Primera B Nacional preview: Can Gimnasia Mendoza edge out victory against Almagro?

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Competition: Argentina Primera B Nacional
Competition: Sun 05.June
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie (40268 seats)

Shaky top table cliff-hanger in Primera B Nacional as Almagro have come the 621 miles required to duel with Gimnasia Mendoza at their Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie.

Insights:
  • Gimnasia Mendoza have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Gimnasia Mendoza form and stats

Gimnasia Mendoza are steadily winning Primera B Nacional games and points here at Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie. 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games. After failing to beat Belgrano here at Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie, Gimnasia Mendoza has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Tomas Gimenez Berh not having conceded a league goal in 219 minutes.

Gimnasia travelled for their previous game, a trip to Alvarado that ended 0-0.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Estudiantes Río Cuarto.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Gimnasia Mendoza handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Gimnasia Mendoza are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Gimnasia have conceded only 4 goals.

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Almagro form and stats

As the visiting team in Primera B Nacional matches, Almagro have produced an overall stat of 3-3-2 so far.

Jaqué and Giménez scored in Almagro's previous match, the home game against San Telmo that ended 2-1. The end of the last match, against San Telmo, was very satisfying as Jaqué scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Chaco For Ever.

Almagro are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the preceeding five meetings featuring these two contenders are: two wins for Gimnasia, three draws and zero wins for Almagro. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Gimnasia MendozaD. Ortegoza
D. Ortegoza
6 goals
AlmagroN. Servetto
N. Servetto
6 goals
AlmagroM. Rueda
M. Rueda
4 goals

Gimnasia Mendoza missing players

Almagro missing players

Gimnasia Mendoza Almagro
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 3 8 17
7 5 0 Won W 1 3 8
5 1 0 Drew D 0 3 4
4 2 2 Lost L 2 2 5
20 10 0 Scored S 1 6 17
10 4 2 Conceded C 5 8 17
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
56% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 53%
25% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 25% 35%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 18%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
31% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 41%
44% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 50% 35%
38% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 67% 38% 29%
 
6.9 7 9 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 3.4 3.9
4.6 5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 6 4.6
2.1 1.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.1 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
11.1 12.5 11 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.6 8.8
4.4 4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.6 4
29% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 16% 25%
 
7.4 5.5 3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 11 9.1
3.2 2.2 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 4.5 3.7
Key stats in Primera B Nacional this season:
  • Gimnasia Mendoza have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Gimnasia Mendoza 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 Belgrano 16 12 2 2 22 10 8 8 0 0 15 4 8 4 2 2 7 6 12 38
2 San Martin Tucuman 16 9 5 2 22 13 8 5 2 1 8 4 8 4 3 1 14 9 9 32
3 Brown de Adrogué 17 8 7 2 24 16 8 4 2 2 12 8 9 4 5 0 12 8 8 31
4 All Boys 17 7 9 1 24 14 9 4 5 0 15 8 8 3 4 1 9 6 10 30
5 Instituto 16 8 6 2 20 12 8 6 2 0 13 4 8 2 4 2 7 8 8 30
6 Almagro 17 8 4 5 17 17 9 5 1 3 11 9 8 3 3 2 6 8 0 28
7 Chacarita Juniors 18 7 6 5 29 23 9 2 5 2 14 10 9 5 1 3 15 13 6 27
8 Independiente Rivadavia 17 8 3 6 24 19 8 6 0 2 13 7 9 2 3 4 11 12 5 27
9 Estudiantes Caseros 18 7 6 5 17 15 9 4 4 1 9 5 9 3 2 4 8 10 2 27
10 Gimnasia Mendoza 16 7 5 4 20 10 8 5 1 2 10 4 8 2 4 2 10 6 10 26
11 Chaco For Ever 18 5 10 3 22 15 9 4 4 1 12 6 9 1 6 2 10 9 7 25
12 San Martin San Juan 18 7 4 7 24 21 9 6 1 2 19 7 9 1 3 5 5 14 3 25
13 Estudiantes Río Cuarto 17 6 7 4 16 17 9 4 4 1 12 8 8 2 3 3 4 9 -1 25
14 Deportivo Madryn 17 6 6 5 23 18 9 4 2 3 13 9 8 2 4 2 10 9 5 24
15 Agropecuario 17 5 9 3 17 12 8 4 3 1 12 6 9 1 6 2 5 6 5 24
16 Guillermo Brown 17 7 3 7 16 16 8 4 1 3 9 7 9 3 2 4 7 9 0 24
17 Deportivo Maipu 18 5 10 3 17 15 9 2 6 1 10 8 9 3 4 2 7 7 2 22
18 Quilmes 17 5 7 5 22 21 8 3 4 1 11 9 9 2 3 4 11 12 1 22
19 Nueva Chicago 17 5 7 5 19 18 9 4 4 1 10 4 8 1 3 4 9 14 1 22
20 Defensores de Belgrano 17 5 7 5 18 19 8 2 4 2 8 9 9 3 3 3 10 10 -1 22
21 Ferro Carril Oeste 17 5 7 5 17 19 8 2 3 3 6 9 9 3 4 2 11 10 -2 22
22 Deportivo Riestra 16 4 9 3 12 13 8 3 3 2 7 8 8 1 6 1 5 5 -1 21
23 Alvarado 18 5 6 7 18 27 9 4 3 2 12 8 9 1 3 5 6 19 -9 21
24 Atlanta 18 4 8 6 18 20 9 2 6 1 10 8 9 2 2 5 8 12 -2 20
25 Gimnasia Jujuy 17 5 5 7 17 23 9 4 3 2 13 11 8 1 2 5 4 12 -6 20
26 Almirante Brown 16 4 7 5 18 21 8 4 4 0 13 8 8 0 3 5 5 13 -3 19
27 Deportivo Moron 17 3 9 5 10 10 9 2 5 2 7 5 8 1 4 3 3 5 0 18
28 Temperley 17 4 5 8 15 22 9 2 3 4 7 9 8 2 2 4 8 13 -7 17
29 Club Atlético Güemes 16 3 7 6 9 13 8 1 4 3 4 7 8 2 3 3 5 6 -4 16
30 Atlético Rafaela 17 3 6 8 16 18 8 3 3 2 12 6 9 0 3 6 4 12 -2 15
31 Atletico Mitre 16 3 6 7 17 20 8 1 5 2 7 11 8 2 1 5 10 9 -3 15
32 Sacachispas 16 2 9 5 13 16 8 1 4 3 6 8 8 1 5 2 7 8 -3 15
33 Flandria 17 3 6 8 20 25 9 3 3 3 15 11 8 0 3 5 5 14 -5 15
34 San Telmo 16 3 6 7 16 26 8 2 4 2 7 9 8 1 2 5 9 17 -10 15
35 Villa Dalmine 16 2 8 6 18 26 8 1 3 4 5 11 8 1 5 2 13 15 -8 14
36 Tristán Suárez 16 1 7 8 15 25 8 1 4 3 11 14 8 0 3 5 4 11 -10 10
37 Deportivo Santamarina 17 1 6 10 10 27 8 0 5 3 5 10 9 1 1 7 5 17 -17 9

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.