Possible nail-biting contest in Alvarado - Nueva Chicago game

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Competition: Argentina Primera B Nacional
Competition: Sun 04.September
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio José María Minella (35354 seats)

The season has been a struggle for Alvarado so far, and you could say the same about Nueva Chicago. These hardened teams eye some vital points here.

Insights:
  • Alvarado have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Primera B Nacional
  • Nueva Chicago have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Alvarado and Nueva Chicago.

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Alvarado form and stats

All-inclusive Primera B Nacional results at home this season for Alvarado are 5-5-6 (wins-draws-losses). When Alvarado hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Atlético Rafaela, Club Atletico Guemes, Flandria, Deportivo Santamarina, Sacachispas, Alvarado, Gimnasia Jujuy, Temperley, Agropecuario, Tristán Suárez, San Telmo and Villa Dalmine), they have won 2 of 5 matches! The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in twelve attempts.

Pons was the last player to score a league goal for Alvarado and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Alvarado haven't scored in 276 minutes.

The spoils were shared in Alvarado's previous game, also at home. Visiting Nueva Chicago (placed 33rd) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Almagro (0-1).

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 Alvarado have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 21 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 3 and lost 11.

Low on goals? Looking at this club's last 11 league matches, 9 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).

At Estadio José María Minella, Alvarado has the goal stats of 16-16 (for/against) from 16 league fixtures.

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Nueva Chicago form and stats

There's been little loot from Nueva Chicago's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 16 away games in the Primera B Nacional. Nueva Chicago only have 1 win to counter their 9 defeats and 6 draws. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Chicago, who have now gone 15 games without a victory.

The attacking players of Nueva Chicago have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 315 minutes. Nueva Chicago have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Cesar Omar Taborda. It's been 248 minutes since they last conceded in Primera B Nacional.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Alvarado (placed 34th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Estudiantes Río Cuarto.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Chicago in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Nueva Chicago, 5 draws and 8 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nueva Chicago as they have only managed to score 15 times from 16 away games in the league. As for defending, Nueva Chicago rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 30 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Alvarado have avoided a loss in the last 5 matches (3-2-0) against Nueva Chicago.

Alvarado - Nueva Chicago 0-0 was the scoreline in these teams' previous h2h game, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Nueva ChicagoP. Charpentier
P. Charpentier
5 goals
Nueva ChicagoB. Guerra
B. Guerra
5 goals
AlvaradoM. Rodríguez
M. Rodríguez
4 goals

Alvarado missing players

Nueva Chicago missing players

Alvarado Nueva Chicago
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 16 5 Played P 6 16 32
6 5 2 Won W 1 1 5
11 5 3 Drew D 3 6 14
14 6 0 Lost L 2 9 13
26 16 8 Scored S 11 15 29
44 16 4 Conceded C 13 30 42
81% 81% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 84%
61% 56% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 59%
45% 44% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 34%
26% 19% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 25%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 6%
39% 38% 60% BTTS BTTS 83% 56% 44%
29% 31% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 28%
52% 50% 20% Failed to Score F T 17% 44% 44%
 
4.7 5.7 7.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.2 4.7
4.6 4.1 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.2 4.7
2.7 2.7 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.5 2.4
6 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
8.8 10.8 15.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 7.8 7.8
3.3 3.9 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 3.4 3.1
26% 25% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 28% 30%
 
9.2 8 7.6 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 9.8 7.4
4 3.4 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.7 3
Key stats in Primera B Nacional this season:
  • Alvarado have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Primera B Nacional
  • Nueva Chicago have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 30 19 7 4 34 19 15 12 2 1 22 9 15 7 5 3 12 10 15 64
2 Instituto 31 15 11 5 36 21 15 10 5 0 21 6 16 5 6 5 15 15 15 56
3 San Martin Tucuman 30 14 13 3 38 18 15 9 5 1 19 5 15 5 8 2 19 13 20 55
4 Gimnasia Mendoza 31 14 12 5 35 15 16 10 3 3 21 7 15 4 9 2 14 8 20 54
5 All Boys 30 12 15 3 41 25 15 8 7 0 28 13 15 4 8 3 13 12 16 51
6 Chaco For Ever 32 12 14 6 33 22 16 9 5 2 20 9 16 3 9 4 13 13 11 50
7 Estudiantes Río Cuarto 31 12 13 6 33 27 16 8 6 2 23 12 15 4 7 4 10 15 6 49
8 San Martin San Juan 32 14 6 12 47 37 16 12 1 3 39 12 16 2 5 9 8 25 10 48
9 Independiente Rivadavia 31 12 11 8 39 29 15 9 4 2 24 10 16 3 7 6 15 19 10 47
10 Defensores de Belgrano 31 11 14 6 32 23 15 5 8 2 15 11 16 6 6 4 17 12 9 47
11 Estudiantes Caseros 31 13 8 10 28 26 15 8 6 1 17 8 16 5 2 9 11 18 2 47
12 Almagro 31 13 8 10 29 28 16 8 4 4 17 12 15 5 4 6 12 16 1 47
13 Deportivo Riestra 30 10 15 5 29 23 15 8 5 2 18 9 15 2 10 3 11 14 6 45
14 Deportivo Madryn 31 9 16 6 40 32 16 7 5 4 22 15 15 2 11 2 18 17 8 43
15 Deportivo Maipú 32 10 15 7 38 29 16 6 9 1 26 14 16 4 6 6 12 15 9 42
16 Quilmes 31 10 11 10 38 39 15 7 6 2 18 12 16 3 5 8 20 27 -1 41
17 Guillermo Brown 31 12 5 14 28 38 15 9 2 4 15 10 16 3 3 10 13 28 -10 41
18 Deportivo Moron 31 8 16 7 25 20 16 5 9 2 17 10 15 3 7 5 8 10 5 40
19 Chacarita Juniors 31 10 10 11 44 40 15 5 7 3 24 15 16 5 3 8 20 25 4 40
20 Atletico Mitre 31 10 10 11 34 34 15 6 6 3 18 16 16 4 4 8 16 18 0 40
21 Brown de Adrogue 30 10 9 11 35 33 15 6 3 6 18 15 15 4 6 5 17 18 2 39
22 Almirante Brown 31 9 12 10 33 35 16 7 7 2 22 14 15 2 5 8 11 21 -2 39
23 Ferro Carril Oeste 30 10 9 11 25 29 15 6 5 4 12 11 15 4 4 7 13 18 -4 39
24 Atlanta 32 8 13 11 25 29 16 4 9 3 13 12 16 4 4 8 12 17 -4 37
25 Club Atletico Guemes 31 8 12 11 23 27 16 3 9 4 11 12 15 5 3 7 12 15 -4 36
26 Gimnasia Jujuy 31 9 9 13 32 42 16 8 5 3 25 16 15 1 4 10 7 26 -10 36
27 Agropecuario 31 7 14 10 24 26 15 6 5 4 17 11 16 1 9 6 7 15 -2 35
28 San Telmo 31 8 11 12 32 45 16 6 8 2 19 14 15 2 3 10 13 31 -13 35
29 Villa Dalmine 31 6 14 11 33 46 16 5 7 4 17 18 15 1 7 7 16 28 -13 32
30 Atlético Rafaela 31 6 12 13 32 37 15 6 6 3 25 13 16 0 6 10 7 24 -5 30
31 Temperley 30 5 14 11 27 37 15 3 7 5 15 16 15 2 7 6 12 21 -10 29
32 Flandria 31 6 11 14 29 40 16 3 7 6 16 17 15 3 4 8 13 23 -11 29
33 Nueva Chicago 32 5 14 13 29 42 16 4 8 4 14 12 16 1 6 9 15 30 -13 29
34 Alvarado 31 6 11 14 26 44 16 5 5 6 16 16 15 1 6 8 10 28 -18 29
35 Tristán Suárez 30 5 11 14 28 35 15 5 5 5 24 20 15 0 6 9 4 15 -7 26
36 Sacachispas 31 3 17 11 20 34 15 2 7 6 9 14 16 1 10 5 11 20 -14 26
37 Deportivo Santamarina 31 5 9 17 22 50 15 2 8 5 13 20 16 3 1 12 9 30 -28 24

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.