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It's no vacation for neither Ituzaingó nor Acassuso 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.
Ituzaingó form and stats
The story so far in the Primera B Metropolitana for Ituzaingó at their home stadium (Estadio de Ituzaingó) is 0 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Ituzaingó has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Cicco and the players.
The Ituzaingó crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Acassuso here at Estadio de Ituzaingó.
Heartbreak before that as Ituzaingó lost 2-4 at Colegiales's place.This is expected to be a close game, with Ituzaingó perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Ituzaingó as a small favourite), we find 22 games. Ituzaingó has won 12 of these, drawn 8 and lost 2.
Ituzaingó have scored 2 goals here in 5 league matches, a depressing statistic.
Acassuso form and stats
2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Acassuso playing as the away team in the Primera B Metropolitana this season.
The Acassuso goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 218 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's the second away game in a row for Acassuso, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Ituzaingó (placed 8th) last time out. Those three points felt sweet as this team had gone four league matches without victory.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Los Andes.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Acassuso playing away and similar expectations, we found 21 relevant matches. Results were 7 Acassuso wins, 9 draws and 5 defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Acassuso has managed 4 goals and let in 4 from 4 matches.
Head 2 Head
Ituzaingó and Acassuso have faced off before this season: Ituzaingó - Acassuso 0-2. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - one - two (Ituzaingó wins - draws - Acassuso wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Sellecchia 6 goals |   J. Maza 4 goals |  J. Arias 4 goals |
Ituzaingó missing players
Acassuso missing players
| Ituzaingó | Acassuso | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 31 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 28 |
| 26 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 13 | 27 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 88% |
| 64% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 58% | 71% |
| 36% | 23% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 42% |
| 20% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 17% | 21% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 8% | 8% |
| 52% | 46% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 42% | 62% |
| 36% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 42% | 25% |
| 16% | 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 4.5 | 4.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.7 | 5 |
| 5 | 4.2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| 2.2 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.8 | 10.7 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7.4 | 9.3 |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 36% | 32% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | 33% |
| 9.6 | 9.7 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 8.9 | 10.6 |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 2 | Deportivo Armenio | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Talleres Remedios | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Deportivo Merlo | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | UAI Urquiza | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Acassuso | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | San Miguel | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Ituzaingó | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Fenix | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Comunicaciones | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Defensores Unidos | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 12 | Canuelas | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | Argentino Quilmes | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Villa San Carlos | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Dock Sud | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Los Andes | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 5 |
| 17 | JJ Urquiza | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
