Defensa y Justicia vs San Lorenzo Prediction: What a match awaits us in Copa Argentina!

In the semi-final of Copa Argentina, Defensa y Justicia will face San Lorenzo in a neutral location in La Plata. These teams are very similar and with almost equal stats this season. These teams are part of Copa de la Liga Profesional, group B and they played a match a few days ago in which San Lorenzo won 1:0. Defensa y Justicia are in 11th place with 14 points, while San Lorenzo are in 10th place with 15 points. Recently, San Lorenzo have been in much better form, but this is a semi-final, and we can be sure that both teams will give 100% to win and proceed to the final and play against Estudiantes for the trophy.

Form: LLDDL

Defesna y Justicia were doing great this season, until they lost in the semi-final of Copa Sudamericana and it was something that affected the team, and their form dropped ever since. Most of the matches they played in Copa Argentina were tense and tough, but somehow, they managed to get to the semi-final. In the previous round they were better than Chaco For Ever 2:1. In Copa de la Liga Profesional Group B they are 11th with 14 points, 3 wins, 5 draws, and 5 defeats. They are winless in their last 5 matches with 2 draws and 3 defeats, and in the last match they played they were defeated by San Lorenzo. After such a great start to the season, this team will certainly want to win at least one trophy, but it’s not that easy. Defensa y Justicia have troubles with injured players in the squad as David Barbona and Gonzalo Castellani are still under question for this match, while Nicolas Tripichio, Enrique Bologna, and Kevin Gutierrez are all injured and will certainly miss this match.

Form: WDDDL

San Lorenzo are in 10th place in Copa de la Liga Profesional Group B with 15 points, 2 wins, 9 draws, and 2 defeats. Unlike Defensa y Justicia, this team is in much better form, and in the last 5 matches, they have a win, 3 draws, and a defeat. It’s interesting that San Lorenzo won in the last 3 matches of this competition with the same result 1:0. In the last round they won against San Marin S.J. San Lorenzo don’t have any major absence in the squad, young Agustin Hausch is injured, and still is unclear which goalkeeper will start the match, Augusto Batalla or Facundo Altamirano.

In the last h2h matches of these teams we saw only one goal, it was a few days ago when San Lorenzo won as visitors. Both teams struggle with scoring goals and in a match as this one, semi-final they will play even more careful and defensive oriented football. In their last match, both teams were solid, but San Lorenzo showed more in the offense and created more chances. Defensa y Justicia are not the same team that started the season, their confidence is shaken, but a good result here will mean a lot to them and their fans. I expect very tense match, many duels, a match that will require big energy, but I don’t think that we will see many goals. Therefore as it was in their previous matches I expect under 2.5 goals and only one team to score a goal.