Rosario Central vs Defensa y Justicia Live Stream, Predictions

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Rosario Central

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Rosario Central prepare for this fixture coming off the back of a 0-0 Superliga stalemate vs Vélez Sarsfield.

In that game, Rosario Central managed 53% possession and 7 shots at goal with 2 on target. For their opponents, Vélez Sarsfield got 13 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

Miguel Russo's Rosario Central have hit the target a sum total of 10 times in their preceding six outings. Conversely, the tally of goals that they have conceded in those same games stands at 7.

Defensa y Justicia

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In their last fixture, Defensa y Justicia drew 1-1 in the Superliga tie with Estudiantes de La Plata.

In that match, Defensa y Justicia had 32% possession and 7 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for Defensa y Justicia was Nicolás Emanuel Fernández (37'). At the other end, Estudiantes de La Plata had 23 shots on goal with 8 on target. Benjamin Rollheiser (45') scored for Estudiantes de La Plata.

A series of effective showings from the Defensa y Justicia defence has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 3 from their last 6 fixtures overall. During the same period, their own forwards have managed to score 11.

Ahead of this clash, Defensa y Justicia are unbeaten in their last 3 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 28/04/2018 shows that Rosario Central have won 1 of these games and Defensa y Justicia 4, with the number of drawn games being 1.

An aggregate of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 4 for El Canalla and 10 for Halcón. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.33.

The previous league game between these clubs was Superliga match day 24 on 10/10/2022 when it ended Rosario Central 0-0 Defensa y Justicia.

That day, Rosario Central had 56% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 7 on target.

On the other side, Defensa y Justicia had 7 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

The referee was Nicolás Lamolina.

ℹ️ Team News: Rosario Central

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just a single fitness concern for the Rosario Central manager Miguel Russo to be concerned about from of an almost fully healthy squad. Walter Montoya (Ruptured ankle ligament) is out of contention.

We are thinking that El Canalla may well use a 3-4-2-1 formation in the match with Jorge Broun, Facundo Mallo, Juan Cruz Komar, Carlos Quintana, Ismael Cortez, Agustín Toledo, Francis Mac Allister, Alan Rodríguez, Ignacio Malcorra, Jaminton Campaz and Jhonatan Candia.

📰 Team News: Defensa y Justicia

Thanks to a completely healthy group available for selection, the Defensa y Justicia manager Julio Vaccari has no fitness worries whatsoever coming into this match.

From our viewpoint, Halcón appear most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 lineup by sending out Ezequiel Unsain, Julian Malatini, Nazareno Colombo, Tomas Cardona, Alexis Soto, L. Tomas Escalante, Julián López, Santiago Solari, David Barbona, Gastón Togni and Nicolas Fernandez.

🔮 Prediction

We feel that over the course of the game, Defensa y Justicia will have their work cut out to break down this Rosario Central side who should gain the upper hand.

That’s why our selection here is for a narrow 1-0 winning score for Rosario Central at the end of the 90.

A close call.

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Lucas Pereira, 23:49 14/05/2023