About Match
Defensa y Justicia go into the game 4th in the table on 14 points; Instituto sit 3rd on 16 — a 2-point gap. Defensa y Justicia rank just 60th in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Against a league average of 1.05 goals per team per game, Defensa y Justicia run at 1.13 scored and 1.13 conceded, Instituto at 0.86 and 0.29. A win would lift Defensa y Justicia to 17 points, overtaking Instituto (other results unchanged).
Instituto have not lost in 7 games.
Across 13 recorded meetings, Defensa y Justicia have 3 wins to Instituto's 8, with 2 draws, at 2.31 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 62% of the meetings.
The match takes place at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello in Florencio Varela (capacity 12,000).