Betting preview: Defensa y Justicia Res. vs Rosario Central Res. should be interesting

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Competition: Argentina Reserve League
Competition: Thu 18.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

The hosting team, Defensa y Justicia Res., should be expected winners in this game, but Rosario Central Res. have exhibited both know-how and spirit. Read more about the fixture!

Insights:
  • Defensa y Justicia Res. have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Rosario Central Res. have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Reserve League

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.

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Defensa y Justicia Res. form and stats

Defensa y Justicia Res. are steadily winning Reserve League games and points here. 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games. After failing to beat Boca Juniors Res. here, Defensa y Justicia Res. has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

Justicia lost their last game at Estudiantes La Plata Res (placed 9th) after a 1-4 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a loss after collecting points in five league fixtures.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting San Lorenzo Res. in a game that was won 2-1.

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 Defensa y Justicia Res. have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 0 and lost 8.

Scoring bonanza? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league games with this club has seen three goals or more.

Goals are plentiful in the league this season as Defensa y Justicia Res. has scored 18 goals here in 7 home games. Justicia are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.

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Rosario Central Res. form and stats

2-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Rosario Central Res. in their Reserve League matches away. Rosario Central Res. has drawn their two previous away games.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Velez Sarsfield Res. with 1-4 on the scoreboard.

Before that, Rosario Central Res. travelled to Platense Res. and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Rosario Central Res. in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Rosario, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Observe that 8 of this club's 10 latest league rounds have ended with at least three goals.

Rosario Central Res. are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 8 games (in the league). 10 goals have been conceded by Rosario in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - zero - three (Defensa y Justicia Res. wins - draws - Rosario Central Res. wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Defensa y Justicia Res. missing players

Rosario Central Res. missing players

Defensa y Justicia Res. Rosario Central Res.
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 7 3 Played P 1 8 16
8 5 2 Won W 1 2 6
3 1 1 Drew D 0 3 5
5 1 0 Lost L 0 3 5
31 18 6 Scored S 3 10 26
24 6 2 Conceded C 0 10 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 88%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 88%
62% 71% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 62%
50% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 50%
38% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
56% 57% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 62%
25% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 38%
19% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 12%
 
4.1 5.1 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 1 4.5 5.2
6.3 6.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.4 5.2
2.2 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 3.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
8.1 10.6 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 3 10 10.1
3.9 5.4 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.9 4.8
50% 47% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 26% 34%
 
11.6 13.1 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10 9.1
5.4 6 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.1 3.9
Key stats in Reserve League this season:
  • All of Defensa y Justicia Res.'s home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Defensa y Justicia Res. have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Defensa y Justicia Res. have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Defensa y Justicia Res. have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Defensa y Justicia Res. haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rosario Central Res. have the most clean sheets (4) away in Reserve League
  • Rosario Central Res. have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Reserve League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Velez Sarsfield Res. 16 11 4 1 37 13 7 7 0 0 20 4 9 4 4 1 17 9 24 37
2 River Plate Res. 16 11 1 4 28 15 9 7 0 2 16 5 7 4 1 2 12 10 13 34
3 Belgrano Córdoba Res. 16 10 2 4 21 9 9 6 1 2 14 3 7 4 1 2 7 6 12 32
4 Lanus Res. 17 10 1 6 25 17 9 6 0 3 14 8 8 4 1 3 11 9 8 31
5 Racing Club Res. 16 9 4 3 20 13 8 4 3 1 9 4 8 5 1 2 11 9 7 31
6 Independiente Res. 16 8 4 4 26 16 8 3 3 2 13 9 8 5 1 2 13 7 10 28
7 Tigre Res. 16 8 3 5 25 17 9 7 1 1 20 6 7 1 2 4 5 11 8 27
8 Defensa y Justicia Res. 16 8 3 5 31 24 7 5 1 1 18 6 9 3 2 4 13 18 7 27
9 Estudiantes La Plata Res 17 8 2 7 23 13 8 7 0 1 18 3 9 1 2 6 5 10 10 26
10 Argentinos Juniors Res. 17 7 3 7 23 19 9 5 2 2 14 8 8 2 1 5 9 11 4 24
11 Talleres Córdoba Res. 16 7 3 6 21 19 7 3 1 3 9 6 9 4 2 3 12 13 2 24
12 Banfield Res. 17 6 6 5 20 24 8 5 2 1 12 8 9 1 4 4 8 16 -4 24
13 Colón Res. 16 7 3 6 15 19 8 4 3 1 9 9 8 3 0 5 6 10 -4 24
14 Newell's Old Boys Res. 17 6 5 6 20 14 9 3 3 3 10 7 8 3 2 3 10 7 6 23
15 Rosario Central Res. 16 6 5 5 26 23 8 4 2 2 16 13 8 2 3 3 10 10 3 23
16 San Lorenzo Res. 16 6 5 5 16 14 8 3 3 2 9 8 8 3 2 3 7 6 2 23
17 Boca Juniors Res. 17 5 7 5 13 11 8 3 4 1 7 4 9 2 3 4 6 7 2 22
18 Huracan Res. 16 5 5 6 17 18 8 3 3 2 6 6 8 2 2 4 11 12 -1 20
19 Central Cordoba SdE Res. 16 6 2 8 23 31 8 4 2 2 12 10 8 2 0 6 11 21 -8 20
20 Instituto Res. 16 5 4 7 15 19 7 4 0 3 8 6 9 1 4 4 7 13 -4 19
21 Arsenal Res. 16 5 3 8 17 22 9 3 2 4 9 11 7 2 1 4 8 11 -5 18
22 Barracas Central Res. 16 3 8 5 16 22 7 2 4 1 8 8 9 1 4 4 8 14 -6 17
23 Union Santa Fe Res. 16 5 2 9 19 28 8 4 2 2 17 12 8 1 0 7 2 16 -9 17
24 Atletico Tucuman Res. 16 4 3 9 17 29 8 3 1 4 8 10 8 1 2 5 9 19 -12 15
25 Gimnasia Esgrima Res. 17 4 3 10 9 24 9 3 2 4 6 11 8 1 1 6 3 13 -15 15
26 Sarmiento Res. 16 2 5 9 8 17 9 1 3 5 6 11 7 1 2 4 2 6 -9 11
27 Godoy Cruz Res. 17 3 2 12 15 36 9 3 1 5 12 21 8 0 1 7 3 15 -21 11
28 Platense Res. 16 2 4 10 10 30 7 2 2 3 7 12 9 0 2 7 3 18 -20 10

Read more about Reserve League

The Argentina Reserve League is a reserve team league that feature reserve lineups from many of the biggest football clubs in Argentina. It currently has 26 teams who play each other once for a total of 25 fixtures per team. The final league table is complete in April.