 8 7 5 22 18 10 5 4 1 14 5 10 3 3 4 8 13 4 31
7 Deportivo Moron 20 8 5 7 19 19 10 5 3 2 11 6 10 3 2 5 8 13 0 29
8 Nueva Chicago 19 7 7 5 17 9 10 6 2 2 14 5 9 1 5 3 3 4 8 28
9 Temperley 20 7 7 6 23 23 10 6 3 1 15 7 10 1 4 5 8 16 0 28
10 Defensores de Belgrano 20 6 7 7 20 18 10 5 3 2 12 5 10 1 4 5 8 13 2 25
11 Patronato 20 6 7 7 20 18 10 4 3 3 14 7 10 2 4 4 6 11 2 25
12 Alvarado 20 5 9 6 16 22 10 5 3 2 10 5 10 0 6 4 6 17 -6 24
13 Guillermo Brown 20 5 8 7 21 22 10 3 4 3 14 10 10 2 4 4 7 12 -1 23
14 Club Atletico Guemes 20 4 11 5 18 21 10 1 7 2 6 7 10 3 4 3 12 14 -3 23
15 Estudiantes Río Cuarto 20 6 5 9 16 21 10 5 3 2 13 8 10 1 2 7 3 13 -5 23
16 San Telmo 20 6 4 10 28 33 10 5 2 3 17 14 10 1 2 7 11 19 -5 22
17 Almagro 20 5 6 9 12 16 10 4 3 3 8 5 10 1 3 6 4 11 -4 21
18 All Boys 20 4 8 8 16 25 10 2 5 3 8 10 10 2 3 5 8 15 -9 20
19 Flandria 19 5 4 10 17 29 9 4 2 3 11 12 10 1 2 7 6 17 -12 19

Read more about Primera B Nacional

The Primera B Nacional, often called simply Nacional B, is the second level in the Argentine football league system. It currently has 25 teams playing each other once for a total of 24 fixtures to decide the final league table. The champion is promoted while another can follow through playoff.