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. Per game in the league, Sarmiento were scoring 0.64 and conceding 1.36, Defensa y Justicia 1.21 and 0.93, against a competition average of 1.05 goals per team per game.
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 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