Unión Santa Fe Res. and Defensa y Justicia Res. have both played out a "par" performance so far, to use a golf term. Both teams reside in mid-table spots in the Reserve League.
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!
Unión Santa Fe Res. form and stats
Unión Santa Fe Res. have played 12 Reserve League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-5-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The Unión Santa Fe Res. goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 284 minutes without conceding a goal in the Reserve League.
Unión Santa Fe Res. drew their last game, 0-0 away at Arsenal Res. (placed 21st).
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Rosario Central Res..This is expected to be a close game, with Unión Santa Fe Res. perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Unión as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Unión Santa Fe Res. has won 3 of these, drawn 9 and lost 5.
It should be noted that a glance at the 10 latest league games shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Atlético Tucumán Res. are coming to town in three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Unión Santa Fe Res. here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 12 games). From these home matches, Unión Santa Fe Res. have conceded only 9 goals.
Defensa y Justicia Res. form and stats
As the visiting team in Reserve League matches, Defensa y Justicia Res. have produced an overall stat of 4-4-4 so far.
Justicia's previous game was their home loss versus Rosario Central Res. (0-6). Defensa y Justicia Res. lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-6 beating and focus on this one.
Before that, Defensa y Justicia Res. travelled to Racing Club Res. and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Defensa y Justicia Res. playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were 5 Defensa y Justicia Res. wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats.
Justicia have conceded 14 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Unión Santa Fe Res. - Defensa y Justicia Res. 2-0 was the score in these squads' previous h2h match, earlier this season. Head to head numbers (for the former five meetings): Unión won two games, one match ended with a draw and Defensa y Justicia Res. got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / two.
Unión Santa Fe Res. missing players
Defensa y Justicia Res. missing players
| Unión Santa Fe Res. | Defensa y Justicia Res. | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 38 | 19 | 7 | Played | P | 3 | 19 | 39 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 31 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 20 | 47 |
| 46 | 19 | 8 | Conceded | C | 1 | 21 | 41 |
| 87% | 84% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 89% | 92% |
| 63% | 58% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 68% | 64% |
| 26% | 26% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 37% | 44% |
| 16% | 16% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 16% | 18% |
| 8% | 5% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | 5% |
| 34% | 42% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 26% | 36% |
| 37% | 42% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 37% | 38% |
| 42% | 32% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 47% | 33% |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 5.5 | 5.1 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.3 | 6.6 | 5.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8.1 | 8.6 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 7.8 | 9.4 |
| 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| 25% | 25% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 29% | 30% |
| 10.9 | 10.5 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 10.9 | 9.8 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Boca Juniors Res. | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 22 | 48 |
| 2 | Velez Sarsfield Res. | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 25 | 47 |
| 3 | Newell's Old Boys Res. | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 41 |
| 4 | Tigre Res. | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 41 |
| 5 | Lanus Res. | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 40 |
| 6 | River Plate Res. | 24 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 40 |
| 7 | Gimnasia Esgrima Res. | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 39 |
| 8 | Huracan Res. | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 47 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 39 |
| 9 | Independiente Res. | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 39 |
| 10 | Argentinos Juniors Res. | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 39 |
| 11 | Talleres Cordoba Res. | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 37 |
| 12 | Defensa y Justicia Res. | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -4 | 35 |
| 13 | Rosario Central Res. | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 34 |
| 14 | Unión Santa Fe Res. | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 33 |
| 15 | Platense Res. | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 32 |
| 16 | Colón Res. | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -1 | 32 |
| 17 | Godoy Cruz Res. | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 31 |
| 18 | Estudiantes La Plata Res | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 30 |
| 19 | San Lorenzo Res. | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -4 | 30 |
| 20 | Banfield Res. | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | -4 | 30 |
| 21 | Arsenal Res. | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 28 |
| 22 | Sarmiento Res. | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 26 | -15 | 28 |
| 23 | Racing Club Res. | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 26 |
| 24 | Central Cordoba SdE Res. | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -14 | 26 |
| 25 | Atlético Tucumán Res. | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 23 |
| 26 | Patronato Res. | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 28 | -21 | 20 |
| 27 | Barracas Central Res. | 24 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 46 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 25 | -29 | 20 |
| 28 | Aldosivi Res. | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 50 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 29 | -22 | 19 |
