📊 Form Guide

Defensa y Justicia

DDLDWD

Defensa y Justicia enter this fixture after a 1-1 Copa de la Liga Profesional drawn result vs Racing Club.

In that match, Defensa y Justicia had 39% possession and 18 shots at 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') was the scorer 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

WDWLLL 📉

After a losing effort in their last game against River Plate in Supercopa Argentina competition, Estudiantes de La Plata and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

For Estudiantes de La Plata, the goalscorers were 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.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 17/02/2020 shows us that Defensa y Justicia have won 4 of them and Estudiantes de La Plata 1, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

A sum of 17 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 10 of them for Halcón and 7 netted by Los Pincharratas. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.

The previous league game between 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.

In that match, Estudiantes de La Plata had 49% possession and 22 attempts on goal with 9 on target. The scorers were Franco Zapiola Yamartino (31') and Fernando Zuqui (68').

Defensa y Justicia had 6 shots on goal with 2 on target. Tomás Cardona (74') was the scorer.

The referee was Franco Acita.

ℹ️ 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) are unavailable for Defensa y Justicia boss Julio Vaccari.

🗞️ 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) won’t be making appearances.

⚡ 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, 20:04 29/03/2024