América Mineiro vs Defensa y Justicia Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

América Mineiro

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América Mineiro will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 2-1 Serie A victory vs Fortaleza.

In that game, América Mineiro had 28% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For América Mineiro, the goalscorers were Breno Cascardo (2') and Felipe Azevedo (33'). At the other end, Fortaleza had 16 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Tomás Pochettino (26') was the scorer for Fortaleza.

It’s been all too rare in recent games that América Mineiro have shown defensive steel. In fact, América Mineiro have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 10 goals on the way. That pattern might not be continued into this game, however.

Defensa y Justicia

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Rosario Central in Superliga action, Defensa y Justicia and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Defensa y Justicia managed 60% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Defensa y Justicia was Rodrigo Bogarín (10'). Rosario Central got 22 shots at goal with 7 on target. Carlos Quintana (13') and Víctor Malcorra (55') scored for Rosario Central.

A series of dependable displays from the Defensa y Justicia defensive players has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their past 6 clashes combined. During the same time, their own attack force has managed to score 10.

👥 Head to head

The previous league contest between the two was Copa Sudamericana match day 2 on 20/04/2023 when it ended Defensa y Justicia 2-1 América Mineiro.

📰 Team News: América Mineiro

The América Mineiro manager Vágner Mancini does not have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash thanks to a completely injury-free squad available to select from.

📋 Team News: Defensa y Justicia

Due to a completely healthy group available for selection, the Defensa y Justicia manager Julio Vaccari has no fitness worries to report coming into this game.

🔮 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Defensa y Justicia should have enough to score against this América Mineiro team, but that realistically won’t be as many as they will have scored against them.

We’re predicting a close game with a 2-1 victory for América Mineiro when the full-time whistle blows. Definitely a tough call.

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Andre Moura, 00:04 20/05/2023