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Defensa y Justicia

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Defensa y Justicia will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 4-1 Superliga losing effort in their last game against Instituto.

In that game, Defensa y Justicia had 62% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Defensa y Justicia was Gabriel Alanís (6'). On the other side, Instituto got 18 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Facundo Suárez (9'), Gregorio Rodríguez (11'), Gonzalo Requena (37') and Ignacio Russo (86') scored for Instituto.

It has been all too rare in recent games that Defensa y Justicia haven’t conceded. The facts show that Defensa y Justicia have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 13 goals during that time. We will have to see if that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.

Barracas Central

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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Vélez Sarsfield in Superliga action, Barracas Central and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Barracas Central had 47% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 2 on target. For their opponents, Velez Sarsfield had 19 shots at goal with 10 of them on target. Braian Romero (25'), Francisco Pizzini (49'), Claudio Aquino (67'), Michael Santos (74') and Thiago Fernández (79') scored for Vélez Sarsfield.

Over the course of 5 of the past 6 clashes involving Barracas Central, a notably low volume of goals have been scored between them and opposing sides. The overall average number of goals per game within that spell comes to a meagre 1.83, with the average goals for Barracas being 0.33.

↔️ Head to head

The last league game featuring these clubs was Superliga match day 13 on 24/04/2023 which ended up with the score at Barracas Central 0-2 Defensa y Justicia.

In that game, Barracas Central had 53% possession and 9 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Mauro Peinipil (63' Own goal).

On the other side, Defensa y Justicia got 13 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Tomás Cardona (53') scored.

The referee was Silvio Trucco.

ℹ️ Team News: Defensa y Justicia

David Barbona (Cruciate ligament tear) and Gastón Togni (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing for Defensa y Justicia gaffer Francisco Meneghini.

In all likelihood, Halcón will probably kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system for this game with Enrique Bologna, Ezequiel Cannavo, Emanuel Aguilera, Santi Ramos Mingo, Alexis Soto, Kevin López, Julián López, Matias Sosa, Luciano Herrera, Gabriel Alanis and Abiel Osorio.

🗞️ Team News: Barracas Central

Barracas Central boss Alejandro Orfila has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Agustín Irazoque (Cruciate ligament injury), Sebastián Moyano (Knee problems), Pedro Velurtas (Ligament injury), Alexis Domínguez (Adductor injury), Nicolás Tolosa (Hamstring strain), Lucas López (Ligament injury) and Facundo Krüger (Ligament injury) are not ready for selection.

We’re of the thinking that Barracas Central might utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation, choosing Marcelo Miño, Facundo Mater, Nicolas Capraro, Gonzalo Goñi, Rodrigo Insua, Rodrigo Herrera, Siro Rosane, Marco Iacobellis, Ivan Tapia, Maximiliano Zalazar and Jhonatan Candia.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Defensa y Justicia should be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.

At the same time, Barracas Central may well find it hard to get a goal of their own but we can see them being dangerous at times, too.

We’re tipping a controlled 3-1 winning score for Defensa y Justicia at the conclusion of the game.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 17:03 31/08/2024