Atlético Rafaela favourites for feisty fight facing San Telmo

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Competition: Argentina Primera B Nacional
Competition: Sun 11.September
Match begins: 22:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Nuevo Monumental (16000 seats)

This game features two contenders dwelling in the cellar of the Primera B Nacional, Atlético Rafaela at 31st position and San Telmo lying 28th. A decent chance for one of the contenders to improve their situation.

Insights:
  • Atlético Rafaela have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • San Telmo have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Primera B Nacional

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 Atlético Rafaela and San Telmo.

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Atlético Rafaela form and stats

6-6-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera B Nacional numbers at home for Atlético Rafaela so far this season. When Atlético Rafaela 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, Tristan Suarez, Villa Dalmine and Nueva Chicago), they have won 3 of 7 matches! Two home wins in a row for Atlético Rafaela bring valid hopes of a third.

The Atlético followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host San Telmo and win 2-0.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Chaco For Ever.

The Atlético Rafaela fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 25 goals in 15 league matches. From these home matches, Atlético Rafaela have conceded only 13 goals.

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San Telmo form and stats

San Telmo have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Primera B Nacional, after 2-3-10 (15 played). When San Telmo is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Club Atletico Guemes, Flandria, Deportivo Santamarina, Sacachispas, Alvarado, Gimnasia Jujuy, Temperley, Agropecuario, Tristan Suarez, San Telmo, Villa Dalmine and Nueva Chicago is teams we like to compare Atlético Rafaela with. San Telmo seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Telmo play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Atlético Rafaela (placed 31st).

A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Guillermo Brown.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of San Telmo when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.

Low-scoring game? 8 of this team's last 10 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Telmo, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - two - zero (Atlético Rafaela wins - draws - San Telmo wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Atlético RafaelaC. Bieler
C. Bieler
10 goals
Atlético RafaelaG. Lencina
G. Lencina
9 goals
San TelmoJ. Cañete
J. Cañete
7 goals

Atlético Rafaela missing players

San Telmo missing players

Atlético Rafaela San Telmo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 7 Played P 3 16 32
7 7 3 Won W 2 2 8
12 6 4 Drew D 1 3 11
13 3 0 Lost L 0 11 13
34 27 13 Scored S 6 13 32
37 13 5 Conceded C 3 33 47
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 84%
66% 81% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 88% 75%
41% 44% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 56% 44%
25% 19% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 31% 28%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 12%
47% 56% 57% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 50%
31% 38% 43% Clean Sheets C S 67% 19% 28%
34% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 38%
 
4.1 4.9 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.2 4.6
4.4 3.8 4.1 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 4.9 4.9
2.7 2.1 2.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.6 1.6
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 4 4
 
8.8 11.3 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9 5.6 7.8
3.4 4.6 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 1.7 3
31% 37% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 48% 34%
 
9.2 7.8 6.9 Shots against (avg) S A 9 10.6 9.6
3 2.5 1.9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.9 4.2
Key stats in Primera B Nacional this season:
  • Atlético Rafaela have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 San Telmo have scored away.
  • Atlético Rafaela haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • San Telmo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • San Telmo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • San Telmo have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Primera B Nacional
  • San Telmo have the most conceded goals (31) away 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 Belgrano 31 20 7 4 38 20 16 13 2 1 26 10 15 7 5 3 12 10 18 67
2 Instituto 32 16 11 5 40 21 16 11 5 0 25 6 16 5 6 5 15 15 19 59
3 Gimnasia Mendoza 32 15 12 5 36 15 16 10 3 3 21 7 16 5 9 2 15 8 21 57
4 San Martin Tucuman 31 14 14 3 38 18 15 9 5 1 19 5 16 5 9 2 19 13 20 56
5 All Boys 32 13 15 4 42 27 16 9 7 0 29 13 16 4 8 4 13 14 15 54
6 Chaco For Ever 33 12 15 6 35 24 16 9 5 2 20 9 17 3 10 4 15 15 11 51
7 Defensores de Belgrano 32 12 14 6 33 23 16 6 8 2 16 11 16 6 6 4 17 12 10 50
8 Estudiantes Caseros 32 14 8 10 29 26 16 9 6 1 18 8 16 5 2 9 11 18 3 50
9 Estudiantes Rio Cuarto 31 12 13 6 33 27 16 8 6 2 23 12 15 4 7 4 10 15 6 49
10 San Martin San Juan 33 14 6 13 47 38 16 12 1 3 39 12 17 2 5 10 8 26 9 48
11 Independiente Rivadavia 31 12 11 8 39 29 15 9 4 2 24 10 16 3 7 6 15 19 10 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 32 10 16 6 29 24 16 8 6 2 18 9 16 2 10 4 11 15 5 46
14 Deportivo Madryn 31 9 16 6 40 32 16 7 5 4 22 15 15 2 11 2 18 17 8 43
15 Chacarita Juniors 32 11 10 11 46 40 16 6 7 3 26 15 16 5 3 8 20 25 6 43
16 Deportivo Maipú 32 10 15 7 38 29 16 6 9 1 26 14 16 4 6 6 12 15 9 42
17 Quilmes 31 10 11 10 38 39 15 7 6 2 18 12 16 3 5 8 20 27 -1 41
18 Guillermo Brown 32 12 5 15 28 39 16 9 2 5 15 11 16 3 3 10 13 28 -11 41
19 Deportivo Moron 31 8 16 7 25 20 16 5 9 2 17 10 15 3 7 5 8 10 5 40
20 Brown de Adrogue 32 10 10 12 36 35 16 6 4 6 19 16 16 4 6 6 17 19 1 40
21 Atletico Mitre 31 10 10 11 34 34 15 6 6 3 18 16 16 4 4 8 16 18 0 40
22 Almirante Brown 32 9 13 10 34 36 16 7 7 2 22 14 16 2 6 8 12 22 -2 40
23 Ferro Carril Oeste 31 10 9 12 25 30 15 6 5 4 12 11 16 4 4 8 13 19 -5 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 32 8 13 11 24 28 16 3 9 4 11 12 16 5 4 7 13 16 -4 37
26 Agropecuario 32 7 15 10 25 27 16 6 6 4 18 12 16 1 9 6 7 15 -2 36
27 Gimnasia Jujuy 32 9 9 14 32 46 16 8 5 3 25 16 16 1 4 11 7 30 -14 36
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 32 6 15 11 34 47 16 5 7 4 17 18 16 1 8 7 17 29 -13 33
30 Temperley 31 6 14 11 28 37 16 4 7 5 16 16 15 2 7 6 12 21 -9 32
31 Atlético Rafaela 31 6 12 13 32 37 15 6 6 3 25 13 16 0 6 10 7 24 -5 30
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 Tristan Suarez 32 5 12 15 30 40 16 5 6 5 25 21 16 0 6 10 5 19 -10 27
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 32 5 10 17 24 52 16 2 9 5 15 22 16 3 1 12 9 30 -28 25

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.