Defensa y Justicia take on the visitors Velez Sarsfield in the round 5 match of Argentinian Liga Profesional. The match will be played on Saturday, June 25th at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello (Gobernador Julio A. Costa).
Defensa y Justicia will try to stay at the level they have reached in recent years. "Halcon" only in 2014 got the opportunity for the first time in history to climb up to elite division. Gradually, they managed to reach a fairly high level. And not only in the domestic arena: it was the Argentines who were able to win the Copa Sudamericana in 2020, and then, in 2021, the Recopa of South America. In the Liga, 2nd place was taken in the 2018/2019 draw, and they repeated this success in the last draw. In the spring of this year, Beccasese's wards started well, reached the playoffs of Copa Diego Maradona. But then there was a failure in the Copa Sudamericana, with the last place in the group, and the start from a streak of draws in the Example while the most recent match ended with a defeat to Godoy Cruz.
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Velez Sarsfield has become the mid-table side in Argentine football in recent years. Velez were very good about a dozen years ago, winning 3 championship titles in 2011-2013. Yes, and in the last draw worthy 5th place was taken. This made it possible to start in the Copa Libertadores, where the Argentines, not without difficulty, but still managed to qualify for the playoffs. But at the same time, as part of Copa Diego Maradona, it was not possible to break into the playoffs - in their group, the team scored 18 points in 14 meetings - literally 2-3 points were not enough to be in the top four there. Still, the start in the "regular" championship was not the best, to put it mildly. Starting with 1-1 at Patronato field, Vassari's wards lost to Platense and Racing. But they beat Rosario Central in the last round, where Carlos Tevez made his debut as a head coach.
Four times in a row Defensa y Justicia avoided defeats in head-to-heads. But if in 2018 and 2019 they were able to win twice in a row, then last year, both in Copa Diego Maradona and in the Liga, there were draws - 1-1 and 0-0. It makes no sense to expect bright football from this couple or many scored goals.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored goals.
