Here's the whole lot you must be aware of, and a little bit more, ahead of the Rosario Central - Defensa y Justicia game!
- Rosario Central have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Defensa y Justicia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Rosario Central form and stats
The story so far in the Superliga for Rosario Central at their home stadium (Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. The home fans are hungry for more even though Rosario Central have been steadily collecting points here at Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre through three straight draws.
The spoils were shared in Rosario's previous game, also at home. Visiting Union Santa Fe (placed 19th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Defender Almada got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.63/10. Almada scored one goal and won 7 of 11 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Racing Club (3-4).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 Rosario Central have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 19 matches with the results: Won 8, drawn 8 and lost 3.
Not much happening? Looking at this club's last 10 league games, 8 have contained zero, one or two goals.
Rosario Central are traveling soon after this match as the Superliga match at Atlético Tucumán awaits in one day.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Rosario here at Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 12 games). From these home matches, Rosario Central have conceded only 9 goals.
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
There's been little loot from Defensa y Justicia's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games in the Superliga. Defensa y Justicia only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.
Justicia's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Racing Club that finished 3-3. An off the wall match with plenty of goals last time out for Defensa y Justicia, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fun game, will this match be as exciting? Goalkeeper Unsaín made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Racing Club. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Midfielder Alanis was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.62. Alanis scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Platense that ended 0-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Defensa y Justicia playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 7 Defensa y Justicia wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
After this away game Defensa y Justicia return home for a Superliga game against Union Santa Fe. That game is only one sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Justicia when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. As opposed to that, Defensa y Justicia have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Rosario Central-Defensa y Justicia H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Rosario Central three wins, Defensa y Justicia four wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Merentiel Serrano 7 goals |  A. Véliz 6 goals |
Rosario Central missing players
Defensa y Justicia missing players
| Rosario Central | Defensa y Justicia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 37 | 19 | 8 | Played | P | 7 | 19 | 38 |
| 10 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 9 | 11 |
| 36 | 21 | 10 | Scored | S | 15 | 25 | 49 |
| 45 | 18 | 9 | Conceded | C | 8 | 26 | 46 |
| 89% | 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | 87% |
| 62% | 53% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 68% | 68% |
| 41% | 37% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 53% | 47% |
| 19% | 21% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 21% | 21% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 16% | 16% |
| 46% | 42% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 86% | 58% | 63% |
| 32% | 37% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 32% | 26% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 37% | 32% |
| 5.8 | 7.1 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.4 | 5.8 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 10.6 | 10.8 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 10.3 | 11.9 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 24% | 25% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 34% | 31% |
| 9.6 | 8.4 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.4 | 14.8 | 13.4 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 5.6 | 5 |
- Defensa y Justicia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rosario Central have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Atlético Tucumán | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 44 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 42 |
| 3 | Racing Club | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 41 |
| 4 | River Plate | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 38 |
| 5 | Huracan | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 37 |
| 6 | Gimnasia La Plata | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 37 |
| 7 | Tigre | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 34 |
| 8 | Godoy Cruz | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 34 |
| 9 | Argentinos Juniors | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 33 |
| 10 | Newell's Old Boys | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 33 |
| 11 | San Lorenzo | 23 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 31 |
| 12 | Central Cordoba SdE | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 13 | Patronato | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 31 |
| 14 | Platense | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 31 |
| 15 | Independiente | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 30 |
| 16 | Sarmiento | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 30 |
| 17 | Defensa y Justicia | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 30 |
| 18 | Barracas Central | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -7 | 28 |
| 19 | Union Santa Fe | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -5 | 27 |
| 20 | Estudiantes | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -10 | 27 |
| 21 | Banfield | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -4 | 26 |
| 22 | Rosario Central | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 26 |
| 23 | Talleres Cordoba | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 24 | Colón | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 25 |
| 25 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 23 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 24 |
| 26 | Lanus | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -10 | 20 |
| 27 | Velez Sarsfield | 22 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -7 | 19 |
| 28 | Aldosivi | 23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 23 | -25 | 16 |
