Defensa y Justicia look to Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello supporters for inspiration before Central Cordoba SdE match

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Fri 03.September
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello (12000 seats)

On paper it looks like advantage Defensa y Justicia in this game against Central Cordoba SdE, but the visitors will fight to the end. Here's our full match preview!

Insights:
  • Defensa y Justicia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

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.

It's quite the trip for Central Cordoba SdE when visiting Justicia as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.

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Defensa y Justicia form and stats

When playing at home in the Superliga, Defensa y Justicia have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Defensa y Justicia here at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

The Defensa y Justicia goalkeeper Luis Ezequiel Unsain is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the Superliga.

Justicia travelled for their previous game, a trip to Arsenal de Sarandi that ended 0-0. Defender Adonis Frías got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.02/10. Frías won 10 of 15 duels.

Ahead of that match, Justicia won a home game hosting Newell's Old Boys (2-0).

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 15 games) they have won nine times, drawn three and lost three.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Copa Argentina game versus Tigre in only four days. This game is also played here at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello.

Goals are plentiful at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello in the league this season as Justicia has scored 10 goals here in 4 home games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Defensa y Justicia defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Central Cordoba SdE form and stats

Playing away, Central Cordoba SdE have won 0 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Superliga this season.

Central Cordoba SdE might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Rosario Central proved too strong as Central Cordoba SdE slumped to a 2-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio Alfredo Terrera. Attacker Milton Giménez got a player rating of 7.93 in the game. "Man of the match" Giménez scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total). As you can tell from the result, the match against Rosario Central was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

A 0-0 draw at Racing Club's stadium before that.

We have checked recent matches where Central have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were two victories, seven draws and two defeats.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Central Cordoba SdE's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 4 matches. Central are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Last three meetings involving these teams: Justicia won one, Central Cordoba SdE triumphed in one and we saw one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Central Cordoba SdEM. Giménez
M. Giménez
10 goals
JusticiaW. Bou
W. Bou
6 goals
Defensa y JusticiaF. Pizzini
F. Pizzini
4 goals

Defensa y Justicia missing players

Central Cordoba SdE missing players

Defensa y Justicia Central Cordoba SdE
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 5 Played P 5 11 22
6 6 2 Won W 1 3 5
6 2 0 Drew D 3 5 9
10 3 3 Lost L 1 3 8
26 21 8 Scored S 5 12 23
30 13 8 Conceded C 5 9 30
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 82% 91%
64% 73% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 55% 68%
50% 55% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 36% 45%
32% 45% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 18% 23%
18% 27% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
50% 55% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 45% 55%
27% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 27% 18%
36% 18% 40% Failed to Score F T 40% 45% 36%
 
4 4.4 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 1.8 3.4 3.5
4.5 4.2 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.4 4.8
2.9 2.5 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.7
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
8.5 9 10.4 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 8.9 10.1
3.4 3.8 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.4 3.7
35% 50% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 29% 27%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Defensa y Justicia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Defensa y Justicia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lanus 9 6 1 2 19 15 5 3 1 1 10 7 4 3 0 1 9 8 4 19
2 Independiente 9 5 3 1 10 4 5 3 2 0 6 0 4 2 1 1 4 4 6 18
3 Estudiantes 8 5 1 2 15 7 4 3 0 1 7 1 4 2 1 1 8 6 8 16
4 Racing Club 9 4 4 1 8 1 4 2 2 0 3 0 5 2 2 1 5 1 7 16
5 Talleres Cordoba 8 5 1 2 12 7 3 2 1 0 4 0 5 3 0 2 8 7 5 16
6 River Plate 8 4 2 2 15 6 5 3 1 1 10 3 3 1 1 1 5 3 9 14
7 Colon 9 4 2 3 8 13 4 2 1 1 4 5 5 2 1 2 4 8 -5 14
8 Aldosivi 9 4 1 4 11 12 5 2 0 3 6 7 4 2 1 1 5 5 -1 13
9 Defensa y Justicia 9 3 3 3 11 9 4 3 0 1 10 6 5 0 3 2 1 3 2 12
10 Patronato 8 3 3 2 8 6 4 2 2 0 4 1 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 12
11 Argentinos Juniors 8 3 3 2 7 5 4 2 1 1 5 3 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 12
12 Boca Juniors 9 2 5 2 6 6 4 1 2 1 2 3 5 1 3 1 4 3 0 11
13 Newell's Old Boys 8 3 2 3 9 10 4 3 1 0 9 5 4 0 1 3 0 5 -1 11
14 Atletico Tucuman 8 3 2 3 9 11 4 2 2 0 5 2 4 1 0 3 4 9 -2 11
15 Velez Sarsfield 9 2 4 3 9 6 5 2 2 1 8 2 4 0 2 2 1 4 3 10
16 Rosario Central 9 3 1 5 13 11 4 2 0 2 7 4 5 1 1 3 6 7 2 10
17 Gimnasia La Plata 9 2 4 3 7 9 5 2 3 0 5 3 4 0 1 3 2 6 -2 10
18 Sarmiento 8 3 1 4 8 11 4 3 0 1 5 3 4 0 1 3 3 8 -3 10
19 Godoy Cruz 9 3 1 5 10 15 5 2 1 2 7 7 4 1 0 3 3 8 -5 10
20 Union Santa Fe 8 2 3 3 9 10 4 1 1 2 6 4 4 1 2 1 3 6 -1 9
21 Huracan 9 1 6 2 6 7 5 1 3 1 4 4 4 0 3 1 2 3 -1 9
22 Platense 9 2 3 4 12 14 4 1 1 2 4 6 5 1 2 2 8 8 -2 9
23 Banfield 9 1 5 3 7 11 4 0 2 2 3 6 5 1 3 1 4 5 -4 8
24 San Lorenzo 8 2 2 4 5 11 3 1 1 1 2 2 5 1 1 3 3 9 -6 8
25 Central Cordoba SdE 9 1 4 4 9 13 5 1 2 2 8 10 4 0 2 2 1 3 -4 7
26 Arsenal de Sarandi 9 1 3 5 5 18 5 1 3 1 4 6 4 0 0 4 1 12 -13 6

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The Superliga Argentina, also referred to as the Primera División, is the premier football division in Argentina. It currently holds 26 teams who play 25 fixtures each to form a final league table. The season runs from August to May. Argentina was the first country outside the United Kingdom to create a football league, in 1891.