Primera B Nacional: Belgrano - Estudiantes Río Cuarto game guide and numbers

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Competition: Argentina Primera B Nacional
Competition: Fri 15.October
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Julio César Villagra (30500 seats)

Belgrano are finding life sweet in the top table spots while Estudiantes Río Cuarto are more involved in staying out of trouble and relegation. Who wins the prize?

Insights:
  • Belgrano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

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 Belgrano and Estudiantes Río Cuarto.

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Belgrano form and stats

The story so far in the Primera B Nacional for Belgrano at their home stadium (Estadio Julio César Villagra) is 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

The Belgrano goalkeeper Nahuel Hernan Losada is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 300 minutes without conceding a goal in the Primera B Nacional.

Belgrano enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Gimnasia Mendoza's place. The match ended 3-0 with P. Vegetti, J. Ruiz and A. Balboa scoring.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Deportivo Riestra in a game that was won 1-0.

Belgrano are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 13 games. Belgrano have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Estudiantes Río Cuarto form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Estudiantes Río Cuarto so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 2-8-4 (win-draw-lose). Estudiantes are desperate to end a 14-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Deportivo Riestra fixture.

Estudiantes delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against San Martin Tucuman (placed 4th) in their previous match; a Primera B Nacional game.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Almirante Brown that ended 1-1.

The attacking power of Estudiantes when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 14 league matches away. Estudiantes are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 14 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other previously this season, with the final score Estudiantes Río Cuarto - Belgrano 0-1 written in the official records. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Belgrano victories, one draw and zero Estudiantes Río Cuarto wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BelgranoP. Vegetti Pfaffen
P. Vegetti Pfaffen
10 goals
BelgranoA. Balboa Camacho
A. Balboa Camacho
8 goals
BelgranoJ. Ruiz Gómez
J. Ruiz Gómez
4 goals

Belgrano missing players

Estudiantes Río Cuarto missing players

Belgrano Estudiantes Río Cuarto
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 4 14 28
13 7 4 Won W 0 2 4
6 2 1 Drew D 2 8 17
8 4 0 Lost L 2 4 7
29 16 8 Scored S 2 8 19
18 9 2 Conceded C 4 10 22
85% 92% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 71% 75%
44% 46% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 43% 57%
33% 46% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 14% 14%
7% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
26% 31% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 50%
44% 38% 60% Clean Sheets C S 25% 36% 32%
44% 38% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 43%
 
5.6 5.4 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.6 5
4.9 4.4 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.3 5
2.2 2 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.5 2.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
8.4 8.1 8.6 Shots (avg) S ( 6 8.3 7.6
3.4 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.9 2.5
32% 41% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 21% 28%
Key stats in Primera B Nacional this season:
  • Belgrano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Almirante Brown 27 15 7 5 34 24 13 8 3 2 14 9 14 7 4 3 20 15 10 52
2 Quilmes 27 14 6 7 38 29 14 9 2 3 24 15 13 5 4 4 14 14 9 48
3 Tigre 27 13 8 6 40 22 14 9 4 1 19 7 13 4 4 5 21 15 18 47
4 San Martin Tucuman 27 12 11 4 29 15 13 6 5 2 19 9 14 6 6 2 10 6 14 47
5 Belgrano 27 13 6 8 29 18 13 7 2 4 16 9 14 6 4 4 13 9 11 45
6 Agropecuario 27 12 8 7 28 20 14 8 4 2 15 5 13 4 4 5 13 15 8 44
7 Gimnasia Mendoza 28 11 8 9 33 33 14 3 5 6 14 21 14 8 3 3 19 12 0 41
8 Atlanta 28 8 10 10 25 32 14 3 8 3 8 12 14 5 2 7 17 20 -7 34
9 Alvarado 27 9 6 12 23 26 14 7 2 5 15 10 13 2 4 7 8 16 -3 33
10 Deportivo Riestra 27 9 5 13 28 29 13 6 2 5 16 10 14 3 3 8 12 19 -1 32
11 Deportivo Maipu 27 9 5 13 23 32 14 5 2 7 12 18 13 4 3 6 11 14 -9 32
12 Estudiantes Caseros 28 6 13 9 23 27 14 4 8 2 13 12 14 2 5 7 10 15 -4 31
13 Temperley 27 7 10 10 21 29 14 4 5 5 10 15 13 3 5 5 11 14 -8 31
14 Atletico Mitre 28 7 9 12 32 37 14 6 3 5 21 17 14 1 6 7 11 20 -5 30
15 Estudiantes Río Cuarto 28 4 17 7 19 22 14 2 9 3 11 12 14 2 8 4 8 10 -3 29
16 Chacarita Juniors 27 6 9 12 27 40 13 2 5 6 13 20 14 4 4 6 14 20 -13 27
17 Nueva Chicago 27 4 8 15 19 36 13 1 4 8 10 20 14 3 4 7 9 16 -17 20

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.