A total of 18 sets of fixtures are done and both Defensa y Justicia and Belgrano are high up in the table. Let's go!
- Defensa y Justicia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Belgrano have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Superliga
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
Defensa y Justicia have played 10 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-2 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Defensa y Justicia are returning here after visiting Penarol in a Copa Sudamericana match and winning with a 3-0 scoreline.
Preceding that game was the away draw at River Plate that finished 0-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Justicia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 14 league games, 11 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).
Defensa y Justicia has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. From these home matches, Defensa y Justicia have conceded only 9 goals.
Belgrano form and stats
Playing away, Belgrano have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the Superliga this season. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Farré, the Belgrano manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Impressive finishing from Vegetti and Pereira secured the home win 2-0 against Velez Sarsfield in their previous game. Those three points felt nice as this team had gone three league matches without winning. Attacker Vegetti got a player rating of 7.62 in the game. "Man of the match" Vegetti scored one goal.
A 0-1 defeat away at Platense before that.Belgrano are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
A tale of few goals? 10 of this team's last 11 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.
The attacking power of Belgrano when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Belgrano have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these teams: Defensa y Justicia won one, Belgrano were winners in five and we saw four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 11 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Vegetti Pfaffen 11 goals |  N. Fernández 8 goals | S. Solari 4 goals |
Defensa y Justicia missing players
Belgrano missing players
| Defensa y Justicia | Belgrano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 23 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 12 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| 79% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 84% |
| 63% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 58% |
| 26% | 30% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 30% | 21% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 10% | 5% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 32% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 10% | 16% |
| 63% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 58% |
| 26% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 42% |
| 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 6.4 | 5.9 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 13.2 | 12.6 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.4 | 10.6 |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 28% | 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 27% | 28% |
| 15.1 | 13.9 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 13.2 | 13.3 |
| 4.1 | 4.9 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.7 | 4 |
- Belgrano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Belgrano have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Superliga
- Defensa y Justicia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 41 |
| 2 | Talleres Córdoba | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 37 |
| 3 | San Lorenzo | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 36 |
| 4 | Estudiantes | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 35 |
| 5 | Rosario Central | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 33 |
| 6 | Lanus | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 32 |
| 7 | Belgrano | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | Defensa y Justicia | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 30 |
| 9 | Godoy Cruz | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 29 |
| 10 | Boca Juniors | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 27 |
| 11 | Newell's Old Boys | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 27 |
| 12 | Argentinos Juniors | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 26 |
| 13 | Sarmiento | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 |
| 14 | Platense | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 23 |
| 15 | Central Cordoba SdE | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 23 |
| 16 | Tigre | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 22 |
| 17 | Racing Club | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 22 |
| 18 | Barracas Central | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 22 |
| 19 | Gimnasia La Plata | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -11 | 22 |
| 20 | Instituto | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 21 |
| 21 | Colon | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 20 |
| 22 | Velez Sarsfield | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 23 | Independiente | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 18 |
| 24 | Atletico Tucuman | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 18 |
| 25 | Huracan | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 26 | Union Santa Fe | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 18 |
| 27 | Banfield | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 18 |
| 28 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 17 |
