Delightful dogfight as daring Estudiantes Río Cuarto duel with determined Atletico Mitre

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Competition: Argentina Primera B Nacional
Competition: Sun 02.October
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Ciudad de Río Cuarto (15000 seats)

Estudiantes Río Cuarto have been better than Atletico Mitre so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all the information you require before kickoff:

Insights:
  • Estudiantes Río Cuarto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Estudiantes and Atletico Mitre.

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Estudiantes Río Cuarto form and stats

Estudiantes Río Cuarto have played 18 Primera B Nacional games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-7-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Ferreira was the last player to score a league goal for Estudiantes Río Cuarto and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Estudiantes Río Cuarto haven't scored in 199 minutes. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Adrian Peralta not having conceded a league goal in 192 minutes.

The spoils were shared in Estudiantes Río Cuarto's previous game, also at home. Visiting Atletico Mitre (placed 18th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Ferro Carril Oeste that finished 0-0.

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 13 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Low on goals? In this club's last 12 league games, 10 have produced zero, one or two goals.

A decent goal production from Estudiantes Río Cuarto in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 18 league matches. Estudiantes Río Cuarto are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Ciudad de Río Cuarto in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 18 matches.

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Atletico Mitre form and stats

Atletico Mitre have only collected 17 points from their away games in the Primera B Nacional, after 4-5-9 (18 played).

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Atletico Mitre goalkeeper Rodrigo Diego Lugo is eager to challenge this, with his 199 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Mitre has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Estudiantes Río Cuarto for a 0-0 draw.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Deportivo Madryn.

Atletico Mitre are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 7 draws and 11 defeats. From a total of 20 matches.

A tale of few goals? 9 of this team's most recent 12 league matches have seen two goals or less.

The attacking power of Atletico Mitre when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 18 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 19 goals have been conceded by Mitre in 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

Estudiantes Río Cuarto have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive games without losing (1-4-0) when playing Atletico Mitre.

The dueling parties have played earlier this season: Estudiantes - Atletico Mitre 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

Estudiantes Río CuartoL. Silba
L. Silba
14 goals
Atletico MitreN. Romero
N. Romero
11 goals
Atletico MitreJ. Rosales
J. Rosales
9 goals

Estudiantes Río Cuarto missing players

Atletico Mitre missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Estudiantes Río Cuarto Atletico Mitre
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 18 4 Played P 6 18 35
13 9 2 Won W 2 4 11
16 7 1 Drew D 0 5 11
6 2 1 Lost L 4 9 13
38 27 6 Scored S 8 16 36
29 13 3 Conceded C 8 19 37
80% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
63% 72% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 61% 66%
26% 33% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 33% 37%
17% 22% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 11% 14%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
43% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 43%
40% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 17% 28% 31%
37% 28% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 37%
 
4.1 5.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.4 4
5.2 4.4 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.2 3.7
2.4 2.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.7 2.2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.8 9.4 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 6.4 8.1
3.3 3.6 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.7 3
33% 42% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 33% 34%
 
7.6 7.4 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 9.3 8.4
3.2 3.2 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 3.6 3.4
Key stats in Primera B Nacional this season:
  • Estudiantes Río Cuarto have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Estudiantes Río Cuarto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Estudiantes Río Cuarto have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 34 18 11 5 45 21 17 12 5 0 26 6 17 6 6 5 19 15 24 65
3 Gimnasia Mendoza 35 17 13 5 40 16 18 11 4 3 23 8 17 6 9 2 17 8 24 64
4 San Martin Tucuman 35 16 15 4 42 21 17 11 5 1 22 5 18 5 10 3 20 16 21 63
5 All Boys 34 14 15 5 44 31 17 10 7 0 30 13 17 4 8 5 14 18 13 57
6 Almagro 35 16 9 10 35 31 18 10 4 4 19 12 17 6 5 6 16 19 4 57
7 Chaco For Ever 36 13 16 7 38 28 18 10 6 2 22 10 18 3 10 5 16 18 10 55
8 Estudiantes Río Cuarto 35 13 16 6 38 29 18 9 7 2 27 13 17 4 9 4 11 16 9 55
9 Defensores de Belgrano 35 13 15 7 36 28 17 6 9 2 16 11 18 7 6 5 20 17 8 54
10 Estudiantes Caseros 35 15 9 11 31 27 17 10 6 1 20 8 18 5 3 10 11 19 4 54
11 Independiente Rivadavia 35 14 11 10 44 34 17 11 4 2 28 10 18 3 7 8 16 24 10 53
12 Deportivo Riestra 34 11 17 6 31 25 17 9 6 2 19 9 17 2 11 4 12 16 6 50
13 Deportivo Moron 34 11 16 7 30 21 17 6 9 2 18 10 17 5 7 5 12 11 9 49
14 San Martín San Juan 35 14 6 15 48 41 17 12 1 4 39 13 18 2 5 11 9 28 7 48
15 Chacarita Juniors 34 12 11 11 48 41 17 6 8 3 27 16 17 6 3 8 21 25 7 47
16 Deportivo Madryn 35 10 16 9 43 39 18 8 5 5 25 18 17 2 11 4 18 21 4 46
17 Deportivo Maipu 35 11 15 9 39 31 18 7 9 2 27 15 17 4 6 7 12 16 8 45
18 Atletico Mitre 35 11 11 13 36 37 17 7 6 4 20 18 18 4 5 9 16 19 -1 44
19 Ferro Carril Oeste 35 11 11 13 30 34 17 6 6 5 13 13 18 5 5 8 17 21 -4 44
20 Brown de Adrogue 35 11 10 14 39 39 17 6 4 7 21 19 18 5 6 7 18 20 0 43
21 Atlanta 35 10 13 12 29 31 17 5 9 3 16 13 18 5 4 9 13 18 -2 43
22 Quilmes 34 10 13 11 40 44 17 7 8 2 20 14 17 3 5 9 20 30 -4 43
23 Guillermo Brown 34 12 6 16 29 41 17 9 3 5 16 12 17 3 3 11 13 29 -12 42
24 Almirante Brown 35 9 14 12 38 43 18 7 8 3 26 19 17 2 6 9 12 24 -5 41
25 Temperley 35 9 14 12 33 39 18 6 7 5 19 16 17 3 7 7 14 23 -6 41
26 Gimnasia Jujuy 35 10 11 14 36 49 18 9 6 3 27 17 17 1 5 11 9 32 -13 41
27 Club Atlético Güemes 35 8 15 12 26 31 18 3 10 5 12 14 17 5 5 7 14 17 -5 39
28 San Telmo 35 9 12 14 35 50 18 7 9 2 21 15 17 2 3 12 14 35 -15 39
29 Atlético Rafaela 35 8 14 13 40 41 17 8 6 3 31 15 18 0 8 10 9 26 -1 38
30 Agropecuario 35 7 16 12 25 30 17 6 7 4 18 12 18 1 9 8 7 18 -5 37
31 Villa Dalmine 35 7 16 12 36 48 18 6 7 5 19 19 17 1 9 7 17 29 -12 37
32 Alvarado 35 8 12 15 31 46 18 6 6 6 20 17 17 2 6 9 11 29 -15 36
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 35 3 18 14 21 40 17 2 8 7 10 17 18 1 10 7 11 23 -19 27
37 Deportivo Santamarina 34 5 11 18 25 55 17 2 9 6 15 24 17 3 2 12 10 31 -30 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 34 18 11 5 45 21 17 12 5 0 26 6 17 6 6 5 19 15 24 65
3 Gimnasia Mendoza 35 17 13 5 40 16 18 11 4 3 23 8 17 6 9 2 17 8 24 64
4 San Martin Tucuman 35 16 15 4 42 21 17 11 5 1 22 5 18 5 10 3 20 16 21 63
5 All Boys 34 14 15 5 44 31 17 10 7 0 30 13 17 4 8 5 14 18 13 57
6 Almagro 35 16 9 10 35 31 18 10 4 4 19 12 17 6 5 6 16 19 4 57
7 Chaco For Ever 36 13 16 7 38 28 18 10 6 2 22 10 18 3 10 5 16 18 10 55
8 Estudiantes Río Cuarto 35 13 16 6 38 29 18 9 7 2 27 13 17 4 9 4 11 16 9 55
9 Defensores de Belgrano 35 13 15 7 36 28 17 6 9 2 16 11 18 7 6 5 20 17 8 54
10 Estudiantes Caseros 35 15 9 11 31 27 17 10 6 1 20 8 18 5 3 10 11 19 4 54
11 Independiente Rivadavia 35 14 11 10 44 34 17 11 4 2 28 10 18 3 7 8 16 24 10 53
12 Deportivo Riestra 34 11 17 6 31 25 17 9 6 2 19 9 17 2 11 4 12 16 6 50
13 Deportivo Moron 34 11 16 7 30 21 17 6 9 2 18 10 17 5 7 5 12 11 9 49
14 San Martín San Juan 35 14 6 15 48 41 17 12 1 4 39 13 18 2 5 11 9 28 7 48
15 Chacarita Juniors 34 12 11 11 48 41 17 6 8 3 27 16 17 6 3 8 21 25 7 47
16 Deportivo Madryn 35 10 16 9 43 39 18 8 5 5 25 18 17 2 11 4 18 21 4 46
17 Deportivo Maipu 35 11 15 9 39 31 18 7 9 2 27 15 17 4 6 7 12 16 8 45
18 Atletico Mitre 35 11 11 13 36 37 17 7 6 4 20 18 18 4 5 9 16 19 -1 44
19 Ferro Carril Oeste 35 11 11 13 30 34 17 6 6 5 13 13 18 5 5 8 17 21 -4 44
20 Brown de Adrogue 35 11 10 14 39 39 17 6 4 7 21 19 18 5 6 7 18 20 0 43
21 Atlanta 35 10 13 12 29 31 17 5 9 3 16 13 18 5 4 9 13 18 -2 43
22 Quilmes 34 10 13 11 40 44 17 7 8 2 20 14 17 3 5 9 20 30 -4 43
23 Guillermo Brown 34 12 6 16 29 41 17 9 3 5 16 12 17 3 3 11 13 29 -12 42
24 Almirante Brown 35 9 14 12 38 43 18 7 8 3 26 19 17 2 6 9 12 24 -5 41
25 Temperley 35 9 14 12 33 39 18 6 7 5 19 16 17 3 7 7 14 23 -6 41
26 Gimnasia Jujuy 35 10 11 14 36 49 18 9 6 3 27 17 17 1 5 11 9 32 -13 41
27 Club Atlético Güemes 35 8 15 12 26 31 18 3 10 5 12 14 17 5 5 7 14 17 -5 39
28 San Telmo 35 9 12 14 35 50 18 7 9 2 21 15 17 2 3 12 14 35 -15 39
29 Atlético Rafaela 35 8 14 13 40 41 17 8 6 3 31 15 18 0 8 10 9 26 -1 38
30 Agropecuario 35 7 16 12 25 30 17 6 7 4 18 12 18 1 9 8 7 18 -5 37
31 Villa Dalmine 35 7 16 12 36 48 18 6 7 5 19 19 17 1 9 7 17 29 -12 37
32 Alvarado 35 8 12 15 31 46 18 6 6 6 20 17 17 2 6 9 11 29 -15 36
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 35 3 18 14 21 40 17 2 8 7 10 17 18 1 10 7 11 23 -19 27
37 Deportivo Santamarina 34 5 11 18 25 55 17 2 9 6 15 24 17 3 2 12 10 31 -30 26

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