Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello (Gobernador Julio A. Costa)
31.03.2023, 02:00
In the upcoming fixture of Argentina Primera División, Defensa y Justicia will face Vélez Sarsfield at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello. The home side head here after a good victory (4-0) at home against Central Cordoba, while the visitors arrive here after a surprising loss (1-0) against Platense.
Betting tips and odds are provided below.
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Defensa y Justicia suffered an unexpected defeat in the last round, against Platense (1-0). Defensa y Justicia was always the most dominant team, however, it failed to score the opportunities created. Defensa y Justicia started the match very well, with an excellent opportunity to score, through Fernandez. Platense was creating the danger of set pieces, and they would be the ones who would make it 1-0, scoring a corner, in the 38th minute. In the 2nd half, the game was practically one-way, with Defensa y Justicia having an impressive 71% of ball possession and creating several opportunities that failed to materialize. Defensa y Justicia would still score a goal, in the 86th minute, which would be canceled for offside, thus taking Platense the 3 points.
Defensa y Justicia broke their excellent run of results. Despite this unexpected result, Defensa y Justicia remains in the top 3, with 14 points in 8 rounds. Defensa y Justicia will be looking to return to winning ways in this game to continue fighting for the top places.
Vélez Sarsfield (WDWLD)
Vélez Sarsfield comes to this game after an excellent victory (4-0) against Central Córdoba, which came from an excellent series of results. Vélez entered this game aggressive and dominant, while Central Cordoba maintained their style of play based on good defensive organization and the exploitation of counterattacks. Vélez started the match very well and scored in what would be their first real opportunity, through Pratto, in the 17th minute. The rest of the 1st half would be very closed, with few opportunities, except for an excellent opportunity for the tie missed by Central Cordoba. But in the 2nd half, Vélez would be devastating. In their first opportunity of the 2nd half, they would score the 2nd goal, and shortly afterward they would take advantage of an error by the opposing goalkeeper to make it 3-0. In the last bid, Vélez would make it 4-0, in an excellent counterattack and thus close the result. Vélez showed great efficiency, scoring in practically every real goal occasion they had.
With this victory, Vélez rose to 10th place, with 12 points in 8 games. They are in an excellent moment, with 2 wins and 1 draw in the last 3 games. In fact, in these last 3 games, they were able to score an impressive 7 goals and only conceded 2.
Expert Betting Tips
In the last 5 games between these 2 teams, Defensa y Justicia has won 1, Vélez Sarsfield has won 1, and there’s 3 draws. Goals were scored in 4 of those 5 matches, but none of them had more than 2 goals.
It is a rather unpredictable match, since the teams are in different moments, however Defensa y Justicia has a small advantage for playing at home. In addition, few goals are expected in this game.