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Competition: Argentina Primera B Metropolitana
Competition: Mon 11.October
Match begins: 18:10 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Colegiales (8500 seats)

Tempo is expected at Estadio de Colegiales when Colegiales face Deportivo Merlo in what could be a magnificent game. Read the preview!

Insights:
  • Colegiales have the most scored goals (28) in Primera B Metropolitana
  • Deportivo Merlo have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Primera B Metropolitana

Deportivo Merlo could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Primera B Metropolitana game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at San Miguel. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Colegiales form and stats

4-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera B Metropolitana numbers at home for Colegiales so far this season.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Colegiales, as their goalkeeper Mauricio Hernan Aquino has completely shut out the opponents for 283 minutes in the Primera B Metropolitana.

Colegiales enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at San Miguel's place. The match ended 2-0 with D. Magallanes and S. Camacho scoring. S. Martínez was on the receiving end of a red card in the Colegiales-San Miguel match, being sent off in the 4th minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 2-0 victory.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Talleres Remedios.

The manager Á. Lema will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Flandria in only four days.

The Colegiales fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. Colegiales are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio de Colegiales in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.

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Deportivo Merlo form and stats

4-3-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Deportivo Merlo in their Primera B Metropolitana matches away.

There might be some fixture complaints from Merlo as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Primera B Metropolitana match against San Miguel (0-1).

A loss against Los Andes was the result prior to that, in a home game.

After this away game Merlo return home for a Primera B Metropolitana game against Fénix. That game is only four sleeps after this.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Deportivo Merlo are regular goalscorers on their travels. Deportivo Merlo have conceded 10 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Colegiales and Deportivo Merlo have faced off before this season: Deportivo Merlo - Colegiales 1-3. Colegiales-Deportivo Merlo H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Colegiales one win, Deportivo Merlo four wins, three draws. four of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ColegialesS. Camacho
S. Camacho
10 goals
ColegialesF. Martínez
F. Martínez
8 goals
ColegialesM. Godoy
M. Godoy
6 goals

Colegiales missing players

Deportivo Merlo missing players

Colegiales Deportivo Merlo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 2 13 27
17 7 1 Won W 1 5 9
3 2 0 Drew D 1 6 9
7 4 2 Lost L 0 2 9
46 16 3 Scored S 3 20 31
25 10 4 Conceded C 2 13 30
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 77% 85%
70% 54% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 69% 52%
48% 31% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 33%
30% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 30%
15% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 23% 15%
41% 31% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 48%
41% 46% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 31% 30%
26% 31% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 37%
 
4.8 6 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.1 4.7
4.1 4.1 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.7 6.4
1.9 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.9 11 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 9.1 8.3
4.9 4.5 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 3.5
36% 30% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 38% 33%
Key stats in Primera B Metropolitana this season:
  • Colegiales have the most scored goals (28) in Primera B Metropolitana
  • Colegiales have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Primera B Metropolitana
  • Colegiales have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Colegiales is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Deportivo Merlo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Deportivo Merlo have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Primera B Metropolitana

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Colegiales 16 10 1 5 28 19 8 4 1 3 9 7 8 6 0 2 19 12 9 31
2 Los Andes 16 8 5 3 18 7 8 4 4 0 10 3 8 4 1 3 8 4 11 29
3 Deportivo Merlo 16 8 5 3 25 18 8 4 2 2 9 8 8 4 3 1 16 10 7 29
4 Defensores Unidos 16 8 4 4 21 16 8 4 2 2 11 9 8 4 2 2 10 7 5 28
5 Flandria 16 8 3 5 21 15 8 4 2 2 11 8 8 4 1 3 10 7 6 27
6 Sacachispas 16 8 3 5 19 20 8 5 0 3 12 9 8 3 3 2 7 11 -1 27
7 Talleres Remedios 16 7 5 4 25 18 8 5 2 1 16 7 8 2 3 3 9 11 7 26
8 JJ Urquiza 16 8 2 6 22 20 8 4 0 4 11 10 8 4 2 2 11 10 2 26
9 Comunicaciones 16 6 3 7 21 23 8 3 1 4 9 9 8 3 2 3 12 14 -2 21
10 San Miguel 16 6 3 7 14 16 8 5 2 1 11 5 8 1 1 6 3 11 -2 21
11 Acassuso 16 5 5 6 18 21 8 4 2 2 12 9 8 1 3 4 6 12 -3 20
12 Deportivo Armenio 16 5 3 8 12 17 8 3 3 2 8 9 8 2 0 6 4 8 -5 18
13 Villa San Carlos 16 4 5 7 18 20 8 4 3 1 13 9 8 0 2 6 5 11 -2 17
14 Argentino Quilmes 16 4 4 8 15 20 8 3 2 3 12 11 8 1 2 5 3 9 -5 16
15 UAI Urquiza 16 4 4 8 22 29 8 2 2 4 9 11 8 2 2 4 13 18 -7 16
16 Cañuelas 16 4 2 10 15 23 8 3 1 4 10 9 8 1 1 6 5 14 -8 14
17 Fénix 16 2 5 9 17 29 8 1 2 5 9 16 8 1 3 4 8 13 -12 11

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.