Argentina - Primera DivisiónStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between River Plate and Defensa y Justicia, taking place on Sunday, 18 June 2023, at The Estadio Mâs Monumental in Buenos Aires.
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River Plate, Recent FormIn their last match River Plate enforced their superiority over Banfield with a 4-1 away win. They came away from that fixture with 65% of the possession and clocked up 10 attempts on goal with 7 on target. By comparison, Banfield managed 9 attempts on goal, with 2 on target.
It seems pretty certain that Martín Demichelis will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 11 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 7 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. Their goal scoring streak now stands at 25 games in a row, and they've kept a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 home games.
They've had a good run of home form recently, with 6 straight wins in a row and are on an unbeaten run of 6 games.
Lucas Beltrán will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 3 goals in the last 6 league games for River Plate.
Defensa y Justicia, Recent FormDefensa y Justicia will certainly have been pleased to secure 3 points from their most recent encounter, which saw them run out 2-0 winners in their home fixture against Belgrano. In that game they recorded 48 % of the possession, with 18 attempts on goal, 9 on target. Their opponents found the target on 7 of their 16 shots on goal.
They may consider themselves adept at breaking through their opponent's defences, having scored 7 goals in their last 6 outings, but they have had their own defensive frailties to worry about, having conceded 4 and seen valuable points lost. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games, and they've kept a clean sheet in 4 of their last 6 games on the road.
Defensa will take some comfort from having only lost 1 of their last 6 games, but having managed just 2 wins shows there's room for improvement.
Tomás Cardona has scored 2 goals in the last 6 away games and will be looking to add more in this fixture against River Plate.
It was a 0-0 draw last time these two met, so not one to look back on fondly, with both sides taking away just a single point for their troubles.
El Halcón de Varela have found the back of the net in each of their previous 3 league matches away from home to River.
Defensa have been unbeaten the last 4 times they have faced River in the league.
River manager Martín Demichelis has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Miguel Borja (Flu), Enzo Díaz (Sprained knee), Elías López (Cruciate ligament), Emanuel Mammana (Knee), David Martínez (Tendon), Enzo Pérez (Knee) and Bruno Zuculini (Cruciate ligament) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Defensa manager Julio Vaccari has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
River Plate Playing at home | Defensa y Justicia Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.9 | Goals scored | 1.3 |
| 0.5 | Goals conceded | 0.4 |
| 29' | Time first goal scored | 29' |
| 40' | Time first goal conceded | 26' |
| 2.3 | Yellow cards | 3.5 |
| 0.4 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 4.9 | Subs used | 4.9 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 3-0 |
| 2-1 | Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
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