Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Defensa y Justicia & Centro Español face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Argentina. All the pre-match information is available here!
Defensa y Justicia have less rest than Centro Español in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Superliga game only two days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Tigre, was also a home game here at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello. The away team is better rested.
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
Last season their Copa Argentina adventure ended in the round of 16.Justicia's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Tigre. The home side are looking to build on that result. Defensa y Justicia goalkeeper Bologna did an outstanding job against Tigre with eight saves, so vital to securing the victory. Bologna, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.75 out of 10 in that game. Bologna topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that fixture, a home win hosting Millonarios in the Copa Sudamericana.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Justicia as they are travelling to their away game against Arsenal de Sarandi in the Superliga. That match is two days after this one.
Centro Español form and stats
Centro Español go into this game after a win, the home game against El Porvenir that ended 1-0.
It was a Primera D Metropolitana defeat before that one as the away game against Defensores de Cambaceres wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Centro Español manager Herrero as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Deportivo Paraguayo.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Fernández 10 goals | S. Solari 4 goals | G. Togni 3 goals |
Defensa y Justicia missing players
Centro Español missing players
| Defensa y Justicia | Centro Español | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 8 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 37 | 22 | Scored | S | 7 | 22 | ||
| 20 | 8 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 69% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 44% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.5 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 9.2 | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 29% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 23% | ||
| 13.8 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.4 | 7.1 | ||
| 4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Argentino Rosario | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Central Ballester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Centro Español | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Defensores de Cambaceres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Deportivo Muniz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Deportivo Paraguayo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | El Porvenir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Juventud Unida G. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Lugano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Mercedes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Sportivo Barracas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
