Patronato supporters put their faith in manager Otta to deliver victory against Almagro

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Competition: Argentina Primera B Nacional
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Presbítero Bartolomé Grella (22000 seats)

Keep working on their own match tactics or look more at the opponent? Both Patronato and Almagro should try something more original than earlier. Read more!

Insights:
  • Patronato have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Almagro have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Primera B Nacional

Only a few days to rest for the hosting team, as they were involved in a Copa Libertadores fixture only three days ago. This match was also played here at Estadio Presbítero Bartolomé Grella. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Almagro have had more rest.

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Patronato form and stats

The Primera B Nacional results at home this season for Patronato are 2-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). When Patronato hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like All Boys, Flandria, Alvarado, San Telmo, Patronato and Estudiantes Rio Cuarto), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

The Patronato fans got no joy from their last fixture, a Copa Libertadores duel also played here at Estadio Presbítero Bartolomé Grella: A 0-2 defeat against Olimpia. Barinaga (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.62/10. Barinaga hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 26 successful passes (of 27 total).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting San Telmo (1-3).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Patronato handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Patronato have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Presbítero Bartolomé Grella with 12 goals in 7 league matches. Patronato have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Almagro form and stats

Almagro have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Primera B Nacional, after 1-3-4 (8 played).

Almagro have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 226 minutes ago. Cuello was the goal scorer. The Almagro goalkeeper Emilio Emiliano Gonzalez is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 192 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Almagro's last game was the home draw against Gimnasia Mendoza (0-0).

Before that, Almagro travelled to Alvarado and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

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, 4 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

Few goals the story here? 13 of this team's most recent 16 league matches have seen two goals or less.

Goals are few and far between in Almagro's away league games. Only {4 goals} from 8 travels. As opposed to that, Almagro have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

PatronatoJ. Valdez Chamorro
J. Valdez Chamorro
3 goals
PatronatoF. Cobos
F. Cobos
2 goals
PatronatoI. Russo Cordero
I. Russo Cordero
2 goals

Patronato missing players

Almagro missing players

Patronato Almagro
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 8 16
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 5
6 3 1 Drew D 2 3 5
5 2 0 Lost L 1 4 6
17 12 7 Scored S 2 4 11
15 6 1 Conceded C 3 9 12
80% 71% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 75% 75%
67% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 38% 31%
33% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 25% 19%
20% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 12% 12%
7% 14% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 6%
47% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 25% 19%
40% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 38% 50%
33% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 62% 56%
 
3.8 3.4 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 4.5 4.4
4.3 3.7 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.3 2.6 3.1
2.4 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.8 2.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
6.9 7.7 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6 5.6 6.7
2.8 3.9 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 1.6 1.9
40% 44% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 31% 35%
 
6.6 5 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 7.2 5.9
3.3 3.1 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 2.9 2.3
Key stats in Primera B Nacional this season:
  • Almagro have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Almagro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Almagro have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Primera B Nacional
  • Almagro have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Primera B Nacional
  • Patronato have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Patronato have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Almagro have scored 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 Agropecuario 17 9 2 6 23 20 8 6 2 0 16 6 9 3 0 6 7 14 3 29
2 Almirante Brown 16 7 6 3 18 12 9 5 3 1 13 4 7 2 3 2 5 8 6 27
3 San Martin San Juan 17 7 6 4 19 15 8 4 3 1 11 4 9 3 3 3 8 11 4 27
4 San Martin Tucuman 17 8 2 7 18 12 8 6 1 1 14 4 9 2 1 6 4 8 6 26
5 Temperley 17 7 5 5 21 20 8 6 1 1 13 5 9 1 4 4 8 15 1 26
6 Gimnasia Mendoza 17 5 10 2 15 12 9 4 5 0 9 5 8 1 5 2 6 7 3 25
7 Defensores Unidos 16 6 6 4 15 12 8 6 2 0 13 4 8 0 4 4 2 8 3 24
8 Deportivo Moron 17 6 5 6 15 16 9 4 3 2 9 5 8 2 2 4 6 11 -1 23
9 Nueva Chicago 16 5 6 5 13 9 8 4 2 2 10 5 8 1 4 3 3 4 4 21
10 Guillermo Brown 16 5 6 5 19 17 8 3 3 2 13 8 8 2 3 3 6 9 2 21
11 Club Atletico Guemes 17 4 9 4 16 18 9 1 6 2 5 6 8 3 3 2 11 12 -2 21
12 Defensores de Belgrano 16 5 5 6 16 14 8 4 2 2 10 5 8 1 3 4 6 9 2 20
13 Almagro 16 5 5 6 11 12 8 4 2 2 7 3 8 1 3 4 4 9 -1 20
14 All Boys 18 4 8 6 16 22 9 2 5 2 8 9 9 2 3 4 8 13 -6 20
15 Estudiantes Rio Cuarto 17 5 4 8 15 19 9 4 3 2 12 8 8 1 1 6 3 11 -4 19
16 Flandria 16 5 4 7 17 23 8 4 2 2 11 10 8 1 2 5 6 13 -6 19
17 Patronato 15 4 6 5 17 15 7 2 3 2 12 6 8 2 3 3 5 9 2 18
18 San Telmo 17 4 4 9 23 29 8 3 2 3 12 12 9 1 2 6 11 17 -6 16
19 Alvarado 16 3 7 6 11 21 8 3 3 2 6 5 8 0 4 4 5 16 -10 16

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.