The Defensa y Justicia manager H. Crespo attacks this game with the team placed 4th so far. In the visitors dressing room Independiente and their manager L. Pusineri are in 2nd place before this match.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
Defensa y Justicia's first Superliga home game here at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats from 12 matches.
The home team returns to Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello after being equal after 90 minutes with Central Cordoba SdE (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the Superliga game ended 2-2. In the match before that, Defensa y Justicia hosted Sportivo Luqueno and drew the Copa Sudamericana game 1-1.
Early season league goal statistics from Defensa y Justicia's 1 home game: 0 goals, 3 conceded.
Independiente form and stats
Only one away game in the Superliga so far for Independiente and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 5 losses from 11 travels.
Independiente delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Colon (placed 1st) in their previous match; a Superliga game. Ahead of that match was the Copa Sudamericana away draw versus Atletico Tucuman that ended 1-1.
1 goal so far away for Independiente, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Justicia three wins, one draw and Independiente five victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Benítez 1 goals |  B. Romero 1 goals |   L. Rodríguez 1 goals |
Defensa y Justicia missing players
Independiente missing players
| Defensa y Justicia | Independiente | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 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 |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 9 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 29% |
| Defensa y Justicia | Last season | Independiente | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 23 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Scored | S | 6 | 27 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 11 | 25 | ||
| 87% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 91% | ||
| 61% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 36% | 57% | ||
| 30% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 43% | ||
| 9% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 22% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | ||
| 35% | 8% | BTTS | BTTS | 18% | 35% | ||
| 39% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 30% | ||
| 39% | 58% | Failed to Score | F T | 64% | 43% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 8 | ||
| 228 | 126 | Total Shots | T S | 105 | 260 | ||
| 84 | 46 | Shots on Target | S O | 40 | 113 | ||
| 31% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 24% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Colon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Independiente | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Central Cordoba SdE | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 4 | Defensa y Justicia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Boca Juniors | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 27 | 48 |
| 2 | River Plate | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 23 | 47 |
| 3 | Velez Sarsfield | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 39 |
| 4 | Racing Club | 23 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 28 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 39 |
| 5 | Argentinos Juniors | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | Defensa y Justicia | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 36 |
| 7 | Lanus | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 36 |
| 8 | San Lorenzo | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 36 |
| 9 | Rosario Central | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 36 |
| 10 | Newell's Old Boys | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 35 |
| 11 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 34 |
| 12 | Talleres Cordoba | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 34 |
| 13 | Estudiantes | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 30 |
| 14 | Independiente | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 29 |
| 15 | Atletico Tucuman | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 29 |
| 16 | Union Santa Fe | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -9 | 27 |
| 17 | Banfield | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | -4 | 26 |
| 18 | Central Cordoba SdE | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -8 | 26 |
| 19 | Gimnasia La Plata | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 12 | -1 | 23 |
| 20 | Patronato | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -12 | 23 |
| 21 | Huracan | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 22 |
| 22 | Aldosivi | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -15 | 22 |
| 23 | Colon | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 22 | -22 | 18 |
| 24 | Godoy Cruz | 23 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 22 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -24 | 18 |