Atlético Rafaela will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Defensores de Belgrano.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Atlético Rafaela form and stats
17 points is a decent return from 8 Primera B Nacional games here at Estadio Nuevo Monumental for Atlético Rafaela. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Two home wins in a row for Atlético Rafaela bring valid hopes of a third.
Atlético Rafaela are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Tigre. Ahead of that match, Atlético Rafaela won a home game hosting Brown de Adrogue (2-0).
The Atlético Rafaela fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. From these home matches, Atlético Rafaela have conceded only 6 goals.
Defensores de Belgrano form and stats
Playing away, Defensores de Belgrano, who have the most clean sheets (6) away in Primera B Nacional, have won 2 games, drawn 5 and suffered 1 defeat in the Primera B Nacional this season. Things are running smoothly for Defensores de Belgrano who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 15 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Quilmes. It's been quite a sequence of draws for Defensores de Belgrano when traveling as their last four away games have all ended all square. Not since the Deportivo Santamarina match has the points been distributed unevenly.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Defensores de Belgrano goalkeeper Sebastian Matias Giovini is eager to challenge this, with his 225 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
N. Benegas (2) scored in Defensores de Belgrano's previous match, the home game against Quilmes that ended 2-0. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Gimnasia Mendoza.
Goals are few and far between in Defensores de Belgrano's away league games. Only 3 goals from 8 travels. The Defensores de Belgrano defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 8 games).
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Defensores de Belgrano - Atlético Rafaela 2-2 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Atlético Rafaela two wins, one draw and Defensores de Belgrano zero victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Quiroga 7 goals |  E. Aguirre 5 goals |
Atlético Rafaela missing players
Defensores de Belgrano missing players
| Atlético Rafaela | Defensores de Belgrano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| 19 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 38% | 71% |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 12% | 53% |
| 41% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 35% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 53% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 12% | 41% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 75% | 53% |
| 29% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 75% | 35% |
| 5.9 | 6.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 183 | 95 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 49 | 164 |
| 63 | 40 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 20 | 74 |
| 33% | 35% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 15% | 27% |
- Atlético Rafaela have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Atlético Rafaela have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Defensores de Belgrano have scored away.
- Defensores de Belgrano has the fewest conceded goals (10)
- Defensores de Belgrano has the fewest conceded goals (2) away
- Defensores de Belgrano has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
- Defensores de Belgrano has the most clean sheets (6) away
- Defensores de Belgrano 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 | San Martin Tucuman | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 38 |
| 2 | Sarmiento | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 34 |
| 3 | Defensores de Belgrano | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Deportivo Riestra | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 28 |
| 5 | Tigre | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | Atlético Rafaela | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 7 | Villa Dalmine | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 8 | Instituto | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Gimnasia Mendoza | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 20 |
| 10 | Quilmes | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 19 |
| 11 | Brown de Adrogue | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | Gimnasia Jujuy | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 18 |
| 13 | Chacarita Juniors | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 18 |
| 14 | Deportivo Santamarina | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | Almagro | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 16 |
| 16 | All Boys | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 13 |