Delightful dogfight as daring Belgrano duel with determined Independiente Rivadavia

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Competition: Argentina Primera B Nacional
Competition: Thu 28.July
Match begins: 00:35 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Julio César Villagra (30500 seats)

A total of 23 sets of fixtures are finished and both Belgrano and Independiente Rivadavia are doing great. Let's get started!

Insights:
  • Belgrano have the the best goal difference (+17) in Primera B Nacional

Independiente Rivadavia could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Primera B Nacional game only four sleeps ago.

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Belgrano form and stats

This stadium, Estadio Julio César Villagra, has been a fortress for Belgrano in the Primera B Nacional so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 11-1-0.

Belgrano are confident in defense, having played 248 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The Belgrano supporters enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Deportivo Maipu and win 1-0. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Farré when Comba scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 20th minute.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Belgrano handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

Some stats: A review of the 12 latest league matches shows that 9 of them had at least one goal from each team.

The Belgrano fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 12 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Belgrano have only let in 5 goals at home.

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Independiente Rivadavia form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Independiente Rivadavia so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-5 (win-draw-lose).

262 minutes! That's how long the Independiente Rivadavia goalkeeper Jorge Alberto De Olivera and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Independiente won their last game, 2-0 versus Deportivo Riestra played at home. Those three points felt nice as this team had gone three league matches without winning.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Club Atletico Guemes.

Independiente Rivadavia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 17 matches.

Few goals the story here? 9 of this side's most recent 11 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.

As opposed to that, Independiente Rivadavia have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Belgrano victories, two draws and five Independiente Rivadavia wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Independiente RivadaviaM. Quiroga
M. Quiroga
9 goals
BelgranoP. Vegetti Pfaffen
P. Vegetti Pfaffen
8 goals
Independiente RivadaviaF. Coronel
F. Coronel
6 goals

Belgrano missing players

Independiente Rivadavia missing players

Belgrano Independiente Rivadavia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 12 4 Played P 3 12 24
17 11 3 Won W 0 2 10
4 1 1 Drew D 1 5 7
2 0 0 Lost L 2 5 7
29 19 6 Scored S 1 12 32
12 5 2 Conceded C 5 15 23
96% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 88%
48% 58% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 75%
26% 42% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 38%
9% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 21%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
39% 42% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 46%
57% 58% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 46%
9% 8% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 21%
 
4.4 5.5 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.4 4.5
4.6 3.3 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.4 4.7
1.7 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.4 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
7.3 8.9 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.7 9.5
2.3 2.8 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.7 3.5
55% 58% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 38% 38%
 
7.2 4.8 5.8 Shots against (avg) S A 6.7 7.7 8
2.6 1.6 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2.4 2.8
Key stats in Primera B Nacional this season:
  • Belgrano have not yet lost a game at home.
  • 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 the most points (34) at home in Primera B Nacional
  • Belgrano have the most points from losing position (11) in Primera B Nacional
  • Belgrano have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Primera B Nacional
  • Belgrano have the the best goal difference (+17) in Primera B Nacional
  • Belgrano have won significantly more corners at 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 Belgrano 23 17 4 2 29 12 12 11 1 0 19 5 11 6 3 2 10 7 17 55
2 Instituto 24 13 8 3 31 16 12 9 3 0 18 5 12 4 5 3 13 11 15 47
3 San Martín Tucumán 24 12 10 2 30 15 12 8 3 1 15 5 12 4 7 1 15 10 15 46
4 All Boys 24 10 12 2 35 19 12 7 5 0 24 10 12 3 7 2 11 9 16 42
5 Gimnasia Mendoza 24 10 10 4 28 12 12 8 2 2 17 5 12 2 8 2 11 7 16 40
6 Estudiantes Rio Cuarto 25 10 10 5 28 23 13 7 5 1 21 10 12 3 5 4 7 13 5 40
7 Almagro 25 11 6 8 23 22 13 7 2 4 14 10 12 4 4 4 9 12 1 39
8 San Martín San Juan 25 11 5 9 35 26 12 9 1 2 28 7 13 2 4 7 7 19 9 38
9 Brown de Adrogue 24 10 8 6 29 22 12 6 3 3 15 9 12 4 5 3 14 13 7 38
10 Independiente Rivadavia 24 10 7 7 32 23 12 8 2 2 20 8 12 2 5 5 12 15 9 37
11 Deportivo Madryn 24 8 11 5 33 25 12 6 3 3 19 12 12 2 8 2 14 13 8 35
12 Chacarita Juniors 24 9 8 7 36 30 12 4 6 2 19 12 12 5 2 5 17 18 6 35
13 Defensores de Belgrano 24 8 11 5 26 21 12 4 6 2 12 10 12 4 5 3 14 11 5 35
14 Chaco For Ever 25 7 13 5 26 20 12 5 5 2 15 9 13 2 8 3 11 11 6 34
15 Deportivo Riestra 24 7 12 5 22 20 12 5 5 2 14 9 12 2 7 3 8 11 2 33
16 Estudiantes Caseros 25 8 8 9 20 22 12 5 6 1 12 6 13 3 2 8 8 16 -2 32
17 Guillermo Brown 24 9 5 10 20 23 12 6 2 4 12 10 12 3 3 6 8 13 -3 32
18 Deportivo Maipu 25 7 13 5 28 22 13 4 8 1 19 11 12 3 5 4 9 11 6 31
19 Agropecuario 24 6 12 6 22 22 12 5 5 2 15 9 12 1 7 4 7 13 0 30
20 Ferro Carril Oeste 24 7 9 8 20 25 12 4 5 3 8 9 12 3 4 5 12 16 -5 30
21 Club Atletico Guemes 24 7 8 9 19 19 12 3 5 4 9 10 12 4 3 5 10 9 0 29
22 Gimnasia Jujuy 24 7 8 9 25 31 12 6 4 2 19 13 12 1 4 7 6 18 -6 29
23 Atletico Mitre 24 7 7 10 24 27 12 4 5 3 12 13 12 3 2 7 12 14 -3 28
24 Quilmes 23 6 9 8 28 30 11 4 5 2 13 11 12 2 4 6 15 19 -2 27
25 Almirante Brown 24 5 12 7 26 30 12 4 7 1 16 12 12 1 5 6 10 18 -4 27
26 Atlanta 25 5 11 9 19 23 12 3 7 2 11 9 13 2 4 7 8 14 -4 26
27 Alvarado 25 6 8 11 25 40 13 5 4 4 16 14 12 1 4 7 9 26 -15 26
28 Deportivo Moron 23 4 13 6 14 14 12 3 7 2 10 7 11 1 6 4 4 7 0 25
29 Temperley 24 5 10 9 20 28 12 3 5 4 11 11 12 2 5 5 9 17 -8 25
30 Nueva Chicago 25 5 10 10 26 35 13 4 6 3 13 10 12 1 4 7 13 25 -9 25
31 Tristán Suárez 24 5 8 11 27 30 12 5 4 3 23 16 12 0 4 8 4 14 -3 23
32 Atlético Rafaela 25 4 11 10 23 30 12 4 6 2 17 10 13 0 5 8 6 20 -7 23
33 Sacachispas 24 3 14 7 17 25 12 2 6 4 8 10 12 1 8 3 9 15 -8 23
34 San Telmo 24 5 8 11 23 39 12 4 6 2 13 12 12 1 2 9 10 27 -16 23
35 Flandria 24 4 9 11 25 33 12 3 5 4 15 12 12 1 4 7 10 21 -8 21
36 Villa Dalmine 24 3 11 10 27 43 12 2 6 4 13 18 12 1 5 6 14 25 -16 20
37 Deportivo Santamarina 25 3 9 13 16 40 12 0 8 4 7 16 13 3 1 9 9 24 -24 18

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.