Defensa y Justicia and Unión Santa Fe have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Superliga.
- Defensa y Justicia is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Unión Santa Fe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Justicia have less rest than Unión Santa Fe in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa Libertadores game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Unión Santa Fe have had more rest.
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
The story so far in the Superliga for Defensa y Justicia at their home stadium (Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Stress levels are on the rise for Defensa y Justicia's attacking players as they have now played 216 minutes without scoring in a league game. L. Escalante was their last goal scorer.
Justicia drew their last game, also a home match. Universitario was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Preceding that match was a Superliga defeat to Arsenal de Sarandi (0-1).
This is expected to be a close game, with Defensa y Justicia perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Defensa y Justicia as a small favourite), we find four games. Justicia has won one of these, drawn two and lost one.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Copa Libertadores game versus Palmeiras in only two days. This game is also played here at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello.
A decent goal production from Justicia in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. Defensa y Justicia have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Unión Santa Fe form and stats
As the visiting team in Superliga matches, Unión Santa Fe have produced an overall stat of 1-2-2 so far. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Unión have lost on their last two travels.
Unión have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 220 minutes ago. N. Penalillo was the goal scorer.
Unión played 0-0 against Independiente in their previous match. Prior to that match, the Unión manager J. Azconzábal faced defeat when travelling to Talleres Córdoba and losing 0-3.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Unión Santa Fe in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Unión Santa Fe, three draws and four defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Unión as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. Unión struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Justicia won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Unión Santa Fe has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  W. Bou 5 goals |  M. Benítez 3 goals |  J. García 3 goals |
Defensa y Justicia missing players
Unión Santa Fe missing players
| Defensa y Justicia | Unión Santa Fe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 73% |
| 73% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 55% |
| 55% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 64% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 18% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.4 | 2.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.2 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.2 | 9.9 |
| 3.5 | 4.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 38% | 42% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 19% | 27% |
- Defensa y Justicia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Unión Santa Fe have scored away.
- Defensa y Justicia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Defensa y Justicia is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Unión Santa Fe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Unión Santa Fe 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 | Velez Sarsfield | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Talleres Córdoba | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Independiente | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Lanus | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | Unión Santa Fe | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 7 | Gimnasia La Plata | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Defensa y Justicia | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Huracán | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Atlético Tucumán | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 12 |
| 11 | Newell's Old Boys | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Sarmiento | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -9 | 10 |
| 13 | Patronato | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 9 |