Superliga duel: Close contest expected between Lanús and Defensa y Justicia

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sun 20.December
Match begins: 20:10 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez (46619 seats)

Game week two of the Superliga season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Lanús - Defensa y Justicia preview:

Insights:
  • Lanús have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Defensa y Justicia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

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 Lanús and Defensa y Justicia.

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Lanús form and stats

A good away victory last time out for Lanús, who won 3-1 against Independiente. In the game before, an away victory in the Superliga match versus Aldosivi with a 2-1 scoreline.

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 Lanús have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost two.

Last season, Lanús's league statistics were 9 wins, 9 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Superliga. Over these 23 matches they scored 32 goals and conceded 29. Playing at home last season Lanús managed 6-4-1 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 9 conceded.

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Defensa y Justicia form and stats

The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga.

The supporters enjoyed Justicia's previous game versus Bahia, a Copa Sudamericana 1-0 win played at home. Prior to that result Justicia won their away game at Union Santa Fe in the Superliga. The scoreline was 3-1.

Defensa y Justicia made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, N. Acevedo receiving a red card in the 75th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Justicia won the match 1-0!

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Defensa y Justicia in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Justicia, four draws and one defeat.

It's early days yet, but Defensa y Justicia has scored 3 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Let's have a look at how Defensa y Justicia performed last season in the Superliga: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded 18 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 13/11 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Last five meetings between the teams: Lanús won zero, Defensa y Justicia won four and one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LanúsN. Orsini
N. Orsini
3 goals
LanúsJ. Sand
J. Sand
3 goals
LanúsF. Orozco
F. Orozco
2 goals

Lanús missing players

Defensa y Justicia missing players

Lanús Defensa y Justicia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 0 4 7
3 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 2 0 Lost L 0 2 4
10 4 0 Scored S 0 5 7
12 6 0 Conceded C 0 6 12
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 86%
86% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 71%
71% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 57%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 43%
14% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
86% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 43%
14% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 57%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.8 1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.1 4.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.2 8.3
3.1 2.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.2 3.4
45% 57% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 29%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Defensa y Justicia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Defensa y Justicia haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Lanús have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Lanús haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rosario Central 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Defensa y Justicia 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Lanús 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Aldosivi 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
5 Union Santa Fe 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
6 Patronato 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

Read more about Superliga

The Superliga Argentina, also referred to as the Primera División, is the premier football division in Argentina. It currently holds 26 teams who play 25 fixtures each to form a final league table. The season runs from August to May. Argentina was the first country outside the United Kingdom to create a football league, in 1891.