Primera B Nacional preview: Can Estudiantes Río Cuarto edge out victory against Almirante Brown?

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Competition: Argentina Primera B Nacional
Competition: Thu 10.June
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Ciudad de Río Cuarto (15000 seats)

This is football, this is Primera B Nacional and this is Estudiantes Río Cuarto - Almirante Brown. Check out our full preview!

Insights:
  • Estudiantes Río Cuarto have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Primera B Nacional
  • Almirante Brown have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Primera B Nacional

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Estudiantes Río Cuarto form and stats

The story so far in the Primera B Nacional for Estudiantes Río Cuarto at their home stadium (Estadio Ciudad de Río Cuarto) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

A strong away win for Estudiantes against Nueva Chicago the last match, as M. Arturia and N. Ortigoza were on target.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Chacarita Juniors.

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 Estudiantes have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won seven times, drawn two and lost two.

Estudiantes has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Estudiantes's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Almirante Brown form and stats

1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Almirante Brown playing as the away team in the Primera B Nacional this season.

The manager J. Nardozza was unhappy after their last game, a Primera B Nacional match played at their home ground Estadio Fragata Presidente Sarmiento. Almirante Brown suffered a 0-2 loss to Gimnasia Mendoza (placed 2nd).

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Deportivo Riestra.

Almirante are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and four defeats. From a total of nine matches.

The travelling fans enjoy Almirante's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away. Almirante have conceded 8 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Almirante BrownS. Vera
S. Vera
3 goals
EstudiantesN. Talpone
N. Talpone
2 goals
Almirante BrownL. Guzmán
L. Guzmán
2 goals

Estudiantes Río Cuarto missing players

Almirante Brown missing players

Estudiantes Río Cuarto Almirante Brown
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 2 4 9
3 2 2 Won W 1 1 4
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 1
3 1 0 Lost L 1 2 4
9 6 4 Scored S 4 7 11
9 5 1 Conceded C 4 8 12
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
20% 20% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 56%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 22%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 11%
50% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 56%
20% 20% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 22%
40% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 22%
 
5.3 6.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 9 8.5 6.4
4.8 4.8 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 6.2 5.3
2.5 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 1.7
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.2 9.4 9 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.5 8.6
2.4 2.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 5 4.2
38% 43% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 35% 29%
Key stats in Primera B Nacional this season:
  • All of Almirante Brown's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Estudiantes Río Cuarto's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Almirante Brown have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Almirante Brown have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Almirante Brown have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Almirante Brown have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Primera B Nacional
  • Almirante Brown have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Almirante Brown haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Estudiantes Río Cuarto have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Primera B Nacional
  • Estudiantes Río Cuarto haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Atlanta 10 6 4 0 14 6 5 2 3 0 5 3 5 4 1 0 9 3 8 22
2 Gimnasia Mendoza 11 7 1 3 17 10 6 2 1 3 6 8 5 5 0 0 11 2 7 22
3 Tigre 9 6 2 1 14 3 4 4 0 0 6 0 5 2 2 1 8 3 11 20
4 Quilmes 10 4 2 4 11 9 5 2 1 2 7 6 5 2 1 2 4 3 2 14
5 San Martin Tucuman 10 3 5 2 9 7 5 1 3 1 5 4 5 2 2 1 4 3 2 14
6 Deportivo Riestra 10 4 1 5 14 14 5 3 0 2 8 3 5 1 1 3 6 11 0 13
7 Estudiantes Río Cuarto 10 3 4 3 9 9 5 2 2 1 6 5 5 1 2 2 3 4 0 13
8 Almirante Brown 9 4 1 4 11 12 5 3 0 2 4 4 4 1 1 2 7 8 -1 13
9 Atletico Mitre 11 3 3 5 13 16 5 2 1 2 7 7 6 1 2 3 6 9 -3 12
10 Agropecuario 9 2 5 2 6 7 4 0 4 0 2 2 5 2 1 2 4 5 -1 11
11 Alvarado 10 3 2 5 9 11 5 2 1 2 5 4 5 1 1 3 4 7 -2 11
12 Belgrano 9 3 2 4 6 8 5 2 2 1 5 4 4 1 0 3 1 4 -2 11
13 Chacarita Juniors 9 3 2 4 8 14 5 2 0 3 5 8 4 1 2 1 3 6 -6 11
14 Deportivo Maipú 9 2 4 3 7 8 4 2 1 1 4 3 5 0 3 2 3 5 -1 10
15 Estudiantes Caseros 10 2 4 4 9 12 5 2 3 0 5 3 5 0 1 4 4 9 -3 10
16 Temperley 9 3 1 5 7 14 4 1 0 3 3 9 5 2 1 2 4 5 -7 10
17 Nueva Chicago 9 1 3 5 6 10 5 0 1 4 5 9 4 1 2 1 1 1 -4 6

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.