Football preview: Chacarita Juniors vs San Martín Tucumán - predictions and statistics

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Competition: Argentina Primera B Nacional
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 15:10 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Chacarita Juniors (25000 seats)

The visiting San Martín Tucumán side should be favourites in this visit to Chacarita Juniors, as the away team holds a 14 point advantage from their 19 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Chacarita Juniors have the most conceded goals (30) in Primera B Nacional
  • San Martín Tucumán have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Primera B Nacional

Chacarita Juniors and San Martín Tucumán should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

San Martín Tucumán have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Chacarita Juniors form and stats

Chacarita Juniors's struggle is real here at Estadio de Chacarita Juniors with only 9 points collected from 9 Primera B Nacional games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-4.

Chacarita lost their last game at Almirante Brown (placed 1st) after a 1-2 scoreline.

Before that game, the home loss against Nueva Chicago with the scoreline 2-3.

The Chacarita fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.

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San Martín Tucumán form and stats

San Martín Tucumán's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed San Martín Tucumán collect 18 points from their 9 away matches in the Primera B Nacional. 5 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Tucumán goalkeeper Ignacio Mauricio Jesus Arce is eager to challenge this, with his 270 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Tucumán are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Primera B Nacional against Atlanta (placed 7th).

A 0-0 draw at Atletico Mitre's stadium before that.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Tucumán defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (3 goals in 9 games). It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

San Martín Tucumán - Chacarita 0-1 was the score in these contenders' latest head to head fixture, earlier this season. Chacarita Juniors-San Martín Tucumán H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Chacarita four wins, San Martín Tucumán zero wins, six draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

San Martín TucumánM. Estigarribia
M. Estigarribia
6 goals
ChacaritaF. Nieto
F. Nieto
4 goals
Chacarita JuniorsF. Ibáñez
F. Ibáñez
3 goals

Chacarita Juniors missing players

San Martín Tucumán missing players

Chacarita Juniors San Martín Tucumán
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 4 Played P 4 10 20
6 2 2 Won W 2 5 9
5 3 1 Drew D 2 3 7
8 4 1 Lost L 0 2 4
24 11 6 Scored S 3 7 20
30 15 7 Conceded C 1 5 12
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 80% 80%
84% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 30% 50%
68% 67% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 10% 25%
32% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 5%
5% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
63% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 20% 30%
21% 22% 25% Clean Sheets C S 75% 70% 60%
21% 33% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 30% 30%
 
3.5 4.6 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 8.2 6 6
4.2 4.3 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 3.7 3.7
2.1 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 2.1
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.5 9.6 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.1 7.8
3.1 3.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3 2.8
41% 35% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 23% 36%
Key stats in Primera B Nacional this season:
  • Chacarita Juniors have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Primera B Nacional
  • Chacarita Juniors have the most conceded goals (30) in Primera B Nacional
  • Chacarita Juniors have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Primera B Nacional
  • Chacarita Juniors have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • San Martín Tucumán have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Primera B Nacional
  • San Martín Tucumán have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Primera B Nacional
  • San Martín Tucumán have the most clean sheets (12) in Primera B Nacional
  • San Martín Tucumán have the most clean sheets (7) away 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 Almirante Brown 19 11 3 5 23 19 10 7 1 2 12 8 9 4 2 3 11 11 4 36
2 Tigre 19 10 5 4 27 14 9 7 1 1 12 3 10 3 4 3 15 11 13 35
3 San Martín Tucumán 19 9 7 3 20 10 10 4 4 2 13 7 9 5 3 1 7 3 10 34
4 Gimnasia Mendoza 19 10 3 6 25 19 10 3 2 5 10 14 9 7 1 1 15 5 6 33
5 Belgrano 19 9 4 6 20 16 10 5 2 3 12 8 9 4 2 3 8 8 4 31
6 Quilmes 19 8 6 5 27 18 9 4 2 3 15 11 10 4 4 2 12 7 9 30
7 Atlanta 19 6 8 5 16 15 9 2 6 1 5 4 10 4 2 4 11 11 1 26
8 Agropecuario 19 6 7 6 16 16 9 3 4 2 7 4 10 3 3 4 9 12 0 25
9 Alvarado 19 7 4 8 20 22 9 5 1 3 12 8 10 2 3 5 8 14 -2 25
10 Estudiantes Rio Cuarto 19 4 10 5 14 15 10 2 6 2 8 8 9 2 4 3 6 7 -1 22
11 Deportivo Maipu 18 6 4 8 16 18 9 3 1 5 8 10 9 3 3 3 8 8 -2 22
12 Deportivo Riestra 19 6 3 10 20 24 10 4 1 5 11 9 9 2 2 5 9 15 -4 21
13 Temperley 19 6 3 10 17 27 10 3 2 5 8 15 9 3 1 5 9 12 -10 21
14 Estudiantes Caseros 19 4 8 7 16 20 9 3 5 1 9 8 10 1 3 6 7 12 -4 20
15 Chacarita Juniors 18 5 5 8 21 30 9 2 3 4 11 15 9 3 2 4 10 15 -9 20
16 Atletico Mitre 19 4 6 9 20 27 9 3 2 4 12 13 10 1 4 5 8 14 -7 18
17 Nueva Chicago 18 3 6 9 14 22 9 1 3 5 9 13 9 2 3 4 5 9 -8 15

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.