The Defensa y Justicia & Vélez Sarsfield managers S. Beccacece and M. Pellegrino are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Superliga league table.
- Defensa y Justicia have the most matches over the total-line (4) in Superliga
- Vélez Sarsfield is in the best form (5-0-1)
Defensa y Justicia have less rest than Vélez Sarsfield in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa Argentina game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at San Lorenzo.
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
Perfect Superliga season at home so far for Defensa y Justicia, who have the most points (9) at home in Superliga, 3 wins from 3 appearances.
Defensa y Justicia are returning here after visiting San Lorenzo in a Copa Argentina game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. M. Benítez and M. Merentiel scored the goal(s). Heartbreak before that as Justicia lost 1-3 at Sarmiento's place.
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 Justicia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost one.
Justicia are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello in their league games, having scored an impressive 8 goals in 3 matches. Defensa y Justicia have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Vélez Sarsfield form and stats
Vélez Sarsfield, who have the most clean sheets (4) in Superliga, are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels in the Superliga.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Sarsfield goalkeeper Lucas Adrian Hoyos is eager to challenge this, with his 181 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Sarsfield go into this game after a win, the home game against Independiente that ended 1-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Talleres Cordoba at their stadium, the result 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Vélez Sarsfield in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Sarsfield, two draws and three defeats.
Sarsfield has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. Sarsfield are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Defensa y Justicia three wins, zero draws and Vélez Sarsfield three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Bou 4 goals |  M. Benítez 2 goals | B. Romero 2 goals |
Defensa y Justicia missing players
Vélez Sarsfield missing players
| Defensa y Justicia | Vélez Sarsfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 67% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 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 |
| 3.8 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.5 | 10 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 46% | 53% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 27% |
- Defensa y Justicia have scored in all their matches so far.
- Defensa y Justicia have the most matches over the total-line (4) in Superliga
- Defensa y Justicia have the most points (9) at home in Superliga
- Defensa y Justicia have the most scored goals (8) at home in Superliga
- Defensa y Justicia have won all their matches at home so far.
- Defensa y Justicia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vélez Sarsfield have scored in all their matches so far.
- Vélez Sarsfield have the most clean sheets (4) in Superliga
- Vélez Sarsfield have the most points (9) away in Superliga
- Vélez Sarsfield have won all their away games so far.
- Vélez Sarsfield haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vélez Sarsfield is in the best form (5-0-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vélez Sarsfield | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | Independiente | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 3 | Defensa y Justicia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Union Santa Fe | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Lanus | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | Boca Juniors | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | Gimnasia La Plata | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Talleres Cordoba | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 9 | Huracan | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Sarmiento | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 11 | Atletico Tucuman | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | Newell's Old Boys | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 2 |
| 13 | Patronato | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 0 |