The league table shows that 8 points separate the two contenders in this Superliga fixture. Defensa y Justicia own both the points- and home ground advantage.
- Defensa y Justicia have won significantly more corners at home than away.
Defensa y Justicia have less rest than Tigre in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa Sudamericana game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Tigre have had more rest.
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
Defensa y Justicia have collected 19 points from their Superliga home games so far after 5-4-2.
Justicia's previous fixture was a Copa Sudamericana game also played at their home, finishing 3-1 against Millonarios. The home team are looking to repeat that performance.
Heartbreak before that as Defensa y Justicia lost 1-3 at Argentinos Juniors's place.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 Defensa y Justicia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Low on goals? In this club's last 10 league games, 8 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Justicia as they have a new game in only two days, a Copa Argentina match thankfully also at home. Centro Espanol are visiting.
Defensa y Justicia has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. 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 9 from 11 matches.
Tigre form and stats
Tigre have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 2-4-5 (11 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Tigre's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Two away games in a row for Tigre, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 vs Sao Paulo in the Copa Sudamericana.
Before that, Tigre secured a home win against Velez Sarsfield with the score 2-1.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Banfield in just three days.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Tigre have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Justicia have put together a streak of 6 consecutive games without losing (2-4-0) when facing Tigre.The games between these teams have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Retegui 10 goals |   N. Fernández 9 goals | S. Solari 4 goals |
Defensa y Justicia missing players
Tigre missing players
| Defensa y Justicia | Tigre | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 26 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 24 |
| 86% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 90% |
| 67% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 62% |
| 29% | 27% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 27% | 38% |
| 10% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 19% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 45% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 48% |
| 57% | 55% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 18% | 24% |
| 24% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 45% | 38% |
| 4.3 | 5.3 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 6.1 | 5.8 | 8.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.8 | 13.1 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 13.9 | 15.3 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 28% | 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 20% | 22% |
| 14.5 | 14.1 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 11.2 | 13 |
| 4.1 | 5.1 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
- Defensa y Justicia have won significantly more 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 | River Plate | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 26 | 50 |
| 2 | Talleres Cordoba | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 17 | 40 |
| 3 | San Lorenzo | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Lanus | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 37 |
| 5 | Estudiantes | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 36 |
| 6 | Rosario Central | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 35 |
| 7 | Belgrano | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 34 |
| 8 | Defensa y Justicia | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 33 |
| 9 | Argentinos Juniors | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 32 |
| 10 | Godoy Cruz | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 32 |
| 11 | Newell's Old Boys | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 29 |
| 12 | Platense | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -1 | 29 |
| 13 | Sarmiento | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 28 |
| 14 | Boca Juniors | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 28 |
| 15 | Racing Club | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 27 |
| 16 | Gimnasia La Plata | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -10 | 26 |
| 17 | Tigre | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 25 |
| 18 | Central Cordoba SdE | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 25 |
| 19 | Colon | 21 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 24 |
| 20 | Barracas Central | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 24 |
| 21 | Union Santa Fe | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 23 |
| 22 | Instituto | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -12 | 22 |
| 23 | Independiente | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 21 |
| 24 | Atletico Tucuman | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 21 |
| 25 | Huracan | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 19 |
| 26 | Velez Sarsfield | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -4 | 18 |
| 27 | Banfield | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -15 | 18 |
| 28 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 16 | -14 | 17 |
