The bragging rights belong to Defensa y Justicia so far, with their 5th place in the Superliga table and looking forward to facing Sarmiento (who are in 17th).
- Defensa y Justicia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sarmiento have scored away.
These are full days for the hosts, as they were in action only four days ago in the Copa Argentina. Thankfully the previous game, versus Centro Espanol, was also a home game here at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello. The away team is better rested.
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
6 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Defensa y Justicia have to build on here at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello in the Superliga.
Defensa y Justicia's previous fixture was a Copa Argentina game also played at home, finishing 1-0 vs Centro Espanol. The home team are looking to repeat that performance.
Before that, Defensa y Justicia played out a Superliga draw 2-2 when visiting Godoy Cruz.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Justicia's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 8 games, won 7 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Defensa y Justicia has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Defensa y 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 11 from 13 matches.
Sarmiento form and stats
Sarmiento have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 3-4-6 (13 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Damonte, the Sarmiento manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
There were no winners in Sarmiento's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Velez Sarsfield (placed 23rd). As mentioned above, Sarmiento drew the match against Velez Sarsfield. Manager Damonte brought on Mónaco to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Midfielder Bettini was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.12. Bettini dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Prior to that match, the Sarmiento manager Damonte faced defeat when travelling to Platense and losing 0-1.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Sarmiento when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 9 matches with the visitors losing 6 times, drawing 2 and winning 1 game.
A tale of few goals? 11 of this team's last 12 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.
The attacking power of Sarmiento when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 13 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Defensa y Justicia wins - draws - Sarmiento wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Fernández 12 goals |  L. Gondou 6 goals | G. Togni 4 goals |
Defensa y Justicia missing players
Sarmiento missing players
| Defensa y Justicia | Sarmiento | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 33 | 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 23 |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 23 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 77% | 80% |
| 68% | 69% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 46% | 52% |
| 36% | 31% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 8% | 16% |
| 16% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 40% | 46% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 15% | 28% |
| 52% | 54% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 46% | 40% |
| 20% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 62% | 52% |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.2 | 4.6 |
| 6.1 | 6.1 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 7.5 | 6.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13.5 | 13.5 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 9.9 | 12 |
| 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.6 |
| 29% | 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 23% | 26% |
| 14.8 | 14.9 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 17.2 | 17 |
| 4.4 | 5.5 | 5.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
- Defensa y Justicia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sarmiento have scored away.
- Sarmiento have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sarmiento 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 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 29 | 57 |
| 2 | Talleres Cordoba | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 19 | 48 |
| 3 | San Lorenzo | 25 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 46 |
| 4 | Lanus | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 42 |
| 5 | Defensa y Justicia | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 41 |
| 6 | Rosario Central | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 40 |
| 7 | Estudiantes | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 39 |
| 8 | Boca Juniors | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 38 |
| 9 | Godoy Cruz | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 38 |
| 10 | Argentinos Juniors | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 37 |
| 11 | Belgrano | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 35 |
| 12 | Newell's Old Boys | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 34 |
| 13 | Barracas Central | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -3 | 34 |
| 14 | Racing Club | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 33 |
| 15 | Platense | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -2 | 33 |
| 16 | Atletico Tucuman | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 31 |
| 17 | Sarmiento | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 29 |
| 18 | Central Cordoba SdE | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 29 |
| 19 | Instituto | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -10 | 29 |
| 20 | Independiente | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 28 |
| 21 | Tigre | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 28 |
| 22 | Gimnasia La Plata | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -14 | 28 |
| 23 | Velez Sarsfield | 25 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 26 |
| 24 | Union Santa Fe | 25 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 26 |
| 25 | Banfield | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -13 | 26 |
| 26 | Colon | 25 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 25 |
| 27 | Huracan | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 16 | -13 | 19 |
| 28 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 25 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 17 | -18 | 18 |
