It's only match two of the Primera D Metropolitana for these sides. and fresh optimism here at Estadio 12 de Octubre as Defensores de Cambaceres receive Central Ballester. Get smart with this preview!
It's no vacation for neither Defensores de Cambaceres nor Central Ballester as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Defensores de Cambaceres form and stats
In the previous season, Defensores de Cambaceres's league statistics were 7 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses, results that produced 2nd place in the Primera D Metropolitana. During these eleven matches they scored 22 goals and gave away 7. Playing as the home team in the former season Defensores de Cambaceres produced 4-2-0 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 4 conceded. Defensores de Cambaceres have only played one Primera D Metropolitana game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat from 5 matches.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 201 minutes.
Defensores's last game was hosting Central Ballester (placed 11th) and winning 5-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Defensores de Cambaceres played a great game against Central Ballester and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
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 Defensores have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won six times, drawn two and lost two.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Defensores de Cambaceres at home in the league. 5 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Central Ballester form and stats
Let's have a look at how Central Ballester performed last season in the Primera D Metropolitana: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 7 and conceded 11 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 1 with 4/6 goals scored/conceded. The visitors' first away game in the Primera D Metropolitana ended in defeat. Last season Central Ballester had these away match statistics: Played 5; won 1, drew 0 and lost 4.
Central Ballester aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 562 league minutes without a goal. Soler was the last player to find the net.
Central Ballester are travelling again after losing away to Defensores de Cambaceres in their previous match (0-5). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Defensores de Cambaceres was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
A 0-4 defeat away at Puerto Nuevo before that.Ballester are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and three defeats. From a total of six matches.
Central Ballester have the goal stats of 0-5 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two sides meet this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: Defensores de Cambaceres - Central Ballester 5-0. Head to head numbers (for the prior seven meetings): Defensores de Cambaceres won five games, one match ended with a draw and Central Ballester got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / threeDefensores de Cambaceres missing players
Central Ballester missing players
| Defensores de Cambaceres | Central Ballester | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 83% | 83% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Defensores de Cambaceres | Last season | Central Ballester | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Scored | S | 7 | 15 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Conceded | C | 14 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 77% | ||
| 69% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 45% | 50% | ||
| 27% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 15% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 18% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 9% | ||
| 50% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 18% | 32% | ||
| 42% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 41% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 50% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 8 | ||
| 9.7 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.1 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 26% | ||
| 5.7 | 4.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 10 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Defensores de Cambaceres | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Deportivo Muniz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Centro Espanol | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Sportivo Barracas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Yupanqui | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Argentino Rosario | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Lugano | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Deportivo Paraguayo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Juventud Unida G. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Mercedes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 11 | Central Ballester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liniers | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Defensores de Cambaceres | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 3 | Sportivo Barracas | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 20 |
| 4 | Juventud Unida G. | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | Yupanqui | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 6 | Argentino Rosario | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | Lugano | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 8 | Centro Espanol | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 14 |
| 9 | Puerto Nuevo | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Deportivo Muniz | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 9 |
| 11 | Central Ballester | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 7 |
| 12 | Deportivo Paraguayo | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -12 | 5 |