Another action-packed fixture in Primera B Nacional as Defensores de Belgrano host Estudiantes Caseros

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Competition: Argentina Primera B Nacional
Competition: Sat 23.July
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Juan Pasquale (9000 seats)

Home team gets the points, the away team steals the points or an exciting draw? Everything is possible when the mid-table teams Defensores de Belgrano and Estudiantes Caseros meet at Estadio Juan Pasquale.

Insights:
  • Estudiantes Caseros haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Defensores de Belgrano form and stats

The story so far in the Primera B Nacional for Defensores de Belgrano at their home stadium (Estadio Juan Pasquale) is 3 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

Defensores de Belgrano drew their last game, 1-1 away at Deportivo Santamarina (placed 37th).

In the match before that, Defensores hosted Atlético Rafaela and drew the game 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Defensores de Belgrano perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Defensores de Belgrano as a small favourite), we find 18 games. Defensores de Belgrano has won 9 of these, drawn 6 and lost 3.

Not much happening? Looking at this team's last 11 league matches, 9 have produced two goals or less.

Defensores are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Juan Pasquale in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 11 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Estudiantes Caseros form and stats

There's been little loot from Estudiantes Caseros's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 12 away games in the Primera B Nacional. Estudiantes Caseros only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws. A depressing four defeats in a row for Estudiantes Caseros in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Deportivo Maipú.

Alderete was the last player to score for the away team. Estudiantes Caseros haven't scored a league goal in the last 186 minutes.

Estudiantes Caseros delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against San Martín Tucumán (placed 2nd) in their previous fixture.

Prior to that match, the Estudiantes manager Otta faced defeat when travelling to Tristán Suárez and losing 0-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Estudiantes Caseros playing away and similar expectations, we found 18 relevant matches. Results were 6 Estudiantes Caseros wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats.

A tale of few goals? 11 of this team's latest 13 league fixtures have had two or less goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Estudiantes Caseros as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Estudiantes have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Defensores de Belgrano won five games, two matches ended in a draw and Estudiantes Caseros have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight

Top Goalscorers

Defensores de BelgranoJ. Olivares
J. Olivares
6 goals
Estudiantes CaserosF. Pereyra
F. Pereyra
6 goals
Defensores de BelgranoI. Sandoval
I. Sandoval
4 goals

Defensores de Belgrano missing players

Estudiantes Caseros missing players

Defensores de Belgrano Estudiantes Caseros
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 3 12 24
7 3 2 Won W 1 3 8
11 6 2 Drew D 1 2 8
5 2 0 Lost L 1 7 8
25 11 5 Scored S 2 8 20
21 10 2 Conceded C 2 15 21
83% 82% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 83%
74% 73% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 67% 58%
30% 27% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 25%
13% 9% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 4%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
52% 55% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 42% 38%
43% 36% 75% Clean Sheets C S 33% 17% 42%
22% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 42% 38%
 
4.5 5.4 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.6 4.7
4.7 3.5 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 3.6 3.3
2.2 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.3
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.1 8.5 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 7.1 8.2
3.1 2.6 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.9 3.9
35% 38% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 17% 22%
 
7.7 6.5 9 Shots against (avg) S A 8.7 6.2 7.5
3.2 2.5 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 2.6 2.7
Key stats in Primera B Nacional this season:
  • Estudiantes Caseros haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 San Martín Tucumán 23 12 9 2 30 15 11 8 2 1 15 5 12 4 7 1 15 10 15 45
3 Instituto 23 12 8 3 29 16 11 8 3 0 16 5 12 4 5 3 13 11 13 44
4 All Boys 23 10 12 1 35 18 12 7 5 0 24 10 11 3 7 1 11 8 17 42
5 Gimnasia Mendoza 23 10 9 4 28 12 12 8 2 2 17 5 11 2 7 2 11 7 16 39
6 Estudiantes Río Cuarto 24 10 9 5 28 23 12 7 4 1 21 10 12 3 5 4 7 13 5 39
7 San Martín San Juan 24 11 5 8 35 23 12 9 1 2 28 7 12 2 4 6 7 16 12 38
8 Brown de Adrogué 23 10 8 5 29 21 11 6 3 2 15 8 12 4 5 3 14 13 8 38
9 Almagro 24 10 6 8 21 22 12 6 2 4 12 10 12 4 4 4 9 12 -1 36
10 Deportivo Madryn 24 8 11 5 33 25 12 6 3 3 19 12 12 2 8 2 14 13 8 35
11 Independiente Rivadavia 23 9 7 7 30 23 11 7 2 2 18 8 12 2 5 5 12 15 7 34
12 Chaco For Ever 24 7 12 5 26 20 12 5 5 2 15 9 12 2 7 3 11 11 6 33
13 Deportivo Riestra 23 7 12 4 22 18 12 5 5 2 14 9 11 2 7 2 8 9 4 33
14 Chacarita Juniors 23 8 8 7 33 29 11 3 6 2 16 11 12 5 2 5 17 18 4 32
15 Defensores de Belgrano 23 7 11 5 25 21 11 3 6 2 11 10 12 4 5 3 14 11 4 32
16 Estudiantes Caseros 24 8 8 8 20 21 12 5 6 1 12 6 12 3 2 7 8 15 -1 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 Club Atlético Güemes 23 7 8 8 19 18 12 3 5 4 9 10 11 4 3 4 10 8 1 29
19 Agropecuario 23 6 11 6 22 22 11 5 4 2 15 9 12 1 7 4 7 13 0 29
20 Gimnasia Jujuy 23 7 8 8 25 29 12 6 4 2 19 13 11 1 4 6 6 16 -4 29
21 Deportivo Maipú 24 6 13 5 24 22 12 3 8 1 15 11 12 3 5 4 9 11 2 28
22 Quilmes 23 6 9 8 28 30 11 4 5 2 13 11 12 2 4 6 15 19 -2 27
23 Ferro Carril Oeste 23 6 9 8 19 25 11 3 5 3 7 9 12 3 4 5 12 16 -6 27
24 Almirante Brown 23 5 11 7 24 28 12 4 7 1 16 12 11 1 4 6 8 16 -4 26
25 Deportivo Morón 23 4 13 6 14 14 12 3 7 2 10 7 11 1 6 4 4 7 0 25
26 Atletico Mitre 23 6 7 10 23 27 11 3 5 3 11 13 12 3 2 7 12 14 -4 25
27 Atlanta 24 5 10 9 19 23 12 3 7 2 11 9 12 2 3 7 8 14 -4 25
28 Alvarado 24 6 7 11 23 38 12 5 3 4 14 12 12 1 4 7 9 26 -15 25
29 Temperley 23 5 9 9 20 28 12 3 5 4 11 11 11 2 4 5 9 17 -8 24
30 Nueva Chicago 24 5 9 10 24 33 12 4 5 3 11 8 12 1 4 7 13 25 -9 24
31 Atlético Rafaela 24 4 11 9 22 27 12 4 6 2 17 10 12 0 5 7 5 17 -5 23
32 San Telmo 23 5 8 10 23 37 12 4 6 2 13 12 11 1 2 8 10 25 -14 23
33 Sacachispas 23 3 13 7 17 25 11 2 5 4 8 10 12 1 8 3 9 15 -8 22
34 Tristán Suárez 23 4 8 11 24 30 11 4 4 3 20 16 12 0 4 8 4 14 -6 20
35 Flandria 23 4 8 11 23 31 12 3 5 4 15 12 11 1 3 7 8 19 -8 20
36 Villa Dálmine 23 3 11 9 27 39 12 2 6 4 13 18 11 1 5 5 14 21 -12 20
37 Deportivo Santamarina 24 2 9 13 15 40 12 0 8 4 7 16 12 2 1 9 8 24 -25 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.