With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Primera B Nacional game of the season. Atlético Rafaela look forward to welcoming Tigre in front of their home support.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Atlético Rafaela form and stats
Atlético Rafaela manager W. Otta and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Brown de Adrogué in the Primera B Nacional. Preceding that game was the away draw at Independiente Rivadavia that finished 1-1.
Last season, Atlético Rafaela's league statistics were 7 wins, 5 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 17th position in the Superliga. Over these 24 matches they scored 23 goals and conceded 25. Playing at home last season Atlético Rafaela managed 5-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 10 conceded.
Tigre form and stats
A great winning streak in away games for Tigre as they have managed to win four matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Gimnasia La Plata have they travelled home without three points.Tigre failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Quilmes that ended with defeat 1-2. Preceding that game was the away Superliga victory against River Plate with the score of 3-2.
Let's have a look at how Tigre performed last season in the Superliga: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 9 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded 42 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 2 and lost 5 with 19/21 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Atlético Rafaela 1 win, 1 draw and Tigre 2 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
Atlético Rafaela missing players
Tigre missing players
| Atlético Rafaela | Tigre | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs
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Statistic | Away vs
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Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlético Rafaela | Last season | Tigre | ||||
| Total | Home | Home vs
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Statistic | Away vs
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Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 0 | Played | 0 | 13 | 25 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Won | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Lost | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 23 | 13 | 0 | Scored | 0 | 19 | 39 |
| 25 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | 0 | 21 | 42 |
| 96% | 92% | 0% | Over 0.5 | 0% | 92% | 96% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 92% | 92% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 69% | 68% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 12% |
| 42% | 42% | 0% | BTTS | 0% | 62% | 72% |
| 21% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 23% | 16% |
| 42% | 42% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 23% | 16% |
| 5 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| 4.7 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 2 | 5 |
- Tigre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 31-03-19 |
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Atlético Rafaela | 0 - 1 | Atletico Mitre |
| 06-04-19 |
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Chacarita Juniors | 1 - 0 | Atlético Rafaela |
| 16-04-19 |
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Atlético Rafaela | 0 - 1 | Deportivo Morón |
| 19-04-19 |
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Independiente Rivadavia | 1 - 1 | Atlético Rafaela |
| 17-08-19 |
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Brown de Adrogué | 1 - 1 | Atlético Rafaela |
| 24-08-19 |
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Atlético Rafaela | 22:05 | Tigre |
| 31-08-19 |
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Defensores de Belgrano | - | Atlético Rafaela |
| 07-09-19 |
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Atlético Rafaela | - | Quilmes |
| 14-09-19 |
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Gimnasia Mendoza | - | Atlético Rafaela |
| 21-09-19 |
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All Boys | - | Atlético Rafaela |
| 11-03-19 |
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Tigre | 2 - 2 | Unión Santa Fe |
| 17-03-19 |
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Talleres Córdoba | 1 - 3 | Tigre |
| 31-03-19 |
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Tigre | 1 - 1 | Racing Club |
| 07-04-19 |
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River Plate | 2 - 3 | Tigre |
| 18-08-19 |
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Tigre | 1 - 2 | Quilmes |
| 24-08-19 |
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Atlético Rafaela | 22:05 | Tigre |
| 31-08-19 |
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Tigre | - | All Boys |
| 07-09-19 |
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Gimnasia Jujuy | - | Tigre |
| 14-09-19 |
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Tigre | - | Deportivo Santamarina |
| 21-09-19 |
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Instituto | - | Tigre |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Villa Dálmine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Deportivo Riestra | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Quilmes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Atlético Rafaela | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Brown de Adrogué | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | All Boys | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Chacarita Juniors | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Defensores de Belgrano | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Deportivo Santamarina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Gimnasia Mendoza | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Sarmiento | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Gimnasia Jujuy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Tigre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Instituto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Sarmiento | 24 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 46 |
| 2 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 46 |
| 3 | Nueva Chicago | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 42 |
| 4 | Mitre de Salta | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 27 |
| 4 | Almagro | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 40 |
| 5 | Platense | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 39 |
| 6 | Central Cordoba SdE | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 37 |
| 7 | Gimnasia Mendoza | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -3 | 37 |
| 8 | Independiente Rivadavia | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 36 |
| 8 | Central Córdoba | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 25 |
| 9 | Brown de Adrogué | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 36 |
| 10 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 35 |
| 11 | Atletico Mitre | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 35 |
| 12 | Agropecuario | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 34 |
| 13 | Villa Dálmine | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| 14 | Temperley | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 31 |
| 15 | Deportivo Morón | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 30 |
| 16 | Defensores de Belgrano | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 29 |
| 17 | Atlético Rafaela | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 26 |
| 18 | Quilmes | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 26 |
| 19 | Gimnasia Jujuy | 24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 25 |
| 20 | Guillermo Brown | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -5 | 25 |
| 21 | Olimpo | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 24 | -12 | 25 |
| 22 | Instituto | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -6 | 24 |
| 23 | Deportivo Santamarina | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 24 |
| 24 | Chacarita Juniors | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -13 | 24 |
| 25 | Los Andes | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 20 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Racing Club | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 27 | 57 |
| 2 | Defensa y Justicia | 25 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 53 |
| 3 | Boca Juniors | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 24 | 51 |
| 4 | River Plate | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 21 | 45 |
| 5 | Atlético Tucumán | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 42 |
| 6 | Vélez Sarsfield | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 40 |
| 7 | Independiente | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 38 |
| 8 | Unión Santa Fe | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 36 |
| 9 | Tigre | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 39 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -3 | 36 |
| 10 | Huracán | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 35 |
| 11 | Lanús | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -5 | 34 |
| 12 | Talleres Córdoba | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 33 |
| 13 | Aldosivi | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 33 |
| 14 | Godoy Cruz | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 32 |
| 15 | Newell's Old Boys | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 29 |
| 16 | Banfield | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -4 | 29 |
| 17 | Estudiantes | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 29 |
| 18 | Gimnasia La Plata | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 29 |
| 19 | Patronato | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 21 | -8 | 26 |
| 20 | Rosario Central | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 26 |
| 21 | San Martín San Juan | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 25 |
| 22 | Belgrano | 25 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -7 | 24 |
| 23 | San Lorenzo | 25 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -9 | 23 |
| 24 | Colón | 25 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 25 | -12 | 23 |
| 25 | San Martín Tucumán | 25 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -13 | 23 |
| 26 | Argentinos Juniors | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 22 |