Superliga: Defensa y Justicia welcome Instituto in what is nearly guaranteed to be an absorbing football game. Here's all the news, stats and facts!
- Defensa y Justicia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Instituto have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Defensa y Justicia and Instituto.
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
Defensa y Justicia have collected 8 points from their Superliga home games so far after 2-2-2.
A good away victory last time out for Defensa y Justicia, who won 3-0 against Banfield (placed 23rd). Sweet to taste a league win after five games without. Cardona, defender, was given a rating of 7.95/10 in that game, top of the team. Cardona scored one goal and won 6 of 10 duels.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Central Cordoba SdE (1-2).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Justicia handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
It should be considered that a peek at the 10 most recent league matches reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Defensa y Justicia, as the Copa Sudamericana home game vs América Mineiro is only four days away.
Justicia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. On the other hand, Defensa y Justicia have conceded 7 goals.
Instituto form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga.
Instituto go into this game after a win, the home game against Vélez Sarsfield that ended 1-0.
Prior to that match, the Instituto manager Bovaglio faced defeat when travelling to Platense and losing 0-1.We have checked recent matches where Instituto have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 3 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Instituto have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 7 goals have been scored. Instituto have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Justicia wins - draws - Instituto wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Fernández 6 goals | S. Solari 4 goals |  A. Martínez 4 goals |
Defensa y Justicia missing players
Instituto missing players
| Defensa y Justicia | Instituto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 8 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 82% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 64% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 64% |
| 36% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 27% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 64% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 27% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 45% |
| 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 7.2 | 7 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 5.6 | 4.1 |
| 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.5 | 12.8 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.8 | 12.2 |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| 33% | 35% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 41% | 32% |
| 15.3 | 13.3 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 17 | 12.2 |
| 4 | 5 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 11 | 6.2 | 4.8 |
- Defensa y Justicia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Defensa y Justicia have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Instituto have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Instituto haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | San Lorenzo | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | Talleres Córdoba | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Defensa y Justicia | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Lanús | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Rosario Central | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Argentinos Juniors | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 8 | Racing Club | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Platense | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Instituto | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 11 | Newell's Old Boys | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 12 | Belgrano | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 15 |
| 13 | Central Cordoba SdE | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 14 | Vélez Sarsfield | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 15 | Boca Juniors | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 16 | Estudiantes | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 17 | Godoy Cruz | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 18 | Sarmiento | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 19 | Huracán | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 20 | Tigre | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 21 | Barracas Central | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 22 | Gimnasia La Plata | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -6 | 11 |
| 23 | Banfield | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 24 | Colón | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 25 | Independiente | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 9 |
| 26 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
| 27 | Atlético Tucumán | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 8 |
| 28 | Union Santa Fe | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 7 |
