Boca Juniors know they are going on a gruelling excursion to Defensa y Justicia and their Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello. This match preview has all the knowledge you need before the game.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Justicia and Boca Juniors.
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
When playing at home in the Superliga, Defensa y Justicia have managed 2 wins, 5 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 7 games. Defensa y Justicia have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Defensa y Justicia lost their last game at Barracas Central (placed 18th) after a 1-3 scoreline. Unsaín had a busy but productive day in the Barracas Central match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.
Before that, Defensa y Justicia drew at home versus Tigre.Justicia are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.
Boca Juniors form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Boca Juniors so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
Boca Juniors have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 227 minutes ago. Romero was the goal scorer. The Boca Juniors goalkeeper Agustin Daniel Rossi is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 215 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
There were no winners in Juniors's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Rosario Central (placed 16th). The attacker Villa got a match rating of 8.05 in that game. Villa hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 6 of 8 times and had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Racing Club that ended 0-0.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Boca Juniors as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Boca Juniors have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Boca Juniors have not lost in the last 5 games (4-1-0) versus Justicia.Boca Juniors - Defensa y Justicia 2-0 was the story when this pair of participants formerly played each other, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Benedetto 9 goals |  S. Villa Cano 8 goals |  F. Rojo 5 goals |
Defensa y Justicia missing players
Boca Juniors missing players
| Defensa y Justicia | Boca Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 31 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 10 | 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 38 | 17 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 42 |
| 37 | 14 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 31 |
| 90% | 79% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 85% | 87% |
| 72% | 71% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 71% |
| 45% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 46% | 48% |
| 24% | 21% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 15% | 16% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 66% | 71% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 48% |
| 17% | 29% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 35% |
| 28% | 21% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 38% | 29% |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5 | 5.9 |
| 5.7 | 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 13.3 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 12.5 | 12.2 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| 30% | 27% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 22% | 27% |
| 12.5 | 11.3 | 14.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 11.2 | 9.9 |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Tucuman | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 29 |
| 2 | Gimnasia La Plata | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 |
| 3 | Argentinos Juniors | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 4 | Racing Club | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| 5 | Huracan | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Godoy Cruz | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | River Plate | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 8 | Patronato | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 | Platense | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Union Santa Fe | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 11 | San Lorenzo | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| 12 | Newell's Old Boys | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 13 | Boca Juniors | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 20 |
| 14 | Tigre | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 18 |
| 15 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 16 | Rosario Central | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 18 |
| 17 | Central Cordoba SdE | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 18 | Barracas Central | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 19 | Sarmiento | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 20 | Estudiantes | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 21 | Banfield | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 15 |
| 22 | Defensa y Justicia | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 15 |
| 23 | Colon | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 15 |
| 24 | Talleres Cordoba | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 25 | Independiente | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 26 | Aldosivi | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 11 |
| 27 | Velez Sarsfield | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 10 |
| 28 | Lanus | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -11 | 7 |
