With the edgy opening fixture out of the way it’s time for the second Primera B Metropolitana battle of the season. Deportivo Merlo are eager to welcome Cañuelas in front of their stadium regulars.
Both squads have had enough rest since their last game. Let's agree to expect an in-your-face fixture!
Deportivo Merlo form and stats
In the previous season, Deportivo Merlo's league results were 5 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses, producing 9th spot in the Primera B Metropolitana. Over these 16 matches they scored {17 goals} and gave away 17. Performing as the home side in the former season Deportivo Merlo delivered 1-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with {6 goals} and 8 conceded.
Merlo haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 188 minutes ago. Aguirre scored that one.
In their previous game, the manager Manzini led his Deportivo Merlo to a defeat away at UAI Urquiza. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio José Manuel Moreno.
Preceding that match was the home game against Colegiales that was lost 0-1.Cañuelas form and stats
Let's have a look at how Cañuelas performed last season in the Primera B Metropolitana: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 17 and conceded {20 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 6/10 goals scored/conceded.
Cañuelas have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Luis Emanuel Ardente. It's been 407 minutes since they last conceded in Primera B Metropolitana.
The club members enjoyed Cañuelas's previous match versus Ituzaingó (placed 12th), a 1-0 win played at home.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Defensores Unidos.Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Merlo wins - draws - Cañuelas wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Morales 1 goals |
Deportivo Merlo missing players
Cañuelas missing players
| Deportivo Merlo | Cañuelas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Deportivo Merlo | Last season | Cañuelas | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 33 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Scored | S | 15 | 39 | ||
| 34 | 13 | Conceded | C | 20 | 36 | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 53% | 44% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 67% | ||
| 38% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 9% | 6% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 48% | ||
| 31% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 19% | 30% | ||
| 41% | 44% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 27% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 10.4 | ||
| 4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | ||
| 21% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | ||
| 10.2 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 9 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dock Sud | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | San Miguel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Argentino Merlo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | UAI Urquiza | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Villa San Carlos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Cañuelas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Argentino Quilmes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Acassuso | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Talleres Remedios | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Los Andes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Fénix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Ituzaingó | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Deportivo Merlo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Deportivo Armenio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | Colegiales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Sacachispas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 17 | Comunicaciones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 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 | Ituzaingó | 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 | Cañuelas | 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 |
