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Argentinos Juniors

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Argentinos Juniors enter this match after a 3-3 Copa de la Liga Profesional stalemate vs Barracas Central.

In that match, Argentinos Juniors had 60% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For Argentinos Juniors, the goalscorers were Alan Lescano (18'), José María Herrera (21') and Maximiliano Romero (40'). Barracas Central had 11 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Maximiliano Zalazar (1'), Nicolás Demartini (68') and Nicolás Tolosa (92') scored for Barracas Central.

Three or more goals per match were seen in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Argentinos Juniors have been involved. Opposition teams scored 9 of them in these games whereas Argentinos Juniors bagged a total of 11. We will just have to see whether or not that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Defensa y Justicia

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Defensa y Justicia will go into the clash following on from a 1-0 Copa de la Liga Profesional win with the defeat of Newell´s Old Boys in their most recent outing.

In that game, Defensa y Justicia had 53% possession and 21 shots on goal with 6 on target. The scorer for Defensa y Justicia was Santiago Ramos (65'). On the other side, Newell´s Old Boys had 8 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

For 6 of the past six clashes featuring Defensa y Justicia, a relatively low number of goals have been struck between them and opposing sides. The overall average goals scored per game within that period is a paltry 1.5, with the number of goals averaged by Halcón being 1.17.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their past head to head meetings going back to 11/02/2019 shows us that Argentinos Juniors have won 1 of these & Defensa y Justicia 4, with the tally of draws being 1.

An aggregate of 13 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them from Bichitos Colorados and 8 coming from Halcón. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.17.

The last league contest between the two was Superliga match day 21 on 24/06/2023 when it finished Argentinos Juniors 3-1 Defensa y Justicia.

In that match, Argentinos Juniors had 57% possession and 11 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The goalscorers were Francisco González (20') and Gabriel Ávalos (53', 70').

Defensa y Justicia had 11 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Juan Bautista Miritello (90') scored.

The referee was Leandro Rey Hilfer.

📰 Team News: Argentinos Juniors

Leonardo Heredia (Meniscus injury) and Luciano Sánchez (Knee surgery) will not be taking part for Argentinos Juniors boss Pablo Guede.

📰 Team News: Defensa y Justicia

Defensa y Justicia boss Julio Vaccari has to choose a team with limited availability. Emanuel Aguilera (Contracture), Luciano Herrera (Ill), Kevin Gutiérrez (Cruciate ligament injury), David Barbona (Cruciate ligament tear), Matías Sosa (ankle sprain), Aarón Molinas (Muscle injury) and Gastón Togni (Cruciate ligament tear) are those who can’t be considered.

💡 Prediction

We envisage that Defensa y Justicia should have enough to score against this Argentinos Juniors outfit, but it might not quite be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re predicting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 win for Argentinos Juniors at the end of this one. Let’s just see how this one goes.

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Victor Martins, 18:00 20/04/2024