Newell's Old Boys have travelled here for an engaging duel against the hosts Defensa y Justicia. Get ready for the game with this full Superliga preview!
Both sides have had ample time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's wish for an energetic fixture!
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
Defensa y Justicia have played 1 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Justicia in their previous game, a fixture away at Gimnasia La Plata (placed 28th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Fernández has scored in four matches in a row. Ace! Colombo was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.62 out of 10. The defender Colombo won 10 of 14 duels.
A home win ahead of that game, as anticipated. The team were solid favourites against Ituzaingo and won 3-2.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Defensa y Justicia at home in the league. 2 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
The visitors are W0-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga.
Sforza scored in Newell's Old Boys's previous match, the home game against Velez Sarsfield that ended 1-0. Midfielder Sforza was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.03. Sforza scored one goal and had 43 successful passes (of 49 total).
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Platense.{2 goals} so far away for Newell's Old Boys, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's five Defensa y Justicia victories, one draw and three Newell's Old Boys wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Fernández 2 goals |  D. Barbona 1 goals | S. Solari 1 goals |
Defensa y Justicia missing players
Newell's Old Boys missing players
| Defensa y Justicia | Newell's Old Boys | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.5 | 15 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 7.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| 67% | 67% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 16 | 14 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| 4.5 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 1.5 |
