Action is likely at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello when Defensa y Justicia meet Lanús in what promises to be a great game. Read the preview!
- Lanús have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Superliga
The hosts Justicia saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Superliga. That game was an away game at Arsenal de Sarandi, so at least Defensa y Justicia are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
Overall Superliga stats at home this season for Defensa y Justicia are 6-4-2 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello.
It's back home for Justicia, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Arsenal de Sarandi away with the result 2-1. Fernández (2) found the net in that victory. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Fernández, having scored in three matches in a row. The forward Fernández bested all others in that game and managed a match rating of 8.5 out of 10. Fernández scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match, Defensa y Justicia won a home game hosting Tigre (1-0).This is expected to be a close game, with Defensa y Justicia perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Defensa y Justicia as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Defensa y Justicia has won 5 of these, drawn 5 and lost 0.
Not much happening? Looking at this team's last 12 league games, 9 have produced two goals or less.
The Justicia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 12 matches. Defensa y Justicia have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Lanús form and stats
3-6-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lanús in their Superliga matches away.
Lanús's previous game was their home loss versus Velez Sarsfield (0-1). Before that defeat this club had gained at least one point from seven league games in a row. Lema, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.5. Lema won 10 of 13 duels.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Platense.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Lanús in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Lanús, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
Low-scoring game? 8 of this team's latest 10 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.
Lanús find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Lanús have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Data for the last ten meetings featuring these two squads are: six wins for Defensa y Justicia, three draws and one win for Lanús. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Fernández 12 goals |  L. Díaz 11 goals | S. Solari 4 goals |
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| Defensa y Justicia | Lanús | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 29 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | 31 |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 21 |
| 87% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 92% | 91% |
| 65% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 70% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 43% |
| 9% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 8% | 4% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 8% | 4% |
| 35% | 42% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 67% | 52% |
| 57% | 58% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 25% | 35% |
| 22% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 17% | 22% |
| 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 6.2 | 6.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 13.1 | 13 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.2 | 12.3 |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 27% | 28% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 36% | 34% |
| 14.5 | 14.3 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 12.2 | 12 |
| 4.3 | 5.3 | 5.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
- Lanús have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Superliga
- Lanús have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | River Plate | 23 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 27 | 53 |
| 2 | Talleres Cordoba | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 44 |
| 3 | San Lorenzo | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 42 |
| 4 | Lanús | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 40 |
| 5 | Defensa y Justicia | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 39 |
| 6 | Estudiantes | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 38 |
| 7 | Rosario Central | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 36 |
| 8 | Godoy Cruz | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 36 |
| 9 | Belgrano | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -1 | 34 |
| 10 | Argentinos Juniors | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 33 |
| 11 | Boca Juniors | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 32 |
| 12 | Racing Club | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 31 |
| 13 | Newell's Old Boys | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 30 |
| 14 | Barracas Central | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 30 |
| 15 | Platense | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 29 |
| 16 | Sarmiento | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 28 |
| 17 | Atletico Tucuman | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 27 |
| 18 | Gimnasia La Plata | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -10 | 27 |
| 19 | Central Cordoba SdE | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 26 |
| 20 | Instituto | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 26 |
| 21 | Tigre | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 25 |
| 22 | Velez Sarsfield | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 23 | Independiente | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -5 | 24 |
| 24 | Colon | 23 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 24 |
| 25 | Union Santa Fe | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 24 |
| 26 | Banfield | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 24 |
| 27 | Huracan | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -11 | 19 |
| 28 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 23 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 17 | -16 | 17 |
