Evenly matched teams: Defensores de Belgrano vs San Martín San Juan match preview

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Competition: Argentina Primera B Nacional
Competition: Wed 03.August
Match begins: 00:10 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Juan Pasquale (9000 seats)

Primera B Nacional: Two teams who have done nicely thus far. Learn more on Defensores de Belgrano - San Martín San Juan with this full guide!

Insights:
  • San Martín San Juan have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Primera B Nacional

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their previous match. Let's have faith in that this will be an active game!

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Defensores de Belgrano form and stats

4 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Defensores de Belgrano have to build on here at Estadio Juan Pasquale in the Primera B Nacional. The Defensores de Belgrano fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estadio Juan Pasquale and will expect new points from this game. Defensores de Belgrano has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Mariano Monllor not having conceded a league goal in 237 minutes.

A good away victory last time out for Defensores de Belgrano, who won 2-0 against Atlanta (placed 27th).

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

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 21 games. Defensores has won 10 of these, drawn 7 and lost 4.

A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 10 latest league games highlights that 8 of them had goals from both teams.

Defensores de Belgrano 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 12 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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San Martín San Juan form and stats

San Martín San Juan have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Primera B Nacional, after 2-4-7 (13 played). San Martín San Juan has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

The attacking players of San Martín San Juan have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 185 minutes.

San Martín San Juan might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. San Martin Tucuman proved too strong as Martín slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez.

A 0-3 defeat away at Tristan Suarez before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 22 similar matches played by San Martín San Juan in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for San Martín San Juan, 9 draws and 9 defeats.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Martín have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the last two meetings involving these two teams are: zero wins for Defensores de Belgrano, one draw and one win for San Martín San Juan. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

San Martín San JuanM. Giménez Rojas
M. Giménez Rojas
9 goals
DefensoresJ. Olivares
J. Olivares
6 goals
San Martín San JuanS. Penco
S. Penco
5 goals

Defensores de Belgrano missing players

San Martín San Juan missing players

Defensores de Belgrano San Martín San Juan
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 1 Played P 6 13 26
9 4 0 Won W 1 2 11
11 6 1 Drew D 1 4 5
5 2 0 Lost L 4 7 10
28 12 0 Scored S 3 7 35
21 10 0 Conceded C 8 19 28
84% 83% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 85% 88%
72% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 54% 62%
28% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 38% 50%
12% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 23% 31%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
48% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 31% 31%
48% 42% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 31% 38%
20% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 54% 42%
 
4.3 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.4 5
4.8 3.3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.8 4.3
2.3 2.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.1 1.7
4 1 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
8.3 8.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 5.3 7.8 11.2
3.1 2.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.7 3.8
36% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 20% 35%
 
7.7 6.4 3 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8.8 7.7
3.2 2.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.5 3.3
Key stats in Primera B Nacional this season:
  • San Martín San Juan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • San Martín San Juan have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Primera B Nacional
  • San Martín San Juan have the most matches over the total-line (10) 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 Belgrano 25 17 5 3 30 15 13 11 2 0 20 6 12 6 3 3 10 9 15 56
2 San Martin Tucuman 26 13 11 2 32 15 13 8 4 1 15 5 13 5 7 1 17 10 17 50
3 Instituto 26 14 8 4 33 18 13 10 3 0 20 5 13 4 5 4 13 13 15 50
4 Gimnasia Mendoza 26 12 10 4 31 12 13 9 2 2 19 5 13 3 8 2 12 7 19 46
5 All Boys 26 11 12 3 37 22 13 8 5 0 26 11 13 3 7 3 11 11 15 45
6 Almagro 27 12 7 8 27 23 14 7 3 4 15 11 13 5 4 4 12 12 4 43
7 Estudiantes Rio Cuarto 26 10 11 5 30 25 13 7 5 1 21 10 13 3 6 4 9 15 5 41
8 Independiente Rivadavia 26 10 9 7 33 24 13 8 3 2 20 8 13 2 6 5 13 16 9 39
9 San Martín San Juan 26 11 5 10 35 28 13 9 1 3 28 9 13 2 4 7 7 19 7 38
10 Defensores de Belgrano 25 9 11 5 28 21 12 4 6 2 12 10 13 5 5 3 16 11 7 38
11 Chaco For Ever 27 8 14 5 27 20 13 6 5 2 16 9 14 2 9 3 11 11 7 38
12 Brown de Adrogue 26 10 8 8 30 25 13 6 3 4 16 11 13 4 5 4 14 14 5 38
13 Estudiantes Caseros 27 10 8 9 22 22 13 6 6 1 13 6 14 4 2 8 9 16 0 38
14 Deportivo Madryn 24 8 11 5 33 25 12 6 3 3 19 12 12 2 8 2 14 13 8 35
15 Chacarita Juniors 26 9 8 9 37 33 13 4 6 3 19 13 13 5 2 6 18 20 4 35
16 Guillermo Brown 26 10 5 11 22 27 13 7 2 4 13 10 13 3 3 7 9 17 -5 35
17 Deportivo Maipu 27 8 13 6 32 24 14 5 8 1 22 11 13 3 5 5 10 13 8 34
18 Deportivo Riestra 25 7 13 5 23 21 12 5 5 2 14 9 13 2 8 3 9 12 2 34
19 Club Atletico Guemes 26 8 9 9 22 20 13 3 6 4 10 11 13 5 3 5 12 9 2 33
20 Ferro Carril Oeste 25 8 9 8 22 25 13 5 5 3 10 9 12 3 4 5 12 16 -3 33
21 Gimnasia Jujuy 26 8 8 10 27 34 13 7 4 2 21 13 13 1 4 8 6 21 -7 32
22 Agropecuario 26 6 13 7 22 23 13 5 5 3 15 10 13 1 8 4 7 13 -1 31
23 Quilmes 25 7 9 9 30 32 12 5 5 2 15 11 13 2 4 7 15 21 -2 30
24 Atletico Mitre 26 7 9 10 26 29 13 4 6 3 13 14 13 3 3 7 13 15 -3 30
25 Almirante Brown 26 6 12 8 28 33 13 5 7 1 18 13 13 1 5 7 10 20 -5 30
26 Deportivo Moron 25 5 14 6 17 16 13 3 8 2 12 9 12 2 6 4 5 7 1 29
27 Atlanta 27 6 11 10 21 26 13 3 7 3 11 11 14 3 4 7 10 15 -5 29
28 Temperley 26 5 12 9 21 29 13 3 6 4 11 11 13 2 6 5 10 18 -8 27
29 San Telmo 26 6 9 11 25 39 13 4 7 2 13 12 13 2 2 9 12 27 -14 27
30 Alvarado 27 6 9 12 25 41 14 5 4 5 16 15 13 1 5 7 9 26 -16 27
31 Atletico Rafaela 26 5 11 10 27 31 13 5 6 2 21 11 13 0 5 8 6 20 -4 26
32 Nueva Chicago 27 5 10 12 26 38 14 4 6 4 13 11 13 1 4 8 13 27 -12 25
33 Flandria 26 5 9 12 26 36 13 3 5 5 15 15 13 2 4 7 11 21 -10 24
34 Villa Dalmine 26 4 12 10 29 43 13 3 6 4 15 18 13 1 6 6 14 25 -14 24
35 Tristan Suarez 26 5 8 13 27 33 13 5 4 4 23 18 13 0 4 9 4 15 -6 23
36 Sacachispas 26 3 14 9 18 29 13 2 6 5 8 12 13 1 8 4 10 17 -11 23
37 Deportivo Santamarina 27 4 9 14 18 42 13 1 8 4 9 17 14 3 1 10 9 25 -24 21

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.