Defensa y Justicia vs Talleres Cordoba Prediction: Can Defensa y Justicia hold 1st place?

In the upcoming fixture of Argentina Primera División, Defensa y Justicia will receive Talleres Cordoba at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello. The home side drew (0-0) against Boca Juniors at La Bombonera, while the visitors also arrives at this match after a surprising defeat (1-2) at home against Vélez Sarsfield.

Continue reading to find out more about the competing sides and their overall statistics in terms of goals scored and conceded.

Defensa y Justicia enters this matchup in 1st place. Taking advantage of the results of the other teams, the draw against Boca Juniors allowed them to add an important point for this jump to 1st place.

It was an outstanding match, with lots of chances created by both teams. Proof of that is the 25 attempts on goal by Boca Juniors and the 20 attempts on goal by Defensa y Justicia. A lack of efficiency and excellent goalkeeping performances by both sides kept the results at zero. With this result in a tough ground like La Bombonera keeps cementing Defensa y Justicia as one of the best teams in the league so far. They remained unbeatable and kept another clean sheet for 5 games in a row.

Defensa y Justicia will try to maintain their momentum and grab the win to keep in the first place.

Going into this matchup, Talleres Cordoba will be looking to recover from their loss last round. It was a surprising loss (1-2) at home against Vélez Sarsfield, in a game they were expected to win. Even so, this result has a little explanation due to the fact that they were playing with 10 players from the 17th minute, due to Portillo's expulsion. In a game in which all bad luck knocked on Talleres Cordoba's door, Vélez's 1st goal came through an own goal by Pizzini. Shortly after, Vélez scored their 2nd goal, in a counterattack in which the Talleres team was poorly positioned defensively. Even with one less player, Talleres kept fighting and created chances to score. When Vélez was also reduced to 10 players, Talleres still managed to reduce to 1-2 but were not able to reach the tie.

Talleres will be looking to bounce back from this loss. In fact, they have won all away games and scored an outstanding 6 goals in just 2 matches, while just conceding 2. Talleres is a dangerous team away and they will be looking for the win in this clash.

In the last 5 games between these 2 teams, Defensa y Justicia has won 3, Talleres Cordoba has won 1, and there was one draw. In the last 5 matchups where Defensa y Justicia played at home,they have won 4 matches and just drawn 1, with no victories for Talleres Cordoba. Goals were scored in every match, with just 1 game with less than 2 goals, and an outstanding average of 3.8 goals per match.

Goals are expected in this matchup, but due to playing at home and their recent form, Defensa y Justicia has a little advantage to look for in this game.