Read up on this appealing match in the Primera B Metropolitana. Deportivo Merlo is in the 6th spot from completing two games. They greet JJ Urquiza who are placed 12th from two matches.
Both sides have had plentiful rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an animated fixture!
Deportivo Merlo form and stats
The hosts won their first Primera B Metropolitana game here at Estadio José Manuel Moreno, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Deportivo Merlo last season were 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses from 8 games.
The Merlo goalkeeper Martin Ruben Rios is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 249 minutes without conceding a goal in the Primera B Metropolitana.
The Deportivo Merlo coach Rodríguez and his gang return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Argentino Quilmes (placed 10th).
Ahead of that match, Deportivo Merlo won a home game hosting Acassuso (1-0).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 Merlo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won four times, drawn two and lost four.
Early season league goal statistics from Deportivo Merlo's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.
JJ Urquiza form and stats
One match played away so far in the Primera B Metropolitana for JJ Urquiza and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses from 8 games.
JJ Urquiza might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Talleres Remedios proved too strong as JJ Urquiza slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio Ramón Roque Martín.
A 1-1 draw at Defensores Unidos's stadium before that.We have checked recent matches where JJ Urquiza have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were six victories, zero draws and three defeats.
It's early days yet, but JJ Urquiza has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Merlo three wins, one draw and JJ Urquiza two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Deportivo Merlo missing players
JJ Urquiza missing players
| Deportivo Merlo | JJ Urquiza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.5 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 8 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11 | 8.5 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| Deportivo Merlo | Last season | JJ Urquiza | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 16 | Played | P | 17 | 35 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 43 | 17 | Scored | S | 22 | 49 | ||
| 39 | 19 | Conceded | C | 22 | 42 | ||
| 88% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 61% | 44% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 74% | ||
| 45% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 51% | ||
| 33% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 26% | ||
| 12% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 11% | ||
| 58% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 63% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 17% | ||
| 30% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 26% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 6.7 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.1 | 7.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8.3 | 7.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 43% | ||
| 10.5 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fenix | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Comunicaciones | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Talleres Remedios | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Defensores Unidos | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Deportivo Armenio | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Deportivo Merlo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Acassuso | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Ituzaingó | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Dock Sud | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Argentino Quilmes | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Los Andes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | JJ Urquiza | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | UAI Urquiza | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Canuelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Colegiales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Villa San Carlos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | San Miguel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | Flandria | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | Colegiales | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 30 |
| 3 | Sacachispas | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Acassuso | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 28 |
| 5 | JJ Urquiza | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Canuelas | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 7 | Los Andes | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 8 | Deportivo Armenio | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 20 |
| 9 | UAI Urquiza | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 19 |
| 10 | Comunicaciones | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 11 | Talleres Remedios | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 18 |
| 12 | Defensores Unidos | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 18 |
| 13 | San Miguel | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 17 |
| 14 | Deportivo Merlo | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 | Villa San Carlos | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -9 | 15 |
| 16 | Argentino Quilmes | 16 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | -12 | 13 |
| 17 | Fenix | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -17 | 10 |
