Football betting preview: Ituzaingó vs Fénix

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Competition: Argentina Primera B Metropolitana
Competition: Sat 24.September
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Ituzaingó (7000 seats)

Ituzaingó are ready for Fénix with faith in landing all three points. Will they? Read our match preview!

Ituzaingó and Fénix should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Ituzaingó form and stats

When playing at home in the Primera B Metropolitana, Ituzaingó have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Ituzaingó after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The followers are hoping that Ituzaingó will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the match against Los Andes (placed 11th).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Comunicaciones in a game that was won 2-1.

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 Ituzaingó have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 18 games) they have won 11 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.

Ituzaingó have scored 5 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Ituzaingó have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Fénix form and stats

Playing away, Fénix have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Primera B Metropolitana this season.

Fénix failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Los Andes (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 0-3. That loss was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Comunicaciones that ended 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Fénix have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 26 games were 5 victories, 10 draws and 11 defeats.

Low on goals? 9 of this side's last 12 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.

Fénix are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 7 away games. Fénix are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 3 goals away.

Head 2 Head

Fénix have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when playing Ituzaingó.

Here's the final score when the teams faced each other earlier this season; Fénix - Ituzaingó 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

FénixF. García Barboza
F. García Barboza
7 goals
ItuzaingóJ. Arias
J. Arias
5 goals
ItuzaingóM. Sandoval
M. Sandoval
5 goals

Ituzaingó missing players

Fénix missing players

Ituzaingó Fénix
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 4 15 31
14 7 3 Won W 2 5 10
7 5 1 Drew D 1 5 11
9 3 1 Lost L 1 5 10
38 16 5 Scored S 3 10 31
34 13 4 Conceded C 1 11 30
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 80% 84%
67% 60% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 47% 68%
43% 27% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 7% 32%
20% 13% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 10%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
53% 47% 40% BTTS BTTS 0% 13% 39%
33% 40% 40% Clean Sheets C S 75% 53% 39%
17% 20% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 53% 39%
 
4.4 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 5.1 4.6
4.7 4.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 6.2 6.4
2.2 1.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.6 2.6
5 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 4
 
9.9 10.9 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 8.9 9.4
3.6 3.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.4 3.7
36% 32% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 21% 29%
 
9.3 9.4 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8 8.2
3.9 3.9 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.3 3.4

  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 14 10 1 3 23 13 7 5 1 1 13 4 7 5 0 2 10 9 10 31
2 Deportivo Armenio 14 8 6 0 14 3 7 4 3 0 8 1 7 4 3 0 6 2 11 30
3 Deportivo Merlo 15 5 6 4 17 16 7 1 4 2 6 7 8 4 2 2 11 9 1 21
4 Ituzaingó 14 6 3 5 19 19 7 2 3 2 5 6 7 4 0 3 14 13 0 21
5 San Miguel 14 5 5 4 17 14 7 2 4 1 7 4 7 3 1 3 10 10 3 20
6 Defensores Unidos 14 5 5 4 15 12 7 4 0 3 10 7 7 1 5 1 5 5 3 20
7 Comunicaciones 14 5 5 4 20 18 7 3 3 1 10 9 7 2 2 3 10 9 2 20
8 Talleres Remedios 14 5 5 4 13 13 7 4 1 2 10 9 7 1 4 2 3 4 0 20
9 Villa San Carlos 14 5 4 5 13 14 7 3 1 3 6 6 7 2 3 2 7 8 -1 19
10 UAI Urquiza 14 5 4 5 11 12 7 3 2 2 4 5 7 2 2 3 7 7 -1 19
11 Los Andes 14 4 6 4 15 11 7 3 2 2 10 7 7 1 4 2 5 4 4 18
12 Fénix 15 4 5 6 14 16 8 2 2 4 11 13 7 2 3 2 3 3 -2 17
13 Acassuso 14 4 4 6 11 14 7 2 4 1 7 4 7 2 0 5 4 10 -3 16
14 Cañuelas 14 4 4 6 14 20 7 3 2 2 9 10 7 1 2 4 5 10 -6 16
15 Dock Sud 14 4 3 7 14 19 7 3 0 4 8 10 7 1 3 3 6 9 -5 15
16 Argentino Quilmes 14 3 5 6 14 19 7 1 3 3 7 8 7 2 2 3 7 11 -5 14
17 JJ Urquiza 14 2 1 11 5 16 7 2 1 4 3 5 7 0 0 7 2 11 -11 7

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.