Primera B Nacional match prediction: Little separates Gimnasia Mendoza and San Martín San Juan in quality

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Competition: Argentina Primera B Nacional
Competition: Sun 18.June
Match begins: 18:10 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie (40268 seats)

Primera B Nacional: Two sides in pretty good shape get together for this game. San Martín San Juan with a tiny edge with their 2nd place in the standings?

Insights:
  • Gimnasia Mendoza have not yet lost a game at home.
  • San Martín San Juan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Copa Argentina. That game, against Aldosivi, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for San Martín San Juan.

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Gimnasia Mendoza form and stats

When playing at home in the Primera B Nacional, Gimnasia Mendoza have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 9 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie after three straight home wins.

The fans are hoping that Gimnasia Mendoza will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Defensores Unidos (placed 3rd). The first setback in the shape of a loss after collecting points in four league matches.

Before that match, a win away at Guillermo Brown.

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 Gimnasia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 5 and lost 4.

Gimnasia Mendoza have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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San Martín San Juan form and stats

The visitors are W3-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Primera B Nacional.

Two away games in a row for San Martín San Juan, whose boss Monasterio could celebrate last time after the Copa Argentina win against Aldosivi.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Alvarado in the Primera B Nacional.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with San Martín San Juan playing away and similar expectations, we found 23 relevant matches. Results were 3 Martín wins, 6 draws and 14 defeats.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, San Martín San Juan have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: San Martín San Juan - Gimnasia 0-1. Statistics for the prior two meetings featuring these two contenders are: one win for Gimnasia Mendoza, zero draws and one win for San Martín San Juan. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 2 red cards from the last two duels.

Top Goalscorers

Gimnasia MendozaN. Romano Di Marco
N. Romano Di Marco
3 goals
Gimnasia MendozaS. López Garcia
S. López Garcia
3 goals

Gimnasia Mendoza missing players

San Martín San Juan missing players

Gimnasia Mendoza San Martín San Juan
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 4 Played P 2 9 19
6 4 2 Won W 1 3 8
10 5 2 Drew D 1 3 7
3 0 0 Lost L 0 3 4
17 9 6 Scored S 2 8 22
14 5 4 Conceded C 1 11 16
79% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 78% 79%
47% 44% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 63%
26% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 32%
11% 11% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 16%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 11%
47% 44% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 42%
37% 56% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 44% 47%
37% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 32%
 
3.8 4.4 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 2.9 3.9
4.1 3.9 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 1.5 3.4 3
2.5 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.4 2.3
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
7.9 8.9 7.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 7.1 9.4
2.8 2 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.3 3.6
32% 50% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 27% 32%
 
7.4 6.9 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 5 6.6 6.3
3 2.8 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 3.1 2.7
Key stats in Primera B Nacional this season:
  • Gimnasia Mendoza have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Gimnasia Mendoza have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • San Martín San Juan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • San Martín San Juan 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 Agropecuario 20 11 2 7 27 23 10 8 2 0 19 7 10 3 0 7 8 16 4 35
2 San Martín San Juan 19 8 7 4 22 16 10 5 4 1 14 5 9 3 3 3 8 11 6 31
3 Defensores Unidos 19 8 7 4 18 12 10 7 3 0 14 4 9 1 4 4 4 8 6 31
4 Almirante Brown 19 8 7 4 21 16 9 5 3 1 13 4 10 3 4 3 8 12 5 31
5 San Martín Tucumán 19 9 3 7 21 13 10 7 2 1 17 5 9 2 1 6 4 8 8 30
6 Deportivo Moron 20 8 5 7 19 19 10 5 3 2 11 6 10 3 2 5 8 13 0 29
7 Nueva Chicago 19 7 7 5 17 9 10 6 2 2 14 5 9 1 5 3 3 4 8 28
8 Gimnasia Mendoza 19 6 10 3 17 14 9 4 5 0 9 5 10 2 5 3 8 9 3 28
9 Temperley 20 7 7 6 23 23 10 6 3 1 15 7 10 1 4 5 8 16 0 28
10 Alvarado 20 5 9 6 16 22 10 5 3 2 10 5 10 0 6 4 6 17 -6 24
11 Estudiantes Rio Cuarto 20 6 5 9 16 21 10 5 3 2 13 8 10 1 2 7 3 13 -5 23
12 Patronato 19 5 7 7 19 18 9 3 3 3 13 7 10 2 4 4 6 11 1 22
13 Defensores de Belgrano 19 5 7 7 18 18 9 4 3 2 10 5 10 1 4 5 8 13 0 22
14 Guillermo Brown 19 5 7 7 20 21 10 3 4 3 14 10 9 2 3 4 6 11 -1 22
15 San Telmo 19 6 4 9 28 31 10 5 2 3 17 14 9 1 2 6 11 17 -3 22
16 Club Atlético Güemes 19 4 10 5 17 20 9 1 6 2 5 6 10 3 4 3 12 14 -3 22
17 Almagro 19 5 6 8 12 15 10 4 3 3 8 5 9 1 3 5 4 10 -3 21
18 All Boys 19 4 8 7 16 24 9 2 5 2 8 9 10 2 3 5 8 15 -8 20
19 Flandria 19 5 4 10 17 29 9 4 2 3 11 12 10 1 2 7 6 17 -12 19

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.