Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Defensa y Justicia (9th, 44 pts) held a 21-point advantage over Temperley (25th, 23 pts). Temperley ranked 14th in the league on five-round form, well above their 25th table position. Per game in the league, Temperley were scoring 0.81 and conceding 1.7, Defensa y Justicia 1.52 and 1.26, against a competition average of 1.13 goals per team per game.
Temperley entered with three losses in a row. Defensa y Justicia's winless run stood at 5.
4 meetings are on record — 1 won by Temperley, 2 by Defensa y Justicia, 1 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Only 0% of these meetings ended in a home win. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
Estadio Alfredo Martín Beranger in Temperley staged the fixture, a ground that holds 30,200. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Defensa y Justicia led 3-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-4.
Goal scorers
Temperley: A. Arregui (79') · Defensa y Justicia: Lisandro Martínez (52'), Nicolás Fernández (22'), F. Márquez (17'), Nicolás Fernández (26')
Key stats
Possession: Temperley 41% · Defensa y Justicia 59% · Total shots: 12-11 · On target: 5-8 · Corners: 5-2