On paper it looks like advantage Estudiantes in this game against Defensa y Justicia, but the away side will resist to the finish. Here's our match guide!
- Defensa y Justicia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Estudiantes nor Defensa y Justicia as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Estudiantes form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi as Estudiantes have scored 12 goals to get 21 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Superliga are 6-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). Estudiantes has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi. We remember; it was Talleres Cordoba.
An away draw last time out for Estudiantes, facing Rosario Central in a game that ended 1-1. Midfielder Zuqui was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.54 (out of ten) in that game. Zuqui hit three key passes.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Racing Club.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Estudiantes handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.
It should be considered that a look at the 10 latest league fixtures shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
Estudiantes has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. From these home matches, Estudiantes have conceded only 7 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Defensa y Justicia so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-6 (win-draw-lose).
Defensa y Justicia go into this game after a win, the home game against Argentinos Juniors that ended 2-1. Midfield player Alanis was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.85/10. Alanis signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that match, the Defensa y Justicia manager Beccacece faced defeat when travelling to Talleres Cordoba and losing 0-1.Defensa y Justicia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
The attacking power of Justicia when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Defensa y Justicia have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Defensa y Justicia have avoided defeat in the last 6 matches (5-1-0) against Estudiantes.The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last seven encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Boselli 14 goals |  L. Díaz 8 goals |  L. Castro Cáceres 4 goals |
Estudiantes missing players
Defensa y Justicia missing players
| Estudiantes | Defensa y Justicia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 18 | 8 | Played | P | 7 | 17 | 34 |
| 15 | 12 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 52 | 29 | 19 | Scored | S | 14 | 23 | 42 |
| 39 | 15 | 8 | Conceded | C | 12 | 25 | 41 |
| 91% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 71% | 67% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 71% | 68% |
| 53% | 50% | 88% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 86% | 53% | 44% |
| 29% | 22% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 24% | 21% |
| 15% | 11% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 18% | 15% |
| 65% | 56% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 86% | 59% | 62% |
| 26% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 6% | 18% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 35% | 32% |
| 4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 4.5 | 4.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.9 | 6.1 | 5.6 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 11.6 | 12.7 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 10.6 | 11.9 |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 37% | 39% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 32% | 30% |
| 11.2 | 9.3 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 14.2 | 12.5 |
| 4 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.9 | 5.6 | 4.8 |
- Defensa y Justicia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Defensa y Justicia 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 | Gimnasia La Plata | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 36 |
| 2 | Atletico Tucuman | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 35 |
| 3 | Boca Juniors | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 35 |
| 4 | Huracan | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Godoy Cruz | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | Racing Club | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 31 |
| 7 | Argentinos Juniors | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| 8 | River Plate | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 29 |
| 9 | Platense | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 29 |
| 10 | Newell's Old Boys | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 29 |
| 11 | San Lorenzo | 19 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| 12 | Patronato | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 27 |
| 13 | Estudiantes | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 14 | Union Santa Fe | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -2 | 26 |
| 15 | Banfield | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 25 |
| 16 | Tigre | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 24 |
| 17 | Barracas Central | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 24 |
| 18 | Rosario Central | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 23 |
| 19 | Defensa y Justicia | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 22 |
| 20 | Sarmiento | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 22 |
| 21 | Independiente | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -2 | 21 |
| 22 | Central Cordoba SdE | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 21 |
| 23 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 24 | Talleres Cordoba | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 25 | Colon | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 19 |
| 26 | Velez Sarsfield | 18 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -6 | 13 |
| 27 | Aldosivi | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -18 | 13 |
| 28 | Lanus | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -14 | 11 |
