Defensa y Justicia vs Sarmiento Junin Prediction: Can Defensa y Justicia reach the qualifying for Copa Libertadores?

In the upcoming fixture of Argentina Primera División, Defensa y Justicia will face Sarmiento Junin at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello in Buenos Aires. The home side head here after a win in Copa, and a draw (2-2) against Godoy Cruz in the last round of the league. The visitors also come from a draw (1-1) against Vélez Sarsfield.

Betting tips and odds are provided below.

The Defensa y Justicia team comes to this game after a victory for the Cup and a draw (2-2) against Godoy Cruz. Against Godoy Cruz, the Defensa y Justicia team started strong and more dominant. The 1st half ended without goals and the Defensa y Justicia team would start badly in the 2nd half, suffering in the 47th minute. To make matters worse, at 54' the Defensa y Justicia team was reduced to 10 players. Even so, the team managed to reach a tie at 62', but suffered the 2-1 at 69'. The Godoy Cruz team was also reduced to 10 players at 73', and the Defensa y Justicia team managed to get the better of them again and would reach a tie at 90+5'. With this result, the Defensa y Justicia team now has 41 points, being in 5th place. In the last 5 games, the Defensa y Justicia team has 2 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss, having scored 8 goals and conceded the same number.

Sarmiento Junin's team comes to this game after a draw (1-1) against Vélez Sarsfield. Sarmiento Junin's team adopted an extremely defensive posture, with Vélez's team having more possession and an incredible 19 attempts on goal. Despite this, the goals would appear only in the final minutes, which would be crazy. Sarmiento Junin's team managed to reach 1-0 at 90+10'. But the game would not be over and Vélez's team would reach the tie at 90+12'. Despite not having won, Sarmiento Junin's team managed to break a cycle of 3 consecutive defeats. In the last 5 league games Sarmiento Junin's team has 1 win, 1 draw, and 3 defeats, having scored 5 goals and conceded 6.

In the last 5 games between these 2 teams, Defensa y Justicia has won 1, and Sarmiento Junin has won 4. Goals were scored in all of those 5 matches, with both teams scoring in 3 of those games.

It will be a hard match, due to Sarmiento being an extremely difficult team to beat, but Defensa y Justicia is expected to at least get a draw. Not many goals are expected.