Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Defensa y Justicia (3rd, 26 pts) held a 17-point advantage over Sarmiento (13th, 9 pts). On recent form Sarmiento sat only 49th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 13th overall.
Defensa y Justicia carried a 7-game unbeaten run into this. Over the last five, Sarmiento had taken 3 of 15 points to Defensa y Justicia's 11.
13 meetings are on record — 5 won by Sarmiento, 5 by Defensa y Justicia, 3 drawn, at 3.31 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 62% of the meetings went to the host. The fixture leans high-scoring: 62% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 69%.
The referee was A. Merlos, with 100 matches in our database and 1.9 yellows per game on average. The venue was Estadio Eva Perón de Junín, with room for 22,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.
Goal scorers
Sarmiento: Iván Morales (26') · Defensa y Justicia: Benjamín Schamine (32')
Key stats
Possession: Sarmiento 45% · Defensa y Justicia 55% · Total shots: 14-13 · On target: 4-4 · Corners: 3-5