Delightful dogfight as daring Barracas Central duel with determined San Martín San Juan

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Competition: Argentina Primera B Nacional
Competition: Sun 07.November
Match begins: 18:40 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Claudio Chiqui Tapia (2500 seats)

Barracas Central get everything set for this match after their 2-1 result against Brown de Adrogue, a game they learned a lot from. What will happen against San Martín San Juan?

Insights:
  • Barracas Central have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • San Martín San Juan have the fewest matches over the total-line (12) in Primera B Nacional

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

These teams have little in common geographically as San Martín San Juan have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Barracas Central form and stats

Barracas Central have played 16 Primera B Nacional games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-7-1 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Barracas, who won 2-1 against Brown de Adrogue (placed 7th). Some amazing scenes last match, when L. Colitto scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Guillermo Brown.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Barracas handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, five draws and two defeats.

The Barracas Central fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 16 matches. From these home matches, Barracas Central have conceded only 15 goals.

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San Martín San Juan form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for San Martín San Juan so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 3-6-7 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on F. Villalba, the San Martín San Juan manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Martín go into this game after a win, the home game against Instituto that ended 1-0.

A 0-1 defeat away at Gimnasia Jujuy before that.

Martín are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, three draws and six defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 17 goals have been conceded by San Martín San Juan in these games.

Head 2 Head

San Martín San Juan - Barracas Central 2-3 was the product when these contenders previously did battle, also in this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Barracas Central two wins, two draws and San Martín San Juan zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

San Martín San JuanE. Rescaldani
E. Rescaldani
9 goals
San Martín San JuanM. Giménez Rojas
M. Giménez Rojas
8 goals
BarracasM. Albertengo
M. Albertengo
6 goals

Barracas Central missing players

San Martín San Juan missing players

Barracas Central San Martín San Juan
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
13 8 3 Won W 0 3 9
13 7 2 Drew D 1 6 11
6 1 0 Lost L 4 7 12
37 22 9 Scored S 3 12 37
32 15 5 Conceded C 7 17 35
84% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 91%
66% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 50% 62%
41% 44% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 19% 31%
19% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 12% 22%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 16%
56% 69% 100% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 47%
34% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 34%
25% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 38% 28%
 
5.6 6.1 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 4.4 4.6
3.9 4.3 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.4 3.8 3.5
1.7 1.3 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
7.4 7.2 7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 7.9 9.6
3.1 3.4 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 2.9 3.6
37% 41% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 26% 32%
 
9 9.1 8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.4 8 7.6
3.3 3.5 4.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.1 3.1
Key stats in Primera B Nacional this season:
  • Barracas Central have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • San Martín San Juan have the fewest matches over the total-line (12) 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 Barracas Central 32 13 13 6 37 32 16 8 7 1 22 15 16 5 6 5 15 17 5 52
2 Ferro Carril Oeste 32 13 12 7 44 26 16 9 6 1 29 8 16 4 6 6 15 18 18 51
3 Independiente Rivadavia 32 12 14 6 44 38 16 5 8 3 24 21 16 7 6 3 20 17 6 50
4 Club Atlético Güemes 32 12 13 7 35 28 16 6 6 4 16 14 16 6 7 3 19 14 7 49
5 Deportivo Moron 32 14 5 13 33 33 16 9 4 3 21 11 16 5 1 10 12 22 0 47
6 Gimnasia Jujuy 32 11 13 8 31 28 16 10 4 2 20 9 16 1 9 6 11 19 3 46
7 Brown de Adrogue 32 11 11 10 38 37 16 7 4 5 20 18 16 4 7 5 18 19 1 44
8 Almagro 32 11 10 11 39 36 16 7 4 5 23 16 16 4 6 6 16 20 3 43
9 Tristan Suarez 32 11 10 11 43 42 16 6 6 4 24 19 16 5 4 7 19 23 1 43
10 Defensores de Belgrano 32 9 14 9 27 31 16 5 6 5 11 16 16 4 8 4 16 15 -4 41
11 All Boys 32 9 12 11 30 29 16 6 6 4 19 10 16 3 6 7 11 19 1 39
12 San Martín San Juan 32 9 11 12 37 35 16 6 5 5 25 18 16 3 6 7 12 17 2 38
13 Villa Dalmine 33 7 17 9 24 27 16 5 9 2 16 12 17 2 8 7 8 15 -3 38
14 Atletico Rafaela 33 9 10 14 33 35 17 6 6 5 21 16 16 3 4 9 12 19 -2 37
15 Instituto 33 7 16 10 32 39 17 4 9 4 17 18 16 3 7 6 15 21 -7 37
16 San Telmo 32 8 13 11 33 47 16 6 7 3 15 12 16 2 6 8 18 35 -14 37
17 Guillermo Brown 33 6 16 11 24 32 16 2 8 6 10 16 17 4 8 5 14 16 -8 34
18 Deportivo Santamarina 32 6 14 12 23 32 16 4 7 5 12 13 16 2 7 7 11 19 -9 32

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.