Copa Libertadores betting and spectator preview: Defensa y Justicia and Universitario meet at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
These teams have little in common geographically as Universitario have to travel 3900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
Justicia was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Copa Libertadores.Two draws in a row at home now for Justicia.
Defensa y Justicia drew their last game, 1-1 away at Independiente del Valle (placed 3rd). Prior to that, an away loss at Independiente in the Superliga.
The Defensa y Justicia goalkeeper Ezequiel Unsaín was crucial in the match against Independiente del Valle last time out, making six saves.
Universitario form and stats
Universitario's mission in Copa Libertadores last season failed in the 2nd round.Universitario are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Primera Division, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Universitario failed to get anything from their last game, a Copa Libertadores home match vs Palmeiras (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 2-3. Preceding that game was the away Primera Division victory against Universidad San Martín with the score of 1-0.
Universitario were so close to getting something from the game against Palmeiras, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal five minutes into overtime.
The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Universitario we find one game. Results are zero Universitario wins, zero draws and one defeat.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Universitario manager Á. Comizzo as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Alianza Atletico.
It's early days yet, but Universitario has scored 2 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  W. Bou 5 goals |  M. Benítez 3 goals | B. Romero 2 goals |
Defensa y Justicia missing players
Universitario missing players
| Defensa y Justicia | Universitario | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | ||
| 43 | 24 | Scored | S | 21 | 40 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Conceded | C | 12 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 45% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Defensa y Justicia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Independiente del Valle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Universitario | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cienciano | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Carlos Manucci | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | UTC Cajamarca | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Universidad San Martín | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Ayacucho | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Melgar | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 7 | Universitario | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Academia Cantolao | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 9 | Alianza Atletico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |