Battling Defensa y Justicia hope to pull off an upset when they host top side Argentinos Juniors in the upcoming league fixture. It’s 22nd vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Defensa y Justicia have less rest than Argentinos Juniors in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Superliga game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Talleres Cordoba, so at least Justicia are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
The story so far in the Superliga for Defensa y Justicia at their home stadium (Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello) is 2 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat.
Gutierrez was the last player to score a league goal for Defensa y Justicia and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Defensa y Justicia haven't scored in 241 minutes.
Defensa y Justicia lost their last game at Talleres Cordoba (placed 24th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Justicia's goalkeeper Unsaín was extremely busy against Talleres Cordoba, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus San Lorenzo.This is expected to be a close game, with Defensa y Justicia perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Defensa y Justicia as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Defensa y Justicia has won 2 of these, drawn 6 and lost 0.
There will be little rest for Justicia after this match as they are travelling to Estudiantes for a Superliga game in only four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Defensa y Justicia here at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Justicia are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches.
Argentinos Juniors form and stats
Argentinos Juniors have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 2-2-4 (8 played).
Verón and Allister scored in Argentinos Juniors's previous match, the home game against Rosario Central that ended 2-1. Those three points felt good as this club had gone three league rounds without victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Milito when Verón scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 27th minute. Cesare was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.24. The defender Cesare hit one key pass and won 12 of 16 duels.
A 0-1 defeat away at Racing Club before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Argentinos Juniors in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Argentinos Juniors, 5 draws and 6 defeats.
Few goals the story here? 9 of this side's last 10 league rounds have had two goals or less.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Justicia have avoided a loss in the last 6 games (4-2-0) against Argentinos Juniors.The two teams in this fixture also met each other earlier on this match year: Argentinos Juniors - Defensa y Justicia 0-1.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Ávalos Stumpfs 8 goals | K. Mac Allister 4 goals | T. Nuss 4 goals |
Defensa y Justicia missing players
Argentinos Juniors missing players
| Defensa y Justicia | Argentinos Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 8 | Played | P | 2 | 17 | 34 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| 11 | 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 40 | 17 | 9 | Scored | S | 2 | 20 | 43 |
| 40 | 15 | 9 | Conceded | C | 3 | 22 | 34 |
| 88% | 75% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
| 67% | 62% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 71% |
| 42% | 31% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 35% | 38% |
| 21% | 19% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 24% | 12% |
| 15% | 12% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 61% | 62% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 53% | 50% |
| 18% | 31% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 26% |
| 33% | 31% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 35% | 29% |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.8 | 13.1 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.6 | 12.1 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| 29% | 26% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 37% | 30% |
| 12.6 | 11 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.1 | 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 | Atletico Tucuman | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 34 |
| 2 | Gimnasia La Plata | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| 3 | Huracan | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
| 4 | Boca Juniors | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 32 |
| 5 | Godoy Cruz | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | Argentinos Juniors | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | River Plate | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 29 |
| 8 | Racing Club | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 28 |
| 9 | Patronato | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 27 |
| 10 | San Lorenzo | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 11 | Platense | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| 12 | Newell's Old Boys | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 26 |
| 13 | Estudiantes | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 26 |
| 14 | Union Santa Fe | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 26 |
| 15 | Tigre | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 23 |
| 16 | Barracas Central | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 23 |
| 17 | Banfield | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 22 |
| 18 | Sarmiento | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 22 |
| 19 | Rosario Central | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 22 |
| 20 | Central Cordoba SdE | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 21 |
| 21 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 22 | Defensa y Justicia | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 19 |
| 23 | Independiente | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 18 |
| 24 | Talleres Cordoba | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 18 |
| 25 | Colon | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 18 |
| 26 | Vélez Sarsfield | 18 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -6 | 13 |
| 27 | Aldosivi | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -17 | 13 |
| 28 | Lanús | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -13 | 11 |
