Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Lanús & Defensa y Justicia face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Sudamericana. All the pre-match information is available here!
Lanús and Defensa y Justicia should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Lanús form and stats
Last season, Lanús's Copa Sudamericana journey ended in the 2nd round against Junior.This match is a Copa Sudamericana match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses in this competition.
Lanús's last game was hosting Velez Sarsfield and winning 3-0. Previous to that game, a Superliga home match hosting Rosario Central in a game that was won 2-0.
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 three, drawn two and lost one.
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
Last season their Copa Sudamericana adventure ended in the 1st round.When we have look at the Copa Sudamericana statistics, we find 5W-3D-0L. This is both home and away.
Defensa y Justicia are travelling after their nice 4-2 home win in the Copa Sudamericana against Coquimbo Unido. Ahead of that game was the 4-4 draw at home against Aldosivi in the Superliga.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Coquimbo Unido was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? It's hard not to mention B. Romero's lethal finishing against Coquimbo Unido. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Justicia playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were six Defensa y Justicia wins, four draws and one defeat.
Head 2 Head
Lanús-Defensa y Justicia H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Lanús zero wins, Defensa y Justicia four wins, two draws. two of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Merentiel Serrano 6 goals |  F. Orozco 3 goals | N. Orsini 3 goals |
Lanús missing players
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| Lanús | Defensa y Justicia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 44 | 24 | Scored | S | 14 | 36 | ||
| 37 | 13 | Conceded | C | 20 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 44% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 38% | ||