Boca Juniors will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 1 point behind Defensa y Justicia.
- Boca Juniors have the most scored goals (14) in Superliga
- Defensa y Justicia have yet to win a game away.
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!
Boca Juniors form and stats
Boca Juniors, who have the most scored goals (14) in Superliga, have collected 3 points from their Superliga home games so far after 0-3-1.
Sebastián Villa felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Independiente as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 90th minute.
Boca Juniors has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
The Superliga season is young and Defensa y Justicia have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
Preceding that game was the away Copa Argentina victory against San Lorenzo with the score of 2-0.
A quick return to home after this game, as Justicia are hosting Palmeiras in the Recopa Sudamericana only three days away.
Justicia have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 3 goals have been scored. The Justicia manager S. Beccacece has some worries about the defense as 6 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Juniors five wins, zero draws and Defensa y Justicia one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Bou 4 goals |  S. Villa Cano 3 goals |  M. Benítez 3 goals |
Boca Juniors missing players
Defensa y Justicia missing players
| Boca Juniors | Defensa y Justicia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 6 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 10.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 9 | 9.4 |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| 45% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 33% | 43% |
- All of Boca Juniors's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Defensa y Justicia's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Boca Juniors have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Boca Juniors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Boca Juniors have scored in all their matches so far.
- Boca Juniors have the most scored goals (14) in Superliga
- Boca Juniors have the most scored goals in the second half (10) in Superliga
- Boca Juniors have yet to win a game at home.
- Boca Juniors haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Defensa y Justicia have scored in all their matches so far.
- Defensa y Justicia have yet to win a game away.
- Defensa y Justicia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | Independiente | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Lanus | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Defensa y Justicia | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Union Santa Fe | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Boca Juniors | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | Gimnasia La Plata | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Talleres Córdoba | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 9 | Huracan | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Sarmiento | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 11 | Atletico Tucuman | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | Newell's Old Boys | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 2 |
| 13 | Patronato | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 0 |