Home advantage could prove decisive in Defensores de Belgrano - Villa Dálmine battle

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Competition: Argentina Primera B Nacional
Competition: Sun 25.September
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Juan Pasquale (9000 seats)

A win is the only result that will be enough for the Defensores de Belgrano club members in this Estadio Juan Pasquale battle with Villa Dálmine, seeing as they have a robust lead on the opposition in the Primera B Nacional standings.

Insights:
  • Defensores de Belgrano have the most matches under the total-line (21) in Primera B Nacional
  • Villa Dálmine have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Defensores nor Villa Dálmine as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Defensores de Belgrano form and stats

Defensores de Belgrano have collected 27 points from their Primera B Nacional home games so far after 6-9-2. In general it's been a long time since Defensores de Belgrano tasted defeat here at Estadio Juan Pasquale, as they have taken at least one point from their last 15 home games in the league.

Defensores haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 188 minutes ago. Benitez scored that one.

The spoils were shared in Defensores de Belgrano's previous game, also at home. Visiting Villa Dálmine (placed 29th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Belgrano (0-3).

It should be added that a look at the 11 latest league fixtures shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Defensores de Belgrano have scored 16 league goals here from 17 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Defensores have conceded only 11 goals. 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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Villa Dálmine form and stats

Villa Dálmine have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Primera B Nacional, after 1-9-7 (17 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Villa Dálmine have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 13 consecutive matches without winning on the road.

The Villa Dálmine goalkeeper Alan Sosa is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 218 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Dálmine are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Defensores de Belgrano (placed 11th).

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against San Martin Tucuman.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Villa Dálmine playing away, we found 7 games. Results were 0 away wins, 3 draws and 4 home wins.

Low on goals? 9 of this club's latest 10 league fixtures have had two goals or less.

Villa Dálmine struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 29 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Defensores have put together a streak of 7 consecutive matches without defeat (3-4-0) when playing Villa Dálmine.

These opponents have fought previously this season: Defensores de Belgrano - Villa Dálmine 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

Defensores de BelgranoJ. Olivares
J. Olivares
6 goals
Villa DálmineF. Molina
F. Molina
6 goals
Villa DálmineF. Nouet
F. Nouet
5 goals

Defensores de Belgrano missing players

Villa Dálmine missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Defensores de Belgrano Villa Dálmine
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 7 Played P 7 17 34
12 6 1 Won W 0 1 7
15 9 5 Drew D 5 9 16
7 2 1 Lost L 2 7 11
33 16 5 Scored S 6 17 36
26 11 6 Conceded C 10 29 47
79% 76% 71% Over 0.5 O 0.5 71% 82% 76%
62% 59% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 57% 71% 62%
24% 18% 14% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 53% 44%
9% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 43% 53% 35%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 12% 15%
38% 41% 57% BTTS BTTS 57% 53% 41%
53% 53% 29% Clean Sheets C S 29% 24% 41%
29% 29% 43% Failed to Score F T 43% 41% 41%
 
4.7 6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.8 3.9
4.5 3.1 2.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 5.1 4.5
2.6 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.3 2.9
5 1 0 Red cards R C 2 4 9
 
8.1 8.2 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 6.6 6.6 7.4
2.9 2.4 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.6 2.9
34% 39% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 39% 37%
 
7.2 5.9 5.7 Shots against (avg) S A 8.9 9.2 7.9
2.9 2 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.8 3.1
Key stats in Primera B Nacional this season:
  • Defensores de Belgrano have the most matches under the total-line (21) in Primera B Nacional
  • Defensores de Belgrano have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Villa Dálmine have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 34 22 7 5 44 23 17 14 2 1 29 10 17 8 5 4 15 13 21 73
2 Instituto 33 17 11 5 44 21 16 11 5 0 25 6 17 6 6 5 19 15 23 62
3 San Martin Tucuman 34 16 14 4 41 20 17 11 5 1 22 5 17 5 9 3 19 15 21 62
4 Gimnasia Mendoza 33 15 13 5 37 16 17 10 4 3 22 8 16 5 9 2 15 8 21 58
5 All Boys 33 14 15 4 43 30 17 10 7 0 30 13 16 4 8 4 13 14 13 57
6 Estudiantes Caseros 34 15 9 10 31 26 17 10 6 1 20 8 17 5 3 9 11 18 5 54
7 Almagro 34 15 9 10 34 31 17 9 4 4 18 12 17 6 5 6 16 19 3 54
8 Independiente Rivadavia 34 14 11 9 44 33 17 11 4 2 28 10 17 3 7 7 16 23 11 53
9 Estudiantes Rio Cuarto 33 13 14 6 38 29 17 9 6 2 27 13 16 4 8 4 11 16 9 53
10 Chaco For Ever 34 12 16 6 35 24 17 9 6 2 20 9 17 3 10 4 15 15 11 52
11 Defensores de Belgrano 34 12 15 7 33 26 17 6 9 2 16 11 17 6 6 5 17 15 7 51
12 Deportivo Riestra 34 11 17 6 31 25 17 9 6 2 19 9 17 2 11 4 12 16 6 50
13 San Martin San Juan 34 14 6 14 47 39 17 12 1 4 39 13 17 2 5 10 8 26 8 48
14 Chacarita Juniors 34 12 11 11 48 41 17 6 8 3 27 16 17 6 3 8 21 25 7 47
15 Deportivo Moron 33 10 16 7 28 21 17 6 9 2 18 10 16 4 7 5 10 11 7 46
16 Deportivo Maipú 35 11 15 9 39 31 18 7 9 2 27 15 17 4 6 7 12 16 8 45
17 Deportivo Madryn 34 9 16 9 41 39 17 7 5 5 23 18 17 2 11 4 18 21 2 43
18 Atletico Mitre 34 11 10 13 36 37 17 7 6 4 20 18 17 4 4 9 16 19 -1 43
19 Quilmes 34 10 13 11 40 44 17 7 8 2 20 14 17 3 5 9 20 30 -4 43
20 Ferro Carril Oeste 33 11 9 13 29 33 16 6 5 5 13 13 17 5 4 8 16 20 -4 42
21 Guillermo Brown 34 12 6 16 29 41 17 9 3 5 16 12 17 3 3 11 13 29 -12 42
22 Almirante Brown 34 9 14 11 36 40 17 7 8 2 24 16 17 2 6 9 12 24 -4 41
23 Brown de Adrogue 34 10 10 14 38 39 17 6 4 7 21 19 17 4 6 7 17 20 -1 40
24 Atlanta 33 9 13 11 26 29 16 4 9 3 13 12 17 5 4 8 13 17 -3 40
25 Gimnasia Jujuy 34 10 10 14 35 48 17 9 5 3 26 16 17 1 5 11 9 32 -13 40
26 Club Atletico Guemes 34 8 14 12 25 30 17 3 9 5 11 13 17 5 5 7 14 17 -5 38
27 Temperley 33 8 14 11 31 38 17 5 7 5 17 16 16 3 7 6 14 22 -7 38
28 Agropecuario 34 7 16 11 25 28 17 6 7 4 18 12 17 1 9 7 7 16 -3 37
29 Villa Dálmine 34 7 16 11 36 47 17 6 7 4 19 18 17 1 9 7 17 29 -11 37
30 San Telmo 34 8 12 14 34 50 17 6 9 2 20 15 17 2 3 12 14 35 -16 36
31 Alvarado 34 8 11 15 30 45 17 6 5 6 19 16 17 2 6 9 11 29 -15 35
32 Atlético Rafaela 33 7 13 13 38 39 16 7 6 3 27 14 17 0 7 10 8 25 -1 34
33 Flandria 34 6 13 15 30 45 17 3 7 7 16 21 17 3 6 8 14 24 -15 31
34 Tristan Suarez 34 5 14 15 34 44 17 5 7 5 27 23 17 0 7 10 7 21 -10 29
35 Nueva Chicago 34 5 14 15 31 46 17 4 8 5 16 15 17 1 6 10 15 31 -15 29
36 Sacachispas 33 3 18 12 21 36 16 2 8 6 10 15 17 1 10 6 11 21 -15 27
37 Deportivo Santamarina 33 5 11 17 25 53 16 2 9 5 15 22 17 3 2 12 10 31 -28 26

Table
  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 34 22 7 5 44 23 17 14 2 1 29 10 17 8 5 4 15 13 21 73
2 Instituto 33 17 11 5 44 21 16 11 5 0 25 6 17 6 6 5 19 15 23 62
3 San Martin Tucuman 34 16 14 4 41 20 17 11 5 1 22 5 17 5 9 3 19 15 21 62
4 Gimnasia Mendoza 33 15 13 5 37 16 17 10 4 3 22 8 16 5 9 2 15 8 21 58
5 All Boys 33 14 15 4 43 30 17 10 7 0 30 13 16 4 8 4 13 14 13 57
6 Estudiantes Caseros 34 15 9 10 31 26 17 10 6 1 20 8 17 5 3 9 11 18 5 54
7 Almagro 34 15 9 10 34 31 17 9 4 4 18 12 17 6 5 6 16 19 3 54
8 Independiente Rivadavia 34 14 11 9 44 33 17 11 4 2 28 10 17 3 7 7 16 23 11 53
9 Estudiantes Rio Cuarto 33 13 14 6 38 29 17 9 6 2 27 13 16 4 8 4 11 16 9 53
10 Chaco For Ever 34 12 16 6 35 24 17 9 6 2 20 9 17 3 10 4 15 15 11 52
11 Defensores de Belgrano 34 12 15 7 33 26 17 6 9 2 16 11 17 6 6 5 17 15 7 51
12 Deportivo Riestra 34 11 17 6 31 25 17 9 6 2 19 9 17 2 11 4 12 16 6 50
13 San Martin San Juan 34 14 6 14 47 39 17 12 1 4 39 13 17 2 5 10 8 26 8 48
14 Chacarita Juniors 34 12 11 11 48 41 17 6 8 3 27 16 17 6 3 8 21 25 7 47
15 Deportivo Moron 33 10 16 7 28 21 17 6 9 2 18 10 16 4 7 5 10 11 7 46
16 Deportivo Maipú 35 11 15 9 39 31 18 7 9 2 27 15 17 4 6 7 12 16 8 45
17 Deportivo Madryn 34 9 16 9 41 39 17 7 5 5 23 18 17 2 11 4 18 21 2 43
18 Atletico Mitre 34 11 10 13 36 37 17 7 6 4 20 18 17 4 4 9 16 19 -1 43
19 Quilmes 34 10 13 11 40 44 17 7 8 2 20 14 17 3 5 9 20 30 -4 43
20 Ferro Carril Oeste 33 11 9 13 29 33 16 6 5 5 13 13 17 5 4 8 16 20 -4 42
21 Guillermo Brown 34 12 6 16 29 41 17 9 3 5 16 12 17 3 3 11 13 29 -12 42
22 Almirante Brown 34 9 14 11 36 40 17 7 8 2 24 16 17 2 6 9 12 24 -4 41
23 Brown de Adrogue 34 10 10 14 38 39 17 6 4 7 21 19 17 4 6 7 17 20 -1 40
24 Atlanta 33 9 13 11 26 29 16 4 9 3 13 12 17 5 4 8 13 17 -3 40
25 Gimnasia Jujuy 34 10 10 14 35 48 17 9 5 3 26 16 17 1 5 11 9 32 -13 40
26 Club Atletico Guemes 34 8 14 12 25 30 17 3 9 5 11 13 17 5 5 7 14 17 -5 38
27 Temperley 33 8 14 11 31 38 17 5 7 5 17 16 16 3 7 6 14 22 -7 38
28 Agropecuario 34 7 16 11 25 28 17 6 7 4 18 12 17 1 9 7 7 16 -3 37
29 Villa Dálmine 34 7 16 11 36 47 17 6 7 4 19 18 17 1 9 7 17 29 -11 37
30 San Telmo 34 8 12 14 34 50 17 6 9 2 20 15 17 2 3 12 14 35 -16 36
31 Alvarado 34 8 11 15 30 45 17 6 5 6 19 16 17 2 6 9 11 29 -15 35
32 Atlético Rafaela 33 7 13 13 38 39 16 7 6 3 27 14 17 0 7 10 8 25 -1 34
33 Flandria 34 6 13 15 30 45 17 3 7 7 16 21 17 3 6 8 14 24 -15 31
34 Tristan Suarez 34 5 14 15 34 44 17 5 7 5 27 23 17 0 7 10 7 21 -10 29
35 Nueva Chicago 34 5 14 15 31 46 17 4 8 5 16 15 17 1 6 10 15 31 -15 29
36 Sacachispas 33 3 18 12 21 36 16 2 8 6 10 15 17 1 10 6 11 21 -15 27
37 Deportivo Santamarina 33 5 11 17 25 53 16 2 9 5 15 22 17 3 2 12 10 31 -28 26

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