This is shaping up to be quite the entertaining encounter at Estadio Diego Armando Maradona in the Superliga. Argentinos Juniors is in 8th position and receive Defensa y Justicia in 2nd place. Read about the game here!
- Argentinos Juniors have the most dropped points from leading position (4) in Superliga
- Defensa y Justicia have the most scored goals (12) in Superliga
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.
Argentinos Juniors form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Argentinos Juniors's two home games in the Superliga so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Estadio Diego Armando Maradona.
2-2 away at Gimnasia La Plata before that.This is expected to be a close game, with Argentinos Juniors perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Argentinos Juniors as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Argentinos Juniors has won eight of these, drawn three and lost five.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Argentinos Juniors at home in the league. 4 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the Superliga away games so far for Defensa y Justicia with six points collected from three matches. Defensa y Justicia has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
It's the second away game in a row for Justicia, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Banfield (placed 7th) last time out. Colombo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.33. The defender Colombo scored one goal and won 7 of 9 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Gimnasia La Plata.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 twelve relevant matches. Results were six Defensa y Justicia wins, three draws and three defeats.
The Defensa y Justicia manager Beccacece has got the team scoring on the road, with 7 away goals in 3 league matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Argentinos two wins, two draws and Defensa y Justicia two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Merentiel Serrano 4 goals |  G. Ávalos Stumpfs 2 goals | C. Rotondi 2 goals |
Argentinos Juniors missing players
Defensa y Justicia missing players
| Argentinos Juniors | Defensa y Justicia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 80% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 80% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 67% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 67% | 60% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 80% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 20% |
| 5.4 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6 | 6.4 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.4 | 15 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 12.3 | 13.6 |
| 4 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 6 | 5.6 |
| 35% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 39% | 43% |
| 9.8 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 14 | 13.8 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 5.4 |
- All of Argentinos Juniors's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Argentinos Juniors have not yet lost a game at home.
- Argentinos Juniors have the most dropped points from leading position (4) in Superliga
- Argentinos Juniors haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Defensa y Justicia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Defensa y Justicia have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Superliga
- Defensa y Justicia have the most conceded goals (10) in Superliga
- Defensa y Justicia have the most conceded goals in the second half (6) in Superliga
- Defensa y Justicia have the most scored goals (12) in Superliga
- Defensa y Justicia have the most scored goals (7) away in Superliga
- Defensa y Justicia have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Superliga
- Defensa y Justicia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Argentinos Juniors | Last season | Defensa y Justicia | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 11 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 10 | 21 | ||
| 91% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 45% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 82% | ||
| 18% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 64% | ||
| 18% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | ||
| 27% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | ||
| 45% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | ||
| 36% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 45% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 30% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 33% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 10.4 | ||
| 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Defensa y Justicia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Union Santa Fe | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Sarmiento | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Racing Club | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Newell's Old Boys | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Banfield | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | Argentinos Juniors | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Platense | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Gimnasia La Plata | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 11 | Atletico Tucuman | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 12 | San Lorenzo | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 13 | Talleres Cordoba | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 14 | Patronato | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
