The two sides are preparing for Torneo Apertura action scheduled for Saturday as Huracán play against Defensa y Justicia.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Huracán v Defensa y Justicia, scroll down (plus the best game odds).
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Huracán
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Huracán will be looking for a repeat result of a 1-2 Torneo Apertura victory vs Central Córdoba.
Their most recent results reveal that much respect should be given to the Huracán backline. Huracán have been miserly, seeing the tally of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their past six outings standing at 4. That pattern won’t necessarily follow through into this match, however.
Defensa y Justicia
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In their previous fixture, Defensa y Justicia drew 0-0 in the Torneo Apertura match with Unión de Santa Fe.
In that game, Defensa y Justicia had 53% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Union got 16 shots on goal with 2 on target.
The strike force from Defensa y Justicia have made hard work of scoring goals over their last 6 clashes, recording the poor return of only 3. In those fixtures, Halcón have also seen the collective goal aggregate against them equal 10.
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Head to head
Checking on their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 21/09/2019 shows us that Huracán have won 4 of these and Defensa y Justicia 1, with the tally of draws being 1.
An aggregate of 21 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 13 of them from El Globo / Los Quemeros and 8 netted by Halcón. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.5.
The previous league fixture between the two was Primera División match day 1 on 11/05/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Huracán 3-1 Defensa y Justicia.
That day, Huracán had 48% possession and 15 shots at goal with 6 on target. Goals were scored by Ignacio Pussetto (45', 93') and Héctor Fértoli (58').
Defensa y Justicia had 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Gabriel Alanís (81') was the scorer.
The referee was Dario Herrera.
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Team News: Huracán
The Huracán boss does not have any fitness worries at all ahead of this match thanks to a fully healthy group to choose from.
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Team News: Defensa y Justicia
Owing to a fully healthy group available to select from, the Defensa y Justicia manager does not have any fitness concerns to report coming into this match.
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Prediction
We’ve got the feeling that Defensa y Justicia will need to push hard to be putting a goal past this Huracán team who we reckon will score & stay on top.
We therefore fancy a very competitive game with a 1-0 winning score for Huracán at the conclusion of the game.
Let’s see how this one goes.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?
Looking at what the bookmakers’ view is of this game in the 90 min. result market, victory for Huracán can be had for 2, betting on the draw is 3.2 and putting your money on the winner to be Defensa y Justicia gets you 4.33. Those are the top returns that can be secured at the current time.
Peter Guest,
21:02 18/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Huracán
Formed: 1908
Stadium: The Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó (48,314)
Captain: Hernán Galíndez
Chairman: Abel Poza
Manager: Frank Kudelka
Competitions: Torneo Apertura (Parent), Torneo Apertura (Zone A), Torneo Clausura (Parent), Torneo Clausura (Zone A), Copa Sudamericana (Group C)