Atlas - Argentino Merlo: Small difference between teams in Primera C clash

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Competition: Argentina Primera C
Competition: Tue 10.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Leandro Nicéforo Alem (3500 seats)

Happy home supporters, the away team runs away as victors or a tactical 0-0 draw? Anything could happen when the mid-table sides Atlas and Argentino Merlo meet at Estadio Leandro Nicéforo Alem.

Insights:
  • Atlas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Argentino Merlo have the most points from losing position (7) in Primera C

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Atlas form and stats

When playing at home in the Primera C, Atlas have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.

Atlas are confident in defense, having played 286 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Atlas enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Puerto Nuevo's place. The match ended 2-0.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Deportivo Laferrere.

This is expected to be a close game, with Atlas perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Atlas as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Atlas has won six of these, drawn eight and lost three.

Atlas have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Leandro Nicéforo Alem with 9 goals in 6 league matches.

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Argentino Merlo form and stats

2-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Argentino Merlo in their Primera C matches away.

Argentino Merlo are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the game against Excursionistas (placed 8th).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Liniers's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 21 similar matches played by Argentino Merlo in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Argentino Merlo, eight draws and seven defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Argentino Merlo has managed 6 goals and let in 6 from 6 matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head data (for the former eight meetings): Atlas won three games, three matches ended in a draw and Argentino Merlo managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / six

Atlas missing players

Argentino Merlo missing players

Atlas Argentino Merlo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 1 6 12
5 3 0 Won W 0 2 5
3 2 0 Drew D 1 2 3
4 1 1 Lost L 0 2 4
13 9 1 Scored S 0 6 12
10 6 2 Conceded C 0 6 13
83% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 83% 92%
58% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 50%
33% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 33%
8% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 17%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 17%
42% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
42% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 33%
33% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 25%
 
5.4 4.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 5.2 5.5
2.8 2.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.7 4.3
1.4 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.2 2.9
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.5 6.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.8 10.6
3.3 3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.5 4.3
32% 50% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 23%
 
6.4 5.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 7 7 6.5
1.9 1.7 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2.7 2.7
Key stats in Primera C this season:
  • Argentino Merlo have the most points from losing position (7) in Primera C
  • Atlas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Atlas have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Atlas have won significantly less 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 Real Pilar 12 7 2 3 12 6 6 3 2 1 8 4 6 4 0 2 4 2 6 23
2 Midland 12 6 4 2 23 13 6 3 3 0 10 2 6 3 1 2 13 11 10 22
3 Berazategui 12 6 4 2 14 9 6 3 2 1 6 4 6 3 2 1 8 5 5 22
4 Leandro Nicéforo Alem 12 6 4 2 12 7 6 3 2 1 8 5 6 3 2 1 4 2 5 22
5 Deportivo Laferrere 13 4 9 0 7 2 7 2 5 0 5 2 6 2 4 0 2 0 5 21
6 Deportivo Español 13 5 5 3 18 11 6 3 2 1 9 4 7 2 3 2 9 7 7 20
7 Sportivo Italiano 13 5 5 3 15 8 6 3 2 1 9 3 7 2 3 2 6 5 7 20
8 Excursionistas 12 5 5 2 12 10 6 3 3 0 9 4 6 2 2 2 3 6 2 20
9 Atlas 12 5 3 4 13 10 6 3 2 1 9 6 6 2 1 3 4 4 3 18
10 Argentino Merlo 12 5 3 4 12 13 6 3 1 2 6 7 6 2 2 2 6 6 -1 18
11 General Lamadrid 12 5 2 5 14 14 6 3 1 2 7 6 6 2 1 3 7 8 0 17
12 Claypole 12 4 5 3 10 10 6 4 1 1 8 4 6 0 4 2 2 6 0 17
13 Lujan 13 3 6 4 13 16 7 3 2 2 8 7 6 0 4 2 5 9 -3 15
14 Central Córdoba 13 3 5 5 15 15 6 2 3 1 10 5 7 1 2 4 5 10 0 14
15 Liniers 12 4 2 6 15 17 6 3 0 3 8 8 6 1 2 3 7 9 -2 14
16 San Martín Burzaco 12 1 6 5 8 15 6 1 4 1 4 4 6 0 2 4 4 11 -7 9
17 Victoriano Arenas 12 2 2 8 11 20 6 2 1 3 5 5 6 0 1 5 6 15 -9 8
18 El Porvenir 12 1 3 8 8 19 6 1 3 2 5 7 6 0 0 6 3 12 -11 6
19 Puerto Nuevo 13 1 3 9 7 24 7 1 0 6 4 14 6 0 3 3 3 10 -17 6

Read more about Primera C

The Primera C Metropolitana form the fourth level of the Argentine football league system, together with Torneo Federal B. Primera C Metropolitana is made up of 20 teams mostly from the Buenos Aires area. Teams play each other twice to decide a final league table, first in the Apertura (opening) stage and then in the Clausura (closing) stage.