Defensa y Justicia vs Godoy Cruz Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Defensa y Justicia

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Defensa y Justicia will be wanting a better result here following the 4-1 Copa Libertadores loss in their previous game against Flamengo.

Matches featuring Defensa y Justicia have proved to be lively affairs of late with plenty of scoring anticipated. Over their past six games alone, the sum total of 20 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 8 of those belonging to Halcón. That being said, we must now wait to see if that pattern might persist in this upcoming match.

Ahead of this clash, Defensa y Justicia are unbeaten in their last 7 league matches at home.

Godoy Cruz

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Godoy Cruz will go into the game after a 2-1 Superliga win as they beat Rosario Central in their last outing.

In that match, Godoy Cruz had 57% possession and 21 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. For Godoy Cruz, the goalscorers were Bruno Leyes (64') and Ezequiel Bullaude (80'). On the other side, Rosario Central got 8 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Milton Caraglio (49') scored for Rosario Central.

The numbers tell their own story, and Godoy Cruz have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 8 goals overall. At the back, Tomba have not been doing too well.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their past head to head clashes stretching back to 07/09/2014 shows us that Defensa y Justicia have won 3 of these games and Godoy Cruz 0, with the number of drawn games standing at 3.

12 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 8 from Halcón and 4 created by Tomba. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.

The last league game between these clubs was Superliga match day 16 on 08/12/2019 which ended up with the score at Defensa y Justicia 2-0 Godoy Cruz.

In that match, Defensa y Justicia managed 63% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Goals were scored by Héctor Martínez (45') and Cardozo (67').

Godoy Cruz got 8 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

The referee was Licas Comesaña.

📋 Team News: Defensa y Justicia

Defensa y Justicia manager Sebastián Beccacece doesn’t have any fitness worries at all coming into this game owing to a completely injury-free group to pick from.

📋 Team News: Godoy Cruz

Due to a fully injury-free group to pick from, Godoy Cruz manager Sebastián Méndez doesn’t have any fitness worries to report before this clash.

💡 Prediction

In our view, Godoy Cruz are capable enough to score against this Defensa y Justicia lineup, although that is unlikely to be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re expecting a close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Defensa y Justicia at the end of the match. Should be a good one.

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

Victor Martins, 23:17 21/07/2021