On Friday morning, Argentinos Juniors and Defensa y Justica clash at the Estadio Diego Armando Maradona as both teams look to push towards the Copa Libertadores’ spots in the Primera Division.
Argentinos Juniors form guideThe home side has built a promising run of form of late, as a 1-0 win at Velez Sarsfield last time out was their third straight victory in all competitions and their second straight win in the Primera Division.
The decent recent run of league form has Argentinos Juniors in ninth place in the table, seven points adrift of the Copa Libertadores. However, they have a game in hand on fourth-place Estudiantes La Plata.
Gabriel Milito’s team has a mixed recent home record in the Primera Division. A 1-0 home win over Platense in their last home outing ended a three-game winless run on home soil in the league. Their recent home games have been relatively high-scoring, with over 2.5 goals scored in five of their previous eight home matches.
Defensa y Justica form guideA solid recent run of form ended with a 1-0 defeat at league leaders River Plate. The defeat ended a four-game unbeaten run for Defensa y Justica in all competitions. Their recent league form has kept the visitors in the race for a place in the Copa Libertadores spots. In fact, they are just a point adrift of the top four.
Defensa y Justica has won just two of their last seven matches on their travels in the Argentinian top flight, including failing to win any of their last three games away from home.
Their recent away matches in the Primera Division have been low-scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in seven of their last nine games on their travels.
What am I backing?There isn’t much between these two teams in terms of the league table. With that in mind, I am backing this game to finish all square.