Both Unión Santa Fe and Defensa y Justicia are hungry for points in this match, despite the guesting team having a 17 point advantage in the standings.
- Unión Santa Fe have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Superliga
- Defensa y Justicia have scored more than double the goals of Unión Santa Fe.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Unión Santa Fe form and stats
Unión Santa Fe have played 12 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-5-4 (wins-draws-losses). Unión Santa Fe are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 490 minutes without scoring a league goal. Zenón was the last player to find the net. Unión Santa Fe are confident in defense, having played 432 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The Unión coach Peret and his crew return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Vélez Sarsfield (placed 24th). The match result 0-0 has occurred to the home team four league matches in a row! Midfield player Gordillo got a match rating of 7.94 in that game, the max score being 10. Gordillo dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 46 successful passes (of 52 total).
In the match before that, Unión Santa Fe hosted Platense and drew the game 0-0.It should be taken into account that a look at the 13 most recent league games reveals that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Unión here at Estadio 15 de Abril in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 12 games).
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Defensa y Justicia are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the fixture against Sarmiento (placed 17th). Tripichio, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.74. Tripichio scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 10 of 12 duels.
A home victory as predicted against Centro Espanol preceding that, in the Copa Argentina.
Defensa y Justicia have another match away in just three sleeps, a Copa Sudamericana fixture versus Emelec. A demanding timetable for them!
The visiting Justicia have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 12 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Unión Santa Fe three wins, two draws and Defensa y Justicia five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Fernández 12 goals | G. Togni 4 goals | S. Solari 4 goals |
Unión Santa Fe missing players
Defensa y Justicia missing players
| Unión Santa Fe | Defensa y Justicia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 17 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 9 | 15 | 36 |
| 25 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 73% | 75% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 88% |
| 54% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 69% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 42% | 38% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 31% | 25% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 33% | 38% |
| 46% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 50% | 54% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 19% |
| 5 | 6.1 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.1 | 5.9 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | 14.2 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 13.4 | 13.8 |
| 3.6 | 4.9 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 18% | 17% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 28% | 29% |
| 12.4 | 9.6 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 14.6 | 14.3 |
| 3.5 | 2.9 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
- Defensa y Justicia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Defensa y Justicia have scored more than double the goals of Unión Santa Fe.
- Defensa y Justicia have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Unión Santa Fe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Unión Santa Fe have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Superliga
- Unión Santa Fe 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 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 29 | 58 |
| 2 | Talleres Córdoba | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 19 | 49 |
| 3 | San Lorenzo | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 46 |
| 4 | Defensa y Justicia | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 44 |
| 5 | Lanus | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 42 |
| 6 | Estudiantes | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 42 |
| 7 | Rosario Central | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 36 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 41 |
| 8 | Argentinos Juniors | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 40 |
| 9 | Boca Juniors | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 38 |
| 10 | Godoy Cruz | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 38 |
| 11 | Racing Club | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 35 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 36 |
| 12 | Belgrano | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 | -6 | 35 |
| 13 | Newell's Old Boys | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 34 |
| 14 | Barracas Central | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -3 | 34 |
| 15 | Atlético Tucumán | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 34 |
| 16 | Platense | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 33 |
| 17 | Sarmiento | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 29 |
| 18 | Central Cordoba SdE | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 29 |
| 19 | Instituto | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -10 | 29 |
| 20 | Banfield | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -11 | 29 |
| 21 | Gimnasia La Plata | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -14 | 29 |
| 22 | Tigre | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 28 |
| 23 | Independiente | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 28 |
| 24 | Vélez Sarsfield | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 27 |
| 25 | Unión Santa Fe | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 27 |
| 26 | Colon | 25 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 25 |
| 27 | Huracán | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 16 | -12 | 22 |
| 28 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 25 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 17 | -18 | 18 |
