Match preview: Belgrano likely to overcome Deportivo Riestra at Estadio Julio César Villagra

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Competition: Argentina Primera B Nacional
Competition: Sat 16.April
Match begins: 23:35 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Julio César Villagra (30500 seats)

Belgrano and Deportivo Riestra are both high-flying in the Primera B Nacional with their 1st and 7th places respectively. Expect a top game!

Insights:
  • Belgrano is in the best form (5-0-1) in Primera B Nacional
  • Deportivo Riestra have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Primera B Nacional

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.

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Belgrano form and stats

When playing at home in the Primera B Nacional, Belgrano have managed 5 wins, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.

A good away victory last time out for Belgrano, who won 1-0 against Club Atlético Güemes (placed 36th).

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against All Boys.

Belgrano are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Julio César Villagra in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.

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Deportivo Riestra form and stats

Playing away, Deportivo Riestra have won 1 game, drawn 3 and suffered 0 defeats in the Primera B Nacional this season. Two points from the last two away games for Deportivo Riestra, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Riestra go into this game after a win, the home game against Club Atlético Güemes that ended 1-0.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus All Boys that ended 1-1.

Goals are few and far between in Deportivo Riestra's away league games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. Deportivo Riestra's manager Duró has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Belgrano two wins, one draw and Deportivo Riestra zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BelgranoP. Vegetti Pfaffen
P. Vegetti Pfaffen
4 goals
BelgranoA. Miño
A. Miño
3 goals
Deportivo RiestraW. Acuña
W. Acuña
3 goals

Belgrano missing players

Deportivo Riestra missing players

Belgrano Deportivo Riestra
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 0 Played P 0 4 9
8 5 0 Won W 0 1 4
1 0 0 Drew D 0 3 5
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
15 10 0 Scored S 0 2 7
7 3 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 67%
60% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 25% 33%
40% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 22%
50% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 75% 78%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
4.2 5.4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.2 4
4.9 2.4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7.8 6.8
1.7 1.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.2 3.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
7.3 9.4 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5.2 4.6
2.5 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.8 1.7
60% 67% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 47%
 
5.9 2.8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10 6.3
2.5 0.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1.2 0.9
Key stats in Primera B Nacional this season:
  • Belgrano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Belgrano have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Belgrano have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Belgrano have scored more than double the goals of Deportivo Riestra.
  • Belgrano have the most points (15) at home in Primera B Nacional
  • Belgrano have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Primera B Nacional
  • Belgrano have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Belgrano have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Belgrano have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Belgrano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Belgrano is in the best form (5-0-1) in Primera B Nacional
  • Deportivo Riestra have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Deportivo Riestra have not yet lost a game.
  • Deportivo Riestra have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Deportivo Riestra have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Primera B Nacional
  • Deportivo Riestra have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Primera B Nacional
  • Deportivo Riestra have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Primera B Nacional
  • Deportivo Riestra have the most clean sheets (7) in Primera B Nacional
  • Deportivo Riestra 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 Belgrano 10 8 1 1 15 7 5 5 0 0 10 3 5 3 1 1 5 4 8 25
2 San Martín Tucumán 11 7 3 1 18 8 5 4 1 0 7 0 6 3 2 1 11 8 10 24
3 Instituto 10 5 5 0 12 7 5 3 2 0 6 3 5 2 3 0 6 4 5 20
4 Brown de Adrogue 10 5 4 1 16 8 5 3 1 1 9 3 5 2 3 0 7 5 8 19
5 Chacarita Juniors 10 5 2 3 18 13 5 2 2 1 10 5 5 3 0 2 8 8 5 17
6 Deportivo Madryn 11 4 5 2 14 9 6 2 2 2 8 6 5 2 3 0 6 3 5 17
7 Deportivo Riestra 9 4 5 0 7 2 5 3 2 0 5 1 4 1 3 0 2 1 5 17
8 Almirante Brown 10 4 4 2 12 10 5 4 1 0 8 3 5 0 3 2 4 7 2 16
9 Guillermo Brown 10 5 1 4 9 8 5 2 1 2 4 3 5 3 0 2 5 5 1 16
10 Chaco For Ever 11 2 9 0 11 8 5 2 3 0 6 3 6 0 6 0 5 5 3 15
11 Deportivo Maipu 9 4 3 2 10 8 4 2 2 0 6 3 5 2 1 2 4 5 2 15
12 Defensores de Belgrano 10 4 3 3 11 11 5 2 1 2 5 6 5 2 2 1 6 5 0 15
13 All Boys 9 3 5 1 12 9 5 1 4 0 7 6 4 2 1 1 5 3 3 14
14 San Martín San Juan 11 4 2 5 13 11 5 3 0 2 11 3 6 1 2 3 2 8 2 14
15 Atlanta 11 3 5 3 13 12 5 2 3 0 9 5 6 1 2 3 4 7 1 14
16 Estudiantes Caseros 10 3 5 2 8 7 5 1 4 0 3 2 5 2 1 2 5 5 1 14
17 Estudiantes Rio Cuarto 10 3 5 2 8 8 5 1 3 1 4 4 5 2 2 1 4 4 0 14
18 Agropecuario 10 3 4 3 11 9 5 3 1 1 8 4 5 0 3 2 3 5 2 13
19 Almagro 10 4 1 5 8 13 5 2 0 3 4 6 5 2 1 2 4 7 -5 13
20 Gimnasia Mendoza 9 3 3 3 11 6 5 2 1 2 5 3 4 1 2 1 6 3 5 12
21 Atletico Rafaela 10 3 3 4 11 8 5 3 2 0 10 2 5 0 1 4 1 6 3 12
22 Deportivo Morón 11 2 6 3 6 6 6 1 3 2 3 3 5 1 3 1 3 3 0 12
23 Quilmes 9 2 5 2 11 10 4 1 3 0 6 5 5 1 2 2 5 5 1 11
24 Nueva Chicago 10 2 5 3 9 11 5 1 3 1 2 2 5 1 2 2 7 9 -2 11
25 Independiente Rivadavia 9 3 2 4 8 11 4 3 0 1 5 3 5 0 2 3 3 8 -3 11
26 Gimnasia Jujuy 10 2 5 3 9 13 5 2 3 0 9 6 5 0 2 3 0 7 -4 11
27 Flandria 11 2 4 5 16 19 6 2 2 2 12 9 5 0 2 3 4 10 -3 10
28 Alvarado 10 2 4 4 10 18 5 2 2 1 6 4 5 0 2 3 4 14 -8 10
29 Sacachispas 9 1 6 2 9 9 4 1 2 1 5 4 5 0 4 1 4 5 0 9
30 Temperley 11 2 3 6 9 14 6 1 1 4 4 7 5 1 2 2 5 7 -5 9
31 Villa Dálmine 11 1 6 4 11 19 6 0 3 3 2 10 5 1 3 1 9 9 -8 9
32 San Telmo 10 1 6 3 8 16 5 0 4 1 2 6 5 1 2 2 6 10 -8 9
33 Ferro Carril Oeste 10 1 5 4 9 14 5 0 3 2 4 8 5 1 2 2 5 6 -5 8
34 Deportivo Santamarina 10 1 4 5 10 14 5 0 3 2 5 7 5 1 1 3 5 7 -4 7
35 Tristan Suarez 9 0 6 3 11 14 5 0 4 1 9 10 4 0 2 2 2 4 -3 6
36 Club Atlético Güemes 10 0 5 5 4 11 5 0 2 3 2 6 5 0 3 2 2 5 -7 5
37 Atletico Mitre 9 0 4 5 5 12 4 0 3 1 3 5 5 0 1 4 2 7 -7 4

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.