Trying to decrease the distance up to the top sides is on the list when these two mid-table sides do battle. Both are targeting to strenghten their league status, Atlético Rafaela in 7th and Atlanta in 10th place.
- Atlético Rafaela have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Atlanta haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Atlético Rafaela form and stats
When playing at home in the Primera B Nacional, Atlético Rafaela have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Atlético Rafaela, their manager Medrán and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 294 minutes without scoring a league goal. Bieler was the last player to find the net.
Atlético shared the glory with Tristan Suarez in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Chacarita Juniors.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Atlético Rafaela have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 20 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 6 and lost 5.
Trench warfare? In this team's last 13 league matches, 10 have contained two goals or less.
The Atlético Rafaela fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. Atlético Rafaela's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Atlanta form and stats
As the visiting team in Primera B Nacional matches, Atlanta have produced an overall stat of 3-3-3 so far.
Galeano (2) and Mazzola scored in Atlanta's previous match, the home game against Estudiantes Caseros that ended 3-2.
A 1-2 loss hosting Brown de Adrogué before that.We have checked recent matches where Atlanta have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 4 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats.
Betting fact: Both sides have scored at least once in 8 of this club's latest 10 league matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Atlanta as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Atlético Rafaela and Atlanta have faced each other earlier this season: Atlanta - Atlético Rafaela 0-0. Numbers for the former two meetings featuring these two squads are: zero wins for Atlético, two draws and zero wins for Atlanta. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Bieler 6 goals |   J. Galeano 5 goals | A. Dramisino 4 goals |
Atlético Rafaela missing players
Atlanta missing players
| Atlético Rafaela | Atlanta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 18 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 20 |
| 16 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 22 |
| 89% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 56% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 72% |
| 33% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 11% | 39% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 39% | 56% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 61% |
| 44% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 22% | 17% |
| 28% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 28% |
| 5.6 | 7.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 4.4 | 2.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.3 | 9.1 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6.4 | 7.4 |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 36% | 41% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 28% |
| 8.1 | 7.1 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| 3.1 | 2.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
- Atlanta haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Atlético Rafaela have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Atlético Rafaela have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Atlético Rafaela have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Atlético Rafaela haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Independiente Rivadavia | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 37 |
| 2 | Deportivo Maipú | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 36 |
| 3 | Chacarita Juniors | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 33 |
| 4 | Atletico Mitre | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 29 |
| 5 | Quilmes | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Atlético Rafaela | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 27 |
| 8 | Gimnasia Jujuy | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -2 | 25 |
| 9 | Brown de Adrogué | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 24 |
| 10 | Atlanta | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 24 |
| 11 | Deportivo Riestra | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 23 |
| 12 | Deportivo Madryn | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 13 | Estudiantes Caseros | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 14 | Racing Córdoba | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 21 |
| 15 | Aldosivi | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 19 |
| 16 | Tristan Suarez | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 16 |
| 17 | Villa Dalmine | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 19 | -15 | 14 |
| 18 | Chaco For Ever | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 17 | -13 | 13 |
