After league round 1 it's Gimnasia La Plata - Defensa y Justicia 0-0 in points. Who will prevail in this second Superliga fixture of the season?
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Gimnasia La Plata form and stats
The season before, Gimnasia La Plata's league statistics were 9 wins, 9 draws and 7 losses, results that produced 11th spot in the Superliga. During these 25 matches they scored {27 goals} and gave away 28. Performing at their own stadium in the former season Gimnasia La Plata produced 5-6-2 (win-draw-lost) with {18 goals} and 13 conceded.
Gimnasia are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Velez Sarsfield. Midfield player Miramon got a match rating of 6.85 in that game, the max score being 10. Miramon dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Heartbreak before that as Gimnasia La Plata lost 1-2 at Talleres Cordoba's place.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Gimnasia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
The supporters enjoyed Defensa y Justicia's previous match versus Ituzaingo, a Copa Argentina win (3-2) played at home.
A 2-4 loss hosting Huracan before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Defensa y Justicia playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 7 Defensa y Justicia wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings involving these squads: Gimnasia won three, Defensa y Justicia triumphed in four and we saw three draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Enrique 1 goals |  N. Fernández 1 goals |  D. Barbona 1 goals |
Gimnasia La Plata missing players
Defensa y Justicia missing players
| Gimnasia La Plata | Defensa y Justicia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
