Can Argentino Merlo outperform Fénix in Estadio Juan Carlos Brieva clash?

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Competition: Argentina Primera B Metropolitana
Competition: Sat 11.March
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Juan Carlos Brieva (11000 seats)

Argentino Merlo open their doors to Fénix for another entertaining Primera B Metropolitana game here at Estadio Juan Carlos Brieva.

Insights:
  • Argentino Merlo have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Primera B Metropolitana
  • Fénix have the fewest points from losing position (-1) in Primera B Metropolitana

It's no vacation for neither Argentino Merlo nor Fénix as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Argentino Merlo form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Argentino Merlo's two home games in the Primera B Metropolitana so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Estadio Juan Carlos Brieva.

The Argentino followers enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Fénix and win 2-0.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Sacachispas with a 1-0 scoreline.

This is expected to be a close game, with Argentino Merlo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Argentino Merlo as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Argentino Merlo has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Argentino Merlo at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Fénix form and stats

Fénix have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Primera B Metropolitana were 2 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats from 8 fixtures.

The attacking players of Fénix have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 225 minutes.

Fénix play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Argentino Merlo (placed 5th).

A 0-2 loss hosting Sacachispas before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Fénix playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 1 Fénix win, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

{0 goals} so far away for Fénix, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Argentino three wins, four draws and Fénix three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Argentino MerloG. Oviedo
G. Oviedo
1 goals
Argentino MerloC. Barrios
C. Barrios
1 goals
Argentino MerloF. Macarof
F. Macarof
1 goals

Argentino Merlo missing players

Fénix missing players

Argentino Merlo Fénix
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 3 0 Played P 1 2 4
3 2 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 1 2 4
7 5 0 Scored S 0 0 1
2 1 0 Conceded C 1 3 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
20% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
60% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
20% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 75%
 
5.4 4.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.5 4.5
3 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 12 7.5 4.8
1.4 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.4 11.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7 5 7.5
5.2 5.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2 2.5
27% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 10%
 
5.6 4.7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10.5 9.8
1.6 1.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.5 4.5
Key stats in Primera B Metropolitana this season:
  • Argentino Merlo have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Primera B Metropolitana
  • Fénix have the fewest points (0) away in Primera B Metropolitana
  • Fénix have the fewest points from losing position (-1) in Primera B Metropolitana
  • Fénix is in the worst form (0-0-3)
Argentino Merlo Last season Fénix
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
39 20   Played P   17 33
19 11   Won W   5 10
8 3   Drew D   6 12
12 6   Lost L   6 11
50 26   Scored S   10 31
38 19   Conceded C   13 32
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   76% 82%
64% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   47% 67%
36% 30%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   6% 30%
15% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   6% 9%
13% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 3%
51% 45%   BTTS BTTS   12% 36%
31% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   53% 39%
21% 20%   Failed to Score F T   59% 42%
 
5.4 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.4
4.4 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 6.3
2.5 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.5
3 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
8.8 8.6   Shots (avg) S (   8.1 9
3.5 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.5
35% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   21% 28%
 
7.6 7.2   Shots against (avg) S A   7.6 7.9
3 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3 3.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 San Miguel 4 3 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 5 10
2 Dock Sud 5 3 1 1 10 7 3 2 1 0 8 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 10
3 Comunicaciones 4 3 1 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 5 3 3 10
4 Los Andes 5 2 2 1 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 8
5 Argentino Merlo 4 2 1 1 5 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 7
6 UAI Urquiza 5 2 1 2 8 7 3 1 0 2 3 3 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 7
7 Acassuso 5 1 4 0 4 3 3 0 3 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 7
8 Talleres Remedios 4 2 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 7
9 Villa San Carlos 5 1 3 1 6 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 5 4 0 6
10 Colegiales 5 2 0 3 4 7 2 0 0 2 1 3 3 2 0 1 3 4 -3 6
11 Deportivo Merlo 4 1 2 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 5
12 Deportivo Armenio 5 1 2 2 8 9 2 0 1 1 4 5 3 1 1 1 4 4 -1 5
13 Argentino Quilmes 5 1 1 3 5 7 2 0 0 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 -2 4
14 Sacachispas 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 2 1 1 0 2 0 -2 4
15 Canuelas 5 1 1 3 3 9 3 1 0 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 4 -6 4
16 Ituzaingo 4 0 2 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 -2 2
17 Fénix 3 0 0 3 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Argentino Merlo 18 12 3 3 32 16 9 6 1 2 16 8 9 6 2 1 16 8 16 39
2 Deportivo Espanol 18 11 5 2 23 10 9 4 4 1 10 5 9 7 1 1 13 5 13 38
3 Claypole 18 10 2 6 27 19 9 5 0 4 13 11 9 5 2 2 14 8 8 32
4 Real Pilar 18 8 7 3 24 14 9 4 3 2 13 9 9 4 4 1 11 5 10 31
5 Excursionistas 18 9 4 5 26 18 9 6 1 2 13 6 9 3 3 3 13 12 8 31
6 Puerto Nuevo 18 7 8 3 16 15 9 4 3 2 12 13 9 3 5 1 4 2 1 29
7 Deportivo Laferrere 18 8 4 6 20 16 9 3 2 4 9 11 9 5 2 2 11 5 4 28
8 Sportivo Italiano 18 7 6 5 19 14 9 5 3 1 12 4 9 2 3 4 7 10 5 27
9 Atlas 18 7 6 5 17 16 9 3 3 3 8 7 9 4 3 2 9 9 1 27
10 Berazategui 18 8 2 8 27 25 9 5 2 2 14 9 9 3 0 6 13 16 2 26
11 Central Cordoba 18 7 4 7 20 18 9 5 1 3 13 9 9 2 3 4 7 9 2 25
12 Liniers 18 4 8 6 21 24 9 2 2 5 11 15 9 2 6 1 10 9 -3 20
13 Midland 18 5 4 9 17 22 9 4 2 3 13 9 9 1 2 6 4 13 -5 19
14 Lujan 18 5 6 7 18 23 9 2 3 4 8 12 9 3 3 3 10 11 -5 18
15 San Martin Burzaco 18 4 4 10 12 19 9 3 2 4 9 10 9 1 2 6 3 9 -7 16
16 General Lamadrid 18 3 7 8 16 24 9 1 4 4 7 11 9 2 3 4 9 13 -8 16
17 Victoriano Arenas 18 3 4 11 13 26 9 2 3 4 7 8 9 1 1 7 6 18 -13 13
18 El Porvenir 18 2 6 10 13 27 9 2 3 4 7 11 9 0 3 6 6 16 -14 12
19 Leandro Niceforo Alem 18 2 8 8 11 26 9 1 7 1 4 5 9 1 1 7 7 21 -15 11
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Deportivo Armenio 16 10 6 0 18 3 8 5 3 0 11 1 8 5 3 0 7 2 15 36
2 Colegiales 16 11 2 3 26 15 8 5 2 1 15 6 8 6 0 2 11 9 11 35
3 San Miguel 16 6 6 4 19 14 8 3 4 1 9 4 8 3 2 3 10 10 5 24
4 Ituzaingo 16 7 3 6 21 21 8 3 3 2 7 6 8 4 0 4 14 15 0 24
5 Defensores Unidos 16 6 5 5 20 15 8 5 0 3 14 8 8 1 5 2 6 7 5 23
6 Villa San Carlos 16 6 5 5 16 16 8 4 1 3 8 7 8 2 4 2 8 9 0 23
7 Acassuso 16 6 4 6 14 15 8 3 4 1 9 5 8 3 0 5 5 10 -1 22
8 Canuelas 16 6 4 6 17 20 8 4 2 2 11 10 8 2 2 4 6 10 -3 22
9 Deportivo Merlo 16 5 6 5 17 17 8 1 4 3 6 8 8 4 2 2 11 9 0 21
10 Talleres Remedios 16 5 6 5 15 16 8 4 1 3 10 10 8 1 5 2 5 6 -1 21
11 Comunicaciones 16 5 5 6 20 21 8 3 3 2 10 10 8 2 2 4 10 11 -1 20
12 Los Andes 16 4 7 5 15 14 8 3 3 2 10 7 8 1 4 3 5 7 1 19
13 UAI Urquiza 16 5 4 7 11 14 8 3 2 3 4 6 8 2 2 4 7 8 -3 19
14 Dock Sud 16 5 3 8 16 21 8 4 0 4 10 10 8 1 3 4 6 11 -5 18
15 Fénix 16 4 5 7 14 18 8 2 2 4 11 13 8 2 3 3 3 5 -4 17
16 Argentino Quilmes 16 3 6 7 16 24 8 1 4 3 8 9 8 2 2 4 8 15 -8 15
17 JJ Urquiza 16 3 1 12 7 18 8 3 1 4 4 5 8 0 0 8 3 13 -11 10

Read more about Primera B Metropolitana

The Primera B Metropolitana is, together with the league Torneo Federal A, the third level of football in Argentina. The division has 20 clubs, mostly from the Buenos Aires area. These play two fixtures against each other to create a final league table, a champion, promotion and relegation.