Primera B Nacional match prediction: Little separates All Boys and Defensores Unidos in quality

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Competition: Argentina Primera B Nacional
Competition: Tue 01.Aug
Match begins: 00:10 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Islas Malvinas (45540 seats)

The guesting Defensores Unidos team should be the strongest party at All Boys, as the visitors hold a 9 point edge from their 25 league games this season.

Insights:
  • All Boys have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Primera B Nacional
  • Defensores Unidos have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Primera B Nacional

All Boys and Defensores Unidos 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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All Boys form and stats

All Boys have played 12 Primera B Nacional games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-3 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Boys bring valid hopes of a third.

All Boys's previous game was also a home event, the loss 0-1 versus Estudiantes (in Copa Argentina).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Guillermo Brown (1-2).

This is expected to be a close game, with Boys perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with All Boys as a small favourite), we find 15 games. All Boys has won 6 of these, drawn 8 and lost 1.

All Boys aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Islas Malvinas in the league, with only {11 goals} from 12 games. All Boys have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Defensores Unidos form and stats

Defensores Unidos have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Primera B Nacional, after 2-4-6 (12 played).

Defensores's previous game was their home loss versus Estudiantes Rio Cuarto (0-1).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Defensores de Belgrano with the score of 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Defensores Unidos in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Defensores Unidos, 7 draws and 3 defeats.

Lacking goals? 9 of this club's last 10 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.

Goals are few and far between in Defensores Unidos's away league games. Only {6 goals} from 12 travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

The teams involved played each other earlier this match year: Defensores Unidos - All Boys 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Boys two wins, zero draws and Defensores Unidos one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less. Velázquez loves to face All Boys and have scored 3 goals in these matches.

Top Goalscorers

Defensores UnidosJ. Velázquez
J. Velázquez
8 goals
All BoysT. Amilivia
T. Amilivia
6 goals
All BoysA. Morales
A. Morales
2 goals

All Boys missing players

Defensores Unidos missing players

All Boys Defensores Unidos
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 4 12 25
6 4 1 Won W 1 2 10
10 5 1 Drew D 1 4 7
9 3 2 Lost L 2 6 8
21 11 3 Scored S 3 6 21
28 10 4 Conceded C 5 11 17
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 84%
72% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 42% 40%
32% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 17% 16%
4% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
56% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 25% 24%
24% 25% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 44%
32% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 67% 48%
 
3.5 4.3 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 1.8 2.8 3.3
5 5 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.4 4.3
2.8 3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3.5 3.4
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
6.2 6.7 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 6.5 7.4
2.6 2.9 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 1.8 2.5
32% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 27% 33%
 
8.5 7.8 10 Shots against (avg) S A 9.8 11.2 9.3
3.8 3.5 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.3 3.6
Key stats in Primera B Nacional this season:
  • All Boys have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Primera B Nacional
  • All Boys have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Defensores Unidos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Defensores Unidos have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Primera B Nacional

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Almirante Brown 25 12 8 5 27 21 12 7 4 1 16 5 13 5 4 4 11 16 6 44
2 Agropecuario 25 13 3 9 33 27 13 10 3 0 25 8 12 3 0 9 8 19 6 42
3 Deportivo Moron 25 12 5 8 26 24 12 7 3 2 14 7 13 5 2 6 12 17 2 41
4 San Martin Tucuman 24 11 5 8 24 15 12 8 3 1 19 6 12 3 2 7 5 9 9 38
5 Defensores Unidos 25 10 7 8 21 17 13 8 3 2 15 6 12 2 4 6 6 11 4 37
6 San Martin San Juan 25 10 7 8 30 28 13 7 4 2 21 9 12 3 3 6 9 19 2 37
7 Nueva Chicago 24 9 9 6 23 12 12 7 3 2 16 5 12 2 6 4 7 7 11 36
8 Estudiantes Rio Cuarto 25 10 6 9 20 21 12 7 3 2 15 8 13 3 3 7 5 13 -1 36
9 Gimnasia Mendoza 24 8 11 5 23 18 12 6 5 1 14 7 12 2 6 4 9 11 5 35
10 Defensores de Belgrano 25 9 7 9 27 23 12 6 3 3 14 7 13 3 4 6 13 16 4 34
11 Temperley 24 8 10 6 25 24 12 7 4 1 17 8 12 1 6 5 8 16 1 34
12 Patronato 24 8 7 9 25 23 12 6 3 3 18 8 12 2 4 6 7 15 2 31
13 Alvarado 24 7 9 8 21 27 12 6 3 3 12 7 12 1 6 5 9 20 -6 30
14 Club Atletico Guemes 25 6 11 8 24 27 12 2 7 3 10 9 13 4 4 5 14 18 -3 29
15 All Boys 25 6 10 9 21 28 12 4 5 3 11 10 13 2 5 6 10 18 -7 28
16 Almagro 25 6 8 11 14 20 13 5 5 3 10 6 12 1 3 8 4 14 -6 26
17 Guillermo Brown 25 6 9 10 23 27 13 4 4 5 16 14 12 2 5 5 7 13 -4 24
18 San Telmo 25 6 5 14 28 38 13 5 3 5 17 17 12 1 2 9 11 21 -10 23
19 Flandria 24 6 5 13 23 38 12 5 3 4 15 16 12 1 2 9 8 22 -15 23

Read more about Primera B Nacional

The Primera B Nacional, often called simply Nacional B, is the second level in the Argentine football league system. It currently has 25 teams playing each other once for a total of 24 fixtures to decide the final league table. The champion is promoted while another can follow through playoff.