The magic of the cup as Defensa y Justicia greet Peñarol visitors in Copa Sudamericana tie

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Competition: South America Copa Sudamericana
Competition: Fri 05.May
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello (12000 seats)

International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Defensa y Justicia and Peñarol are looking forward to this Copa Sudamericana fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.

It's no vacation for neither Justicia nor Peñarol 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.

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Defensa y Justicia form and stats

Defensa y Justicia participated in Copa Sudamericana the last season, where they reached the group stage.

When playing at home in the league, Defensa y Justicia have managed 0 wins, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 0 games.

Defensa y Justicia's previous match was a Copa Sudamericana game also played at their own arena, ending 4-1 versus Peñarol. The home side hope to to repeat that performance.

Before that, Justicia had a Superliga home game versus Colon which ended with a victory 2-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Defensa y Justicia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.

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Peñarol form and stats

Last season their Copa Sudamericana adventure ended in the semi-finals against Atletico PR.

Playing away, Peñarol have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Primera Division this season.

Two away games in a row for Peñarol, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 against Defensa y Justicia in the Copa Sudamericana.

Before that, Peñarol secured a home win against Fenix with the score 2-0.

Peñarol are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.

The travelling fans enjoy Peñarol's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. 7 goals have been conceded by Peñarol in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Defensa y JusticiaN. Fernández
N. Fernández
7 goals
PeñarolD. Arezo Martínez
D. Arezo Martínez
7 goals
Defensa y JusticiaS. Solari
S. Solari
4 goals

Defensa y Justicia missing players

Peñarol missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Defensa y Justicia Peñarol
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 15   Played P   11 25
15 10   Won W   4 14
6 3   Drew D   3 6
4 2   Lost L   4 5
40 29   Scored S   18 38
21 16   Conceded C   18 26
84% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 92%
68% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 68%
48% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 40%
20% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   55% 32%
16% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 16%
40% 60%   BTTS BTTS   55% 40%
52% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 48%
24% 7%   Failed to Score F T   27% 20%
 
4.1 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   6 5.4
6.4 6.1   Corners against (avg) C A   2.9 3.4
2.6 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 2.7
3 2   Red cards R C   1 1
 
13.2 13.9   Shots (avg) S (   12.6 12.2
4.9 5.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5 4.8
33% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 31%
 
14.8 13.5   Shots against (avg) S A   7.9 7.2
4.4 4.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Millonarios 3 2 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 7
2 América Mineiro 3 1 1 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 4
3 Defensa y Justicia 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
4 Peñarol 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -5 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 Millonarios 3 2 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 7
2 América Mineiro 3 1 1 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 4
3 Defensa y Justicia 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
4 Peñarol 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -5 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 Peñarol 13 9 3 1 22 10 8 7 1 0 14 3 5 2 2 1 8 7 12 30
2 Nacional 13 7 4 2 22 9 7 6 1 0 18 3 6 1 3 2 4 6 13 25
3 Defensor Sporting 13 6 5 2 24 11 7 2 4 1 12 9 6 4 1 1 12 2 13 23
4 Cerro Largo 13 6 5 2 11 8 7 4 2 1 6 5 6 2 3 1 5 3 3 23
5 Wanderers 13 6 4 3 15 8 6 1 2 3 5 5 7 5 2 0 10 3 7 22
6 Liverpool 13 5 5 3 20 15 6 4 1 1 11 6 7 1 4 2 9 9 5 20
7 Deportivo Maldonado 13 5 4 4 16 19 5 3 2 0 9 5 8 2 2 4 7 14 -3 19
8 River Plate 13 4 4 5 14 18 6 4 0 2 11 10 7 0 4 3 3 8 -4 16
9 Racing 13 3 6 4 13 14 7 0 5 2 4 7 6 3 1 2 9 7 -1 15
10 Torque 13 3 4 6 14 19 6 0 2 4 3 10 7 3 2 2 11 9 -5 15
11 Danubio 13 3 5 5 18 15 6 3 2 1 11 3 7 0 3 4 7 12 3 14
12 Plaza Colonia 13 4 2 7 13 23 7 3 1 3 10 8 6 1 1 4 3 15 -10 14
13 Cerro 13 2 6 5 11 15 6 1 4 1 4 4 7 1 2 4 7 11 -4 12
14 La Luz 13 3 4 6 18 26 8 2 2 4 14 19 5 1 2 2 4 7 -8 12
15 Boston River 13 2 4 7 12 20 6 1 2 3 5 10 7 1 2 4 7 10 -8 10
16 Fenix 13 2 3 8 8 21 6 1 3 2 3 4 7 1 0 6 5 17 -13 9

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Millonarios 3 2 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 7
2 América Mineiro 3 1 1 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 4
3 Defensa y Justicia 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
4 Peñarol 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -5 0

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