Crucial face-off in the bottom section of the Superliga, with both Defensa y Justicia and Independiente experiencing more anxiety than happiness. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the team playing at home placed 23rd and the guests in 21st position.
- Independiente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Independiente could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Superliga game only four sleeps ago.
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
Defensa y Justicia have collected 6 points from their Superliga home games so far after 1-3-0. When Defensa y Justicia hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Central Cordoba SdE, Talleres Cordoba, Aldosivi, Lanus, Defensa y Justicia, Tigre, Rosario Central, Velez Sarsfield and Estudiantes), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Justicia faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sarmiento (0-2). Midfield player Gutiérrez got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Gutiérrez hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
Before that, Defensa y Justicia had a home game versus Aldosivi which ended with a victory 3-2.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Defensa y Justicia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 6 and lost 0.
Low on goals? Looking at this team's last 10 league games, 8 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).
Defensa y Justicia has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches.
Independiente form and stats
Playing away, Independiente have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Superliga this season. Independiente has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Independiente aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 248 league minutes without a goal. Rodriguez was the last player to find the net.
Independiente's last game was the home draw against Rosario Central (0-0). Barreto was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.25. The defender Barreto won 11 of 19 duels.
Prior to that match, the Independiente manager Domínguez faced defeat when travelling to Racing Club and losing 0-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Independiente in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Independiente, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Independiente, the Superliga home match versus Atletico Tucuman. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Independiente have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Defensa y Justicia-Independiente H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Defensa y Justicia three wins, Independiente five wins, two draws. one of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Merentiel Serrano 7 goals |  L. Benegas 6 goals | T. Pozzo 3 goals |
Defensa y Justicia missing players
Independiente missing players
| Defensa y Justicia | Independiente | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 33 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 24 |
| 31 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 18 | 29 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 91% | 91% |
| 78% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 68% |
| 43% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 50% |
| 26% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 22% | 18% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 70% | 82% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 55% | 59% |
| 13% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 18% | 27% |
| 22% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 36% | 23% |
| 4 | 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6 |
| 5.7 | 5.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 13.1 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 11.3 | 11.6 |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 31% | 30% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 29% | 30% |
| 12.2 | 10.6 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 10.5 | 10.2 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
- Independiente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Newell's Old Boys | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Atletico Tucuman | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Argentinos Juniors | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Gimnasia La Plata | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Racing Club | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Platense | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Huracan | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | Godoy Cruz | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | Union Santa Fe | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Boca Juniors | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Banfield | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 12 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 13 | Sarmiento | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 14 | Patronato | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 15 | San Lorenzo | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 16 | Colón | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 17 | Barracas Central | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 9 |
| 18 | River Plate | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 19 | Estudiantes | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 20 | Central Cordoba SdE | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 21 | Independiente | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 22 | Rosario Central | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 23 | Defensa y Justicia | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 24 | Tigre | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 6 |
| 25 | Velez Sarsfield | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 26 | Lanus | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 27 | Talleres Cordoba | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 5 |
| 28 | Aldosivi | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 4 |
