San Martín San Juan are stalking the top league positions while Defensores de Belgrano are more involved in escaping relegation. Expected home win or surprise away points?
- San Martín San Juan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- San Martín San Juan have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Defensores de Belgrano have scored away.
These teams have little in common geographically as Defensores de Belgrano have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Not a lot of time to rest for the team playing at home, as they featured in a Copa Argentina game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Velez Sarsfield, was also a home game here at Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez. The away team is better rested.
San Martín San Juan form and stats
San Martín San Juan are steadily winning Primera B Nacional games and points here at Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez. 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games. In general it's been a long time since San Martín San Juan tasted defeat here at Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.
The home followers witnessed a 2-2 draw versus Velez Sarsfield in the Copa Argentina last time out and are hoping for a victory here.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Almirante Brown (1-2).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 Martín have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 19 games) they have won 11 times, drawn 4 and lost 4.
San Martín San Juan have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez with 20 goals in 12 league matches. From these home matches, San Martín San Juan have conceded only 6 goals.
Defensores de Belgrano form and stats
Defensores de Belgrano have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Primera B Nacional, after 1-4-6 (11 played).
Defensores have a lot to remedy after their shock defeat (1-2) to Defensores Unidos in their previous game, played at their own home ground.
Before that, Defensores de Belgrano travelled to Guillermo Brown and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.Defensores de Belgrano 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 8 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
Lacking goals? 12 of this team's latest 16 league rounds have contained two or less goals.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Defensores have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last head-to-head meeting ended Defensores de Belgrano - San Martín San Juan 0-1, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): San Martín San Juan two wins, one draw and Defensores de Belgrano one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 2 red cards from the last four encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Salto 9 goals |  G. Benegas 7 goals |  R. Moreira 4 goals |
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| San Martín San Juan | Defensores de Belgrano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 29 | 20 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 23 |
| 25 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | 22 |
| 83% | 83% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 75% | 83% |
| 71% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 58% | 54% |
| 42% | 42% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 17% | 12% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 42% | 42% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 58% | 46% |
| 42% | 50% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 38% |
| 33% | 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 42% | 33% |
| 3.9 | 4.8 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 6 | 5.1 |
| 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.1 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9.5 | 12.1 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 7.1 | 7.2 |
| 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 33% | 41% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 31% |
| 6.9 | 6.4 | 4.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 8.5 | 7.6 |
| 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
- Defensores de Belgrano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- San Martín San Juan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- San Martín San Juan have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Defensores de Belgrano have scored away.
- San Martín San Juan 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 | Almirante Brown | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 41 |
| 2 | Agropecuario | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 39 |
| 3 | Deportivo Moron | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 38 |
| 4 | San Martín Tucumán | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 37 |
| 5 | Defensores Unidos | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 37 |
| 6 | San Martín San Juan | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 37 |
| 7 | Nueva Chicago | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 36 |
| 8 | Gimnasia Mendoza | 23 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 35 |
| 9 | Temperley | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 33 |
| 10 | Estudiantes Rio Cuarto | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -2 | 33 |
| 11 | Patronato | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 31 |
| 12 | Alvarado | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -4 | 30 |
| 13 | Defensores de Belgrano | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 28 |
| 14 | All Boys | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 28 |
| 15 | Club Atletico Guemes | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 26 |
| 16 | Almagro | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 14 | -6 | 25 |
| 17 | Guillermo Brown | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 24 |
| 18 | Flandria | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 22 | -13 | 23 |
| 19 | San Telmo | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 22 |
