Almirante Brown vs Estudiantes Río Cuarto match preview: Even contest expected at Estadio Fragata Presidente Sarmiento

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Competition: Argentina Primera B Nacional
Competition: Sat 02.July
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Fragata Presidente Sarmiento (25000 seats)

A swift glance at the Primera B Nacional standings indicate an edge to Estudiantes Río Cuarto when they come to Almirante Brown. Nevertheless; let's play the game before we hand out the points!

Insights:
  • Almirante Brown haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Estudiantes Río Cuarto have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Almirante Brown form and stats

The total Primera B Nacional results at home this season for Almirante Brown are 4-5-1 (wins-draws-losses). When Almirante Brown hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Brown de Adrogué, Gimnasia Mendoza, Instituto, Deportivo Madryn, All Boys, Independiente Rivadavia, Almagro, Belgrano, San Martin Tucuman, San Martin San Juan and Guillermo Brown), they have won 1 of 2 matches! All in all it has been a very rough period for days ago.

No payout for Almirante Brown in their previous match, an away game at Deportivo Madryn that ended in defeat 0-2.

Before that, Almirante Brown drew at home versus Deportivo Moron.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Almirante Brown have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 6 and lost 3.

Trench warfare? In this club's last 16 league games, 12 have had two goals or less.

The Almirante fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches.

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Estudiantes Río Cuarto form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Estudiantes Río Cuarto so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose).

The followers enjoyed Estudiantes Río Cuarto's previous match versus Villa Dalmine (placed 36th), a 4-1 win played at home.

Before that, Estudiantes Río Cuarto travelled to Belgrano and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Estudiantes Río Cuarto playing away and similar expectations, we found 18 relevant matches. Results were 5 Estudiantes wins, 9 draws and 4 defeats.

Lacking goals? 16 of this side's most recent 21 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Estudiantes Río Cuarto's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 10 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Estudiantes in these games.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the preceeding two meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Almirante Brown, two draws and zero wins for Estudiantes Río Cuarto. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Estudiantes Río CuartoL. Silba
L. Silba
8 goals
Almirante BrownI. Colombini
I. Colombini
6 goals
Almirante BrownD. García
D. García
2 goals

Almirante Brown missing players

Estudiantes Río Cuarto missing players

Almirante Brown Estudiantes Río Cuarto
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 3 10 21
4 4 1 Won W 0 2 8
9 5 1 Drew D 2 4 8
7 1 0 Lost L 1 4 5
20 14 3 Scored S 1 4 22
26 10 2 Conceded C 3 11 20
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 86%
65% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 76%
35% 30% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 10% 24%
25% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
55% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 20% 43%
20% 30% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 33%
30% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 60% 38%
 
4.3 4.8 8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 2.8 4.3
4.8 4.4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 6.8 5.7
2.2 2.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 3 2.5
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
6.8 7.7 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6.9 7.7
3 3.7 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3 3.5
33% 38% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 13% 30%
 
9.1 7.4 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 10.5 8.6
3.2 2.5 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.2 3.4
Key stats in Primera B Nacional this season:
  • Almirante Brown have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Estudiantes Río Cuarto have scored away.
  • Almirante Brown haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Estudiantes Río Cuarto have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Estudiantes Río Cuarto have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Estudiantes Río Cuarto have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Belgrano 20 14 4 2 25 11 10 9 1 0 16 4 10 5 3 2 9 7 14 46
2 San Martin Tucuman 20 11 7 2 25 14 10 7 2 1 11 5 10 4 5 1 14 9 11 40
3 Instituto 20 10 7 3 25 14 10 7 3 0 14 4 10 3 4 3 11 10 11 37
4 All Boys 20 8 11 1 28 15 10 5 5 0 18 8 10 3 6 1 10 7 13 35
5 Brown de Adrogué 20 9 8 3 26 18 10 5 3 2 13 8 10 4 5 1 13 10 8 35
6 Gimnasia Mendoza 20 8 8 4 23 12 10 6 2 2 12 5 10 2 6 2 11 7 11 32
7 Independiente Rivadavia 20 9 5 6 29 20 10 7 1 2 17 7 10 2 4 4 12 13 9 32
8 San Martin San Juan 21 9 5 7 26 21 10 7 1 2 20 7 11 2 4 5 6 14 5 32
9 Estudiantes Río Cuarto 21 8 8 5 22 20 11 6 4 1 18 9 10 2 4 4 4 11 2 32
10 Almagro 21 9 5 7 19 20 11 5 2 4 11 10 10 4 3 3 8 10 -1 32
11 Guillermo Brown 21 9 4 8 20 18 10 6 1 3 12 7 11 3 3 5 8 11 2 31
12 Deportivo Madryn 21 7 9 5 29 22 11 5 3 3 16 10 10 2 6 2 13 12 7 30
13 Chacarita Juniors 21 7 7 7 31 28 10 2 6 2 14 10 11 5 1 5 17 18 3 28
14 Deportivo Riestra 20 6 10 4 16 15 10 4 4 2 10 8 10 2 6 2 6 7 1 28
15 Estudiantes Caseros 21 7 7 7 18 19 10 4 5 1 10 6 11 3 2 6 8 13 -1 28
16 Chaco For Ever 21 5 12 4 23 18 10 4 5 1 13 7 11 1 7 3 10 11 5 27
17 Deportivo Maipu 21 6 12 3 21 17 11 3 7 1 13 9 10 3 5 2 8 8 4 27
18 Defensores de Belgrano 20 6 9 5 20 19 10 3 5 2 10 9 10 3 4 3 10 10 1 27
19 Agropecuario 20 5 11 4 21 17 10 4 4 2 14 9 10 1 7 2 7 8 4 26
20 Quilmes 20 6 8 6 26 24 10 4 5 1 13 9 10 2 3 5 13 15 2 26
21 Ferro Carril Oeste 20 6 8 6 18 20 10 3 4 3 7 9 10 3 4 3 11 11 -2 26
22 Gimnasia Jujuy 20 6 7 7 21 24 10 5 3 2 16 11 10 1 4 5 5 13 -3 25
23 Nueva Chicago 21 5 9 7 21 25 11 4 5 2 11 7 10 1 4 5 10 18 -4 24
24 Alvarado 21 6 6 9 20 32 11 5 3 3 14 10 10 1 3 6 6 22 -12 24
25 Deportivo Moron 21 4 11 6 13 13 11 3 6 2 9 6 10 1 5 4 4 7 0 23
26 Atletico Mitre 20 5 7 8 21 22 10 2 5 3 9 12 10 3 2 5 12 10 -1 22
27 Club Atletico Guemes 20 5 7 8 15 17 10 2 4 4 7 9 10 3 3 4 8 8 -2 22
28 Temperley 21 5 7 9 18 26 11 3 4 4 10 10 10 2 3 5 8 16 -8 22
29 Sacachispas 20 3 12 5 17 19 10 2 5 3 8 9 10 1 7 2 9 10 -2 21
30 Atlanta 21 4 9 8 18 22 10 2 6 2 10 9 11 2 3 6 8 13 -4 21
31 Almirante Brown 20 4 9 7 20 26 10 4 5 1 14 10 10 0 4 6 6 16 -6 21
32 Flandria 20 4 7 9 21 27 10 3 4 3 15 11 10 1 3 6 6 16 -6 19
33 San Telmo 20 4 7 9 20 35 10 3 5 2 11 12 10 1 2 7 9 23 -15 19
34 Atletico Rafaela 21 3 9 9 19 25 10 3 5 2 15 9 11 0 4 7 4 16 -6 18
35 Tristan Suarez 20 3 7 10 22 29 10 3 4 3 18 16 10 0 3 7 4 13 -7 16
36 Villa Dalmine 20 2 10 8 22 34 10 1 5 4 8 14 10 1 5 4 14 20 -12 16
37 Deportivo Santamarina 21 2 7 12 14 35 10 0 6 4 6 15 11 2 1 8 8 20 -21 13

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.