Argentinos Juniors vs Defensa y Justicia: Analysis and Prediction

In the Argentine Superliga, the match between Argentinos Juniors and Defensa y Justicia will take place on June 24th at 02:30 AM (CEST) at Estadio Diego Armando Maradona in Buenos Aires.
This match promises to be interesting, with few goals. The two teams are separated by four points, and Argentinos Juniors has the opportunity to close the gap to just one point behind Defensa y Justicia.

Argentinos Juniors currently holds the 9th position in the league standings, while Defensa y Justicia is in 7th place. Let's take a look at the recent performance data of both teams.

Argentinos Juniors:
In their last match, they defeated Vélez Sarsfield with a score of 0-1.
In the last 5 matches, they have won 3 times, lost once, and drawn once. They have scored an average of 0.8 goals per match and conceded 0.4 goals.
Throughout the season, they have scored an average of 1.15 goals per match and conceded 0.85 goals.
In the last 5 matches in the Superliga, there have been fewer than 3.5 goals.
Furthermore, in 4 of the last 5 home matches, at least one of the two teams failed to score, and there have been fewer than 2.5 goals.
Argentinos Juniors have scored at least one goal in 10 of their last 11 home matches in the Superliga.

Defensa y Justicia:
In their last match, they lost to River Plate with a score of 1-0.
In the last 5 matches, they have won 3 times, lost once, and drawn once. They have scored an average of 1.8 goals per match and conceded 0.8 goals.
In this season of the Superliga, they have scored an average of 1.25 goals per match and conceded 0.65 goals.
In 8 of their last 9 away matches in the Superliga, at least one of the two teams failed to score.
Defensa y Justicia have scored at least one goal in 13 of their last 15 matches.
In the last 19 matches, there have been fewer than 3.5 goals, and in the last 8 matches in the Superliga, there have been fewer than 2.5 goals.

Head-to-head:
In their last encounter on September 15, 2022, Defensa y Justicia defeated Argentinos Juniors at home with a score of 2-1.
In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Argentinos Juniors have not won a single time, while Defensa y Justicia have won 4 times, and 1 match ended in a draw. Argentinos Juniors have scored an average of 0.2 goals per match, while Defensa y Justicia have scored an average of 1.2 goals per match.

Possible Lineups:

Argentinos Juniors
Arias; Minissale, Torren, Villalba; Redondo; Cabrera, Sanchez, Rodriguez, Metilli; Veron, Nuss

Defensa y Justicia
Unsain; Sant'Anna, Colombo, Cardona, Soto; Gutierrez, Tripichio; Alanis, Castellani, Solari; Fernandez

In conclusion, we expect a tightly contested match with few goals.
According to Betmines' predictions, the outcome is expected to be under 2.5 goals.