Soccer betting preview: Alvarado welcomes Defensores de Belgrano in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Argentina Primera B Nacional
Competition: Sat 05.Aug
Match begins: 23:10 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio José María Minella (35354 seats)

Defensores de Belgrano know they have a back-breaking visit to Alvarado and their Estadio José María Minella. This guide has all the data you require before the match.

Insights:
  • Defensores de Belgrano have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Primera B Nacional

Both squads have had a decent time to rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an energetic match!

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Alvarado form and stats

All-inclusive Primera B Nacional results playing at home this season for Alvarado are 6-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Alvarado haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 216 minutes ago. Albertengo scored that one.

In their previous game, the manager Martínez led his Alvarado to a defeat away at Almirante Brown. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio José María Minella.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Deportivo Moron (0-2).

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this club's last 15 league matches, 13 have produced zero, one or two goals.

Alvarado have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Defensores de Belgrano form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Defensores de Belgrano so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-6 (win-draw-lose). Defensores de Belgrano has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Defensores are travelling after their nice 4-2 home win in the match against Flandria (placed 19th). A bonkers game with plenty of goals last time out for Defensores de Belgrano, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that entertaining match, will this fixture be as gleeful? Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three matches in a row for the away side? The answer is Benegas and that is quite the feat!

Ahead of that match was the victory versus San Martin San Juan at their stadium, the result 3-1.

As opposed to that, Defensores have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also encountered each other previously this season: Defensores de Belgrano - Alvarado 1-1. Alvarado-Defensores de Belgrano H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Alvarado zero wins, Defensores de Belgrano one win, one draw. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 2 red cards from the last two encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Defensores de BelgranoG. Benegas
G. Benegas
11 goals
Defensores de BelgranoC. Salto
C. Salto
10 goals
AlvaradoS. Ramírez
S. Ramírez
7 goals

Alvarado missing players

Defensores de Belgrano missing players

Alvarado Defensores de Belgrano
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 5 13 26
7 6 1 Won W 2 3 10
9 3 2 Drew D 1 4 7
9 3 1 Lost L 2 6 9
21 12 3 Scored S 7 13 31
28 7 3 Conceded C 7 16 25
84% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 88%
68% 58% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 62% 58%
24% 17% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 54% 38%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 23% 19%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
40% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 62% 50%
36% 50% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 23% 35%
40% 42% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 31% 27%
 
3.3 3.4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 5.7 4.8
4.2 3.9 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.5 3.4
2.3 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.2 2.7
4 3 2 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
6.3 6.8 4.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.3 7.4
3.5 3.7 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.7 3.4
24% 27% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 27% 35%
 
8.8 7.9 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 9.4 8
3.4 3.1 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.1 3.3
Key stats in Primera B Nacional this season:
  • Defensores de Belgrano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Defensores de Belgrano have the most scored goals in the first half (17) 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 26 13 8 5 28 21 13 8 4 1 17 5 13 5 4 4 11 16 7 47
2 Agropecuario 26 13 4 9 34 28 13 10 3 0 25 8 13 3 1 9 9 20 6 43
3 Deportivo Moron 26 12 6 8 28 26 13 7 4 2 16 9 13 5 2 6 12 17 2 42
4 Nueva Chicago 25 10 9 6 26 14 13 8 3 2 19 7 12 2 6 4 7 7 12 39
5 San Martin Tucuman 25 11 6 8 25 16 13 8 4 1 20 7 12 3 2 7 5 9 9 39
6 Estudiantes Rio Cuarto 26 11 6 9 23 23 13 8 3 2 18 10 13 3 3 7 5 13 0 39
7 Defensores de Belgrano 26 10 7 9 31 25 13 7 3 3 18 9 13 3 4 6 13 16 6 37
8 Temperley 25 9 10 6 28 25 13 8 4 1 20 9 12 1 6 5 8 16 3 37
9 Defensores Unidos 26 10 7 9 21 18 13 8 3 2 15 6 13 2 4 7 6 12 3 37
10 San Martin San Juan 26 10 7 9 32 31 13 7 4 2 21 9 13 3 3 7 11 22 1 37
11 Gimnasia Mendoza 25 8 12 5 25 20 12 6 5 1 14 7 13 2 7 4 11 13 5 36
12 Club Atletico Guemes 26 7 11 8 25 27 13 3 7 3 11 9 13 4 4 5 14 18 -2 32
13 Patronato 25 8 7 10 25 24 12 6 3 3 18 8 13 2 4 7 7 16 1 31
14 All Boys 26 7 10 9 22 28 13 5 5 3 12 10 13 2 5 6 10 18 -6 31
15 Alvarado 25 7 9 9 21 28 12 6 3 3 12 7 13 1 6 6 9 21 -7 30
16 Almagro 26 6 8 12 15 23 13 5 5 3 10 6 13 1 3 9 5 17 -8 26
17 Guillermo Brown 26 6 9 11 25 30 13 4 4 5 16 14 13 2 5 6 9 16 -5 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 25 6 5 14 25 42 12 5 3 4 15 16 13 1 2 10 10 26 -17 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.