Delightful dogfight as daring Deportivo Riestra duel with determined Sacachispas

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Competition: Argentina Primera B Nacional
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Guillermo Laza (3000 seats)

Deportivo Riestra have claimed 20 of their 34 in total here in familiar surroundings. How will they do against Sacachispas?

Insights:
  • Deportivo Riestra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sacachispas have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Deportivo Riestra and Sacachispas 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.

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Deportivo Riestra form and stats

The complete Primera B Nacional statistics playing at home this season for Deportivo Riestra are 5-5-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Riestra drew their last game, 1-1 away at Atletico Mitre (placed 25th). The hometeam coach Fabbiani made a successful contribution in the game against Atletico Mitre, bringing on Gonzalez who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Independiente Rivadavia.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Deportivo Riestra have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 0 and lost 2.

Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 25 league matches, 19 have contained zero, one or two goals.

Deportivo Riestra are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 12 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Deportivo Riestra are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Guillermo Laza in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 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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Sacachispas form and stats

There's been little loot from Sacachispas's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 13 away games in the Primera B Nacional. Sacachispas only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 8 draws.

Sacachispas might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Club Atletico Guemes proved too strong as Sacachispas slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio Beto Larrosa.

A 1-2 defeat away at All Boys before that.

We have checked recent matches where Sacachispas have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 2 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats.

Lacking goals? 20 of this club's last 26 league matches have had two goals or less.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sacachispas as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 17 goals have been conceded by Sacachispas in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Deportivo Riestra two wins, zero draws and Sacachispas zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Deportivo RiestraG. Fernández
G. Fernández
6 goals
Deportivo RiestraW. Acuña
W. Acuña
6 goals
RiestraL. Romero
L. Romero
6 goals

Deportivo Riestra missing players

Sacachispas missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Deportivo Riestra Sacachispas
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 6 Played P 4 13 26
7 5 4 Won W 1 1 3
13 5 1 Drew D 3 8 14
5 2 1 Lost L 0 4 9
23 14 11 Scored S 4 10 18
21 9 3 Conceded C 3 17 29
80% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 81%
64% 67% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 77% 65%
24% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 23% 23%
8% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 8%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
40% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 69% 54%
48% 58% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 15% 23%
32% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 23% 42%
 
4.1 4.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.8 4.9
7 6.8 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.8 5.4
2.4 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3 2.5
6 2 1 Red cards R C 0 5 6
 
6 5.5 5.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6.4 6.7
2.5 2.3 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.1 2.3
37% 50% 79% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 37% 31%
 
8.5 6.9 4 Shots against (avg) S A 9.8 13.4 10.8
2.4 2.6 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 4.4 3.9
Key stats in Primera B Nacional this season:
  • Deportivo Riestra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sacachispas have won significantly less corners away then at 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 25 17 5 3 30 15 13 11 2 0 20 6 12 6 3 3 10 9 15 56
2 San Martín Tucumán 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 28 12 7 9 27 26 14 7 3 4 15 11 14 5 4 5 12 15 1 43
7 Estudiantes Rio Cuarto 27 10 12 5 31 26 14 7 6 1 22 11 13 3 6 4 9 15 5 42
8 Defensores de Belgrano 26 10 11 5 30 21 13 5 6 2 14 10 13 5 5 3 16 11 9 41
9 Independiente Rivadavia 26 10 9 7 33 24 13 8 3 2 20 8 13 2 6 5 13 16 9 39
10 Chaco For Ever 27 8 14 5 27 20 13 6 5 2 16 9 14 2 9 3 11 11 7 38
11 San Martin San Juan 27 11 5 11 35 30 13 9 1 3 28 9 14 2 4 8 7 21 5 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 25 8 12 5 34 26 12 6 3 3 19 12 13 2 9 2 15 14 8 36
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 Deportivo Moron 26 6 14 6 20 16 14 4 8 2 15 9 12 2 6 4 5 7 4 32
22 Gimnasia Jujuy 26 8 8 10 27 34 13 7 4 2 21 13 13 1 4 8 6 21 -7 32
23 Agropecuario 26 6 13 7 22 23 13 5 5 3 15 10 13 1 8 4 7 13 -1 31
24 Quilmes 25 7 9 9 30 32 12 5 5 2 15 11 13 2 4 7 15 21 -2 30
25 Atletico Mitre 26 7 9 10 26 29 13 4 6 3 13 14 13 3 3 7 13 15 -3 30
26 Almirante Brown 26 6 12 8 28 33 13 5 7 1 18 13 13 1 5 7 10 20 -5 30
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 Dálmine 26 4 12 10 29 43 13 3 6 4 15 18 13 1 6 6 14 25 -14 24
35 Tristán Suárez 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

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 25 17 5 3 30 15 13 11 2 0 20 6 12 6 3 3 10 9 15 56
2 San Martín Tucumán 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 28 12 7 9 27 26 14 7 3 4 15 11 14 5 4 5 12 15 1 43
7 Estudiantes Rio Cuarto 27 10 12 5 31 26 14 7 6 1 22 11 13 3 6 4 9 15 5 42
8 Defensores de Belgrano 26 10 11 5 30 21 13 5 6 2 14 10 13 5 5 3 16 11 9 41
9 Independiente Rivadavia 26 10 9 7 33 24 13 8 3 2 20 8 13 2 6 5 13 16 9 39
10 Chaco For Ever 27 8 14 5 27 20 13 6 5 2 16 9 14 2 9 3 11 11 7 38
11 San Martin San Juan 27 11 5 11 35 30 13 9 1 3 28 9 14 2 4 8 7 21 5 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 25 8 12 5 34 26 12 6 3 3 19 12 13 2 9 2 15 14 8 36
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 Deportivo Moron 26 6 14 6 20 16 14 4 8 2 15 9 12 2 6 4 5 7 4 32
22 Gimnasia Jujuy 26 8 8 10 27 34 13 7 4 2 21 13 13 1 4 8 6 21 -7 32
23 Agropecuario 26 6 13 7 22 23 13 5 5 3 15 10 13 1 8 4 7 13 -1 31
24 Quilmes 25 7 9 9 30 32 12 5 5 2 15 11 13 2 4 7 15 21 -2 30
25 Atletico Mitre 26 7 9 10 26 29 13 4 6 3 13 14 13 3 3 7 13 15 -3 30
26 Almirante Brown 26 6 12 8 28 33 13 5 7 1 18 13 13 1 5 7 10 20 -5 30
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 Dálmine 26 4 12 10 29 43 13 3 6 4 15 18 13 1 6 6 14 25 -14 24
35 Tristán Suárez 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

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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.