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Defensa y Justicia

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Defensa y Justicia will be hoping to bounce back here after a 0-1 Copa Sudamericana loss in their previous game against Universidad César Vallejo.

The only scorer from Defensa y Justicia was Emanuel Aguilera (90' Own goal).

It has been seldom in recent times that Defensa y Justicia have shown defensive steel. In fact, Defensa y Justicia have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 games, letting in 10 goals on the way.

Their previous form shows that Defensa y Justicia:

• are unbeaten in the league by Independiente in their previous 3 matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 9 league matches at home. A run that they'll hope to extend here.

Independiente

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In the game prior to this, Independiente drew 1-1 in the Superliga match with Vélez Sarsfield.

In that match, Independiente managed 54% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Independiente was Gabriel Ávalos (63'). Velez Sarsfield got 9 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Claudio Aquino (32') scored for Vélez Sarsfield.

In the course of their six most recent matches, Carlos Tevez's Independiente have fired home 6 times therefore yielding them the goals per game average of 1.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings going back to 15/11/2020, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Defensa y Justicia winning 2 of those games, Independiente 2 and 2 being draws in normal time.

A combined sum of 7 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 of them for Halcón and 3 belonging to El Diablo Rojo. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.17.

The previous league meeting between the two was Superliga match day 4 on 20/02/2023 which ended up with the score at Independiente 0-2 Defensa y Justicia.

On that day, Independiente managed 62% possession and 16 shots on goal with 2 on target.

On the other side, Defensa y Justicia got 15 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Nicolás Emanuel Fernández (7') and Santiago Solari (33') scored.

The referee was Fernando Rapallini.

ℹ️ Team News: Defensa y Justicia

David Barbona (Cruciate ligament tear), Santiago Ramos Mingo (Knee injury), Gastón Togni (Cruciate ligament tear) and Ulises Giménez (Cruciate ligament tear) are not available for Defensa y Justicia gaffer Pablo Quatrocchi.

We think that Halcón look set to opt for a 4-2-3-1 system, handing starts to C. Fiermarín, Nicolás Tripichio, Emanuel Aguilera, Santi Ramos Mingo, Darío Cáceres, Nicolas Palavecino, Kevin Gutiérrez, Luciano Herrera, Facundo Echevarria, Rodrigo Bogarín and Nicolas Blandi.

📰 Team News: Independiente

Independiente boss Carlos Tevez has not got a full squad to pick from. Felipe Aguilar (unknown injury), Iván Marcone (Metatarsal fracture), Santiago Toloza (Ankle injury) and Matías Giménez (Cruciate ligament tear) can’t be considered.

We reckon that El Diablo Rojo seem most likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 lineup, starting the game with Rodrigo Rey, Santiago Salle, Juan Fedorco, Joaquin Laso, Damian Perez, R. David Martínez, Gabriel Neves, Alex Luna, Federico Mancuello, Diego Tarzia and Gabriel Ávalos.

🔮 Prediction

We envisage that Independiente and Defensa y Justicia may well both score, with little between these two teams.

Will be interesting to see how this one goes, with a good chance of a draw. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very close game with a 1-1 scoreline at the end of the 90.

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Lucas Pereira, 00:02 04/06/2024