Friday’s Copa de la Liga Profesional fixture list brings us Defensa y Justicia playing against Estudiantes de La Plata.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Defensa y Justicia v Estudiantes de La Plata match are shown here (plus the best game odds).
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Form Guide
Defensa y Justicia
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Defensa y Justicia will play in this match coming off the back of a 1-1 Copa de la Liga Profesional drawn match vs Racing Club.
In that match, Defensa y Justicia had 39% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The scorer for Defensa y Justicia was Santiago Ramos (62'). Racing Club had 23 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Juan Quintero (87') scored for Racing Club.
Defensa y Justicia have been conceding pretty frequently recently, but they’ve also found ways to score goals themselves. Looking at their last 6 games, Defensa y Justicia have seen their goal breached in 6 of them as well as scoring in 5 of those games. Let’s find out whether or not that trend will be continued on into this next match.
Estudiantes de La Plata
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Since being beaten in their last game against River Plate in Supercopa Argentina action, Estudiantes de La Plata and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
For Estudiantes de La Plata, goals were scored by Javier Correa (3') and Zaid Romero (80' Own goal). Rodrigo Aliendro (92') was the scorer for River Plate.
Eduardo Domínguez's Estudiantes de La Plata have slotted home a total of 7 times throughout their previous six matches. The total of goals that they have conceded during that same period comes to 8.
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Head to head
A look at their most recent head to head meetings going back to 17/02/2020 tells us that Defensa y Justicia have won 4 of them & Estudiantes de La Plata 1, with the number of drawn results being 1.
In all, 17 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 10 of them from Halcón and 7 being from Los Pincharratas. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.
The previous league clash featuring these sides was Copa de la Liga Profesional match day 12 on 05/11/2023 when the final score was Estudiantes de La Plata 2-1 Defensa y Justicia.
On that day, Estudiantes de La Plata managed 49% possession and 22 attempts on goal with 9 on target. The goalscorers were Franco Zapiola Yamartino (31') and Fernando Zuqui (68').
Defensa y Justicia got 6 shots at goal with 2 on target. Tomás Cardona (74') scored.
The referee was Franco Acita.
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Team News: Defensa y Justicia
Enrique Bologna (Knee problems), Kevin Gutiérrez (Cruciate ligament injury), Nicolás Tripichio (unknown injury), Aarón Molinas (strain) and David Barbona (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be able to feature for Defensa y Justicia gaffer Julio Vaccari.
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Team News: Estudiantes de La Plata
Estudiantes de La Plata manager Eduardo Domínguez has some current player fitness concerns. Javier Altamirano (Cerebral hemorrhage) and Gastón Benedetti (Ill) will not be playing here.
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Prediction
We’re inclined to think that Estudiantes de La Plata and Defensa y Justicia may well find themselves both scoring in what promises to be a very even battle here.
Shouldn’t be much in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. We’re therefore expecting a close game with a 1-1 score at the end of the 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
10:04 29/03/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Defensa y Justicia
Formed: 1935
Stadium: The Estadio Norberto Tomaghello (20,000)
Captain: Nicolás Tripichio
Chairman: Diego Lemme
Manager: Julio Vaccari
Competitions: Copa de la Liga Profesional (Parent), Copa de la Liga Profesional (Group B), Copa Sudamericana (Group A)
⭐ Key Man: Nicolás Emanuel Fernández
Normally used in the Striker position, Nicolás Emanuel Fernández was born in Santa Fe, Argentina. Having made his senior debut playing for Defensa y Justicia in the 2014 season, the gifted Forward has got 12 league goals in this Primera División 2023 campaign to date in 26 appearances.