Unión versus Defensa y Justicia just too close to call

Unión and Defensa y Justicia clash this Friday at the 15 de Abril for matchweek 27 of the Argentine League.

After drawing 0x0 in the last match against Vélez Sarsfield (Primera División Argentina 2023), Unión receive Defensa y Justicia, who won 3x0 against Sarmiento de Junín (Primera División Argentina 2023). Going into the encounter, Cristian González's team is on a sequence of 5 games without a win in the Primera División Argentina 2023. On the other hand, Julio Vaccari 's team is on a scoring run that has seen them score at least one goal a game in their past 6 matches in the Primera División Argentina 2023. When analysing the previous encounters between the teams, Unión and Defensa y Justicia have faced each other twenty-one times, with Cristian González's team holding the advantage: 8 victories, against 7 victories of Julio Vaccari 's team. Specifically in the 15 de Abril, Defensa y Justicia have the advantage in the duels against Unión: 5 wins in 10 games. Cristian González's team has 4 wins.

In the Argentine League, nine games were played between the two teams, with 3 wins for Defensa y Justicia, 3 draws and 2 wins for Unión.

Considering the Primera División Argentina 2023, from Unión's most influential players, Claudio Corvalán is the most used player in a total of 25 games (2226 min). Imanol Machuca is the current best scorer with 4 goals. As for Defensa y Justicia, Santiago Solari has entered the pitch 26 times, and Nicolás Fernández is the one with more minutes played (2138). Nicolás Fernández is their current best scorer with 12 goals.

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Unión winning 2x0. It is expected to be a thrilling clash, that can go either way.