Primera B Nacional duel: Close contest expected between Deportivo Riestra and Atlanta

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Competition: Argentina Primera B Nacional
Competition: Mon 28.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Guillermo Laza (3000 seats)

Atlanta have journeyed here for an entertaining game against the home team Deportivo Riestra. Prepare for the match with this full Primera B Nacional preview!

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

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Deportivo Riestra form and stats

Deportivo Riestra have only played one Primera B Nacional game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats from 16 matches.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Deportivo Riestra, as their goalkeeper Matias Vega has completely shut out the opponents for 254 minutes in the Primera B Nacional.

The Riestra coach Duró and his pawns return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Estudiantes Caseros (placed 26th).

Before that, Deportivo Riestra had a home game versus Deportivo Santamarina which ended with a victory 2-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Deportivo Riestra have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won five, drawn five and lost four.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Deportivo Riestra at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Atlanta form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Primera B Nacional ended in defeat. Last season Atlanta had these away match statistics: Played 16; won 5, drew 3 and lost 8.

Impressive finishing from Klusener (2) and Bisanz secured the home win 3-1 against Club Atletico Guemes in their previous game.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against All Boys wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Atlanta in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Atlanta, four draws and six defeats.

0 goals so far away for Atlanta, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head statistics (for the last six meetings): Deportivo Riestra won four games, two matches ended with a tie and Atlanta managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / three The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 4 red cards from the last six encounters.

Deportivo Riestra missing players

Atlanta missing players

Deportivo Riestra Atlanta
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 1 1 2
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
2 2 2 Scored S 0 0 3
0 0 0 Conceded C 1 1 2
50% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 50%
 
4 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2 3.5
8.5 11 11 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2 1.5
2.5 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4 3.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
6.5 4 4 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 5
2 2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
50% 100% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
4.5 1 1 Shots against (avg) S A 4 4 4.5
0.5 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 1 1.5
Deportivo Riestra Last season Atlanta
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   16 32
9 6   Won W   5 9
7 4   Drew D   3 12
16 6   Lost L   8 11
30 17   Scored S   18 27
36 12   Conceded C   22 34
88% 81%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 81%
59% 50%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 53%
38% 31%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 41%
19% 19%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   19% 12%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 3%
38% 31%   BTTS BTTS   56% 41%
34% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   19% 38%
41% 38%   Failed to Score F T   25% 41%
 
3.2 3.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 4.4
7.2 8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.4
2.6 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.5
8 2   Red cards R C   3 7
 
5.9 6.9   Shots (avg) S (   8.8 8.4
2.8 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.3
34% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 26%
 
9.8 9   Shots against (avg) S A   9.1 8.1
4 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 3.2

  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 3 3 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 9
2 Brown de Adrogue 3 2 1 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 4 7
3 All Boys 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
4 San Martin Tucuman 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 7
5 Deportivo Maipu 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
6 Almagro 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
7 Guillermo Brown 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 6
8 Gimnasia Jujuy 3 1 2 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5
9 Chaco For Ever 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 5
10 Estudiantes Rio Cuarto 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
11 Deportivo Riestra 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
12 Independiente Rivadavia 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
13 Deportivo Madryn 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
14 San Martin San Juan 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 4
15 Chacarita Juniors 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 5 -1 4
16 Atlanta 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
17 Gimnasia Mendoza 3 1 0 2 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
18 Almirante Brown 2 1 0 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 3
19 Deportivo Santamarina 3 1 0 2 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 3
20 Temperley 3 1 0 2 3 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
21 Tristan Suarez 3 0 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 3
22 Deportivo Moron 3 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
23 Ferro Carril Oeste 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
24 Alvarado 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
25 Instituto 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
26 Estudiantes Caseros 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 2
27 Sacachispas 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 -1 2
28 Nueva Chicago 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
29 Club Atletico Guemes 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 2
30 Defensores de Belgrano 3 0 2 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 -2 2
31 Atletico Rafaela 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
32 Atletico Mitre 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 1
33 San Telmo 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
34 Flandria 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 1
35 Villa Dalmine 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -4 1
36 Quilmes 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
37 Agropecuario 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tigre 32 17 9 6 50 25 16 11 4 1 23 8 16 6 5 5 27 17 25 60
2 Quilmes 32 17 8 7 45 31 16 10 3 3 27 16 16 7 5 4 18 15 14 59
3 Almirante Brown 32 17 8 7 40 32 16 10 4 2 18 11 16 7 4 5 22 21 8 59
4 San Martin Tucuman 32 15 12 5 34 18 16 8 5 3 22 12 16 7 7 2 12 6 16 57
5 Agropecuario 32 15 8 9 36 26 16 9 4 3 19 8 16 6 4 6 17 18 10 53
6 Belgrano 32 15 7 10 35 24 16 8 3 5 18 11 16 7 4 5 17 13 11 52
7 Gimnasia Mendoza 32 11 11 10 34 35 16 3 7 6 15 22 16 8 4 4 19 13 -1 44
8 Alvarado 32 12 6 14 32 30 16 9 2 5 20 10 16 3 4 9 12 20 2 42
9 Temperley 32 10 11 11 29 34 16 6 5 5 14 17 16 4 6 6 15 17 -5 41
10 Atlanta 32 9 12 11 27 34 16 4 9 3 9 12 16 5 3 8 18 22 -7 39
11 Estudiantes Caseros 32 8 14 10 29 28 16 6 8 2 19 12 16 2 6 8 10 16 1 38
12 Atletico Mitre 32 9 10 13 37 44 16 7 4 5 23 18 16 2 6 8 14 26 -7 37
13 Deportivo Maipu 32 10 6 16 27 38 16 6 2 8 15 21 16 4 4 8 12 17 -11 36
14 Estudiantes Rio Cuarto 32 5 19 8 23 26 16 3 9 4 14 15 16 2 10 4 9 11 -3 34
15 Deportivo Riestra 32 9 7 16 30 36 16 6 4 6 17 12 16 3 3 10 13 24 -6 34
16 Chacarita Juniors 32 6 9 17 29 50 16 2 5 9 15 28 16 4 4 8 14 22 -21 27
17 Nueva Chicago 32 4 9 19 23 49 16 1 5 10 13 26 16 3 4 9 10 23 -26 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.