The Defensa y Justicia & Colón bosses S. Beccacece and E. Domínguez are both fearful of and eagerly anticipating this crucial match in the upper part of the Superliga table.
- Defensa y Justicia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Colón have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
Defensa y Justicia have performed here at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello this season with 7 wins from 10 Superliga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Justicia has won five games in a row. The Patronato match was the last time out without a victory.
Justicia enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Atletico Tucuman's place. The match ended 4-0 with Francisco Pizzini, Gabriel Hachen, Miguel Merentiel and Walter Bou scoring. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Justicia played a great game against Atletico Tucuman and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Midfield player Francisco Pizzini got a match rating of 8.65 in that game, the max score being 10. Pizzini scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Union Santa Fe.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Justicia handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are nine wins, three draws and three defeats.
Defensa y Justicia can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 21 times. From these home matches, Justicia have conceded only 9 goals.
Colón form and stats
The visitors are W4-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga.
Colón failed to get anything from their last game, a Superliga home match vs Rosario Central (placed 12th) that ended with defeat 1-4. Tomas Moschion got a match rating of 7.03 in that game, top player of the team. Moschion had 21 successful passes (of 21 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Racing Club at their stadium, the result 2-1.Colón are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of five matches.
The attacking power of Colón when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. As opposed to that, Colón have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous seven meetings featuring these two contenders are: one win for Justicia, one draw and five wins for Colón. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  W. Bou 13 goals | M. Merentiel Serrano 9 goals | F. Pizzini 8 goals |
Defensa y Justicia missing players
Colón missing players
| Defensa y Justicia | Colón | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 18 | 38 |
| 14 | 10 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 52 | 32 | 8 | Scored | S | 7 | 25 | 51 |
| 41 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 22 | 38 |
| 86% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 89% |
| 71% | 76% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 83% | 74% |
| 57% | 59% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 61% | 47% |
| 29% | 29% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 17% | 16% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 6% | 8% |
| 51% | 53% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 44% | 45% |
| 34% | 35% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 33% | 45% |
| 29% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 28% | 21% |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
| 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.9 | 4.9 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 9.2 | 10.1 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 9.4 | 10.4 |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 39% | 43% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 36% | 33% |
| 10.2 | 9.1 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 12.7 | 10.3 |
| 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
- Colón have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Colón have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- 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 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 35 | 52 |
| 2 | Defensa y Justicia | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 40 |
| 3 | Talleres Cordoba | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 40 |
| 4 | Velez Sarsfield | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 38 |
| 5 | Boca Juniors | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 36 |
| 6 | Lanus | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 36 |
| 7 | Estudiantes | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 35 |
| 8 | Colón | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 35 |
| 9 | Independiente | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 34 |
| 10 | Gimnasia La Plata | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 34 |
| 11 | Huracan | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 32 |
| 12 | Rosario Central | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 30 |
| 13 | Union Santa Fe | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 28 |
| 14 | Godoy Cruz | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 27 |
| 15 | Aldosivi | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 27 |
| 16 | Racing Club | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 26 |
| 17 | Argentinos Juniors | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 26 |
| 18 | Newell's Old Boys | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 26 |
| 19 | Platense | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 24 |
| 20 | Sarmiento | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 24 |
| 21 | Patronato | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -9 | 23 |
| 22 | Banfield | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -8 | 22 |
| 23 | Atletico Tucuman | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -18 | 21 |
| 24 | Central Cordoba SdE | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 20 |
| 25 | San Lorenzo | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -12 | 20 |
| 26 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 19 | -17 | 19 |