Argentina - Primera DivisiónData current as of 23 July 2026

Defensa y Justicia vs Vélez Sarsfield: match statistics

135%(3.20)
X35%(2.92)
230%(2.45)

Statistical analysis points to a very evenly matched encounter. Defensa y Justicia displays solid defense at home (100% clean sheet record in home matches, average 0 goals conceded), but struggles with offensive efficiency (0% scoring rate in home matches, 100% FTS%). Vélez Sarsfield shows better overall form (2.0 PPG vs 1.6 PPG) and effectiveness away from home (50% win rate, averaging 1 goal per match), yet their defense can be unreliable (average 0.5 goals conceded away, xGA 1.5). The hosts hold an advantage in possession (63% vs 50%) and a higher xG at home (1.56 vs 1.17 for the visitors), suggesting potential for creating chances. Considering the hosts' strong defense, the visitors' good form, and Defensa y Justicia's difficulties in scoring at home, the most probable scenario appears to be a draw, although a victory for either team remains a realistic option.

Defensa y Justicia vs Vélez Sarsfield: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Defensa y Justicia play Vélez Sarsfield in Primera División (Argentina). The match date is 14 February 2026 at 02:15. Final score: 1:1.

Current form

Defensa y Justicia: 0-0-5, 0.00 points/match. Vélez Sarsfield: 1-3-1, 1.20 points/match.

Goal statistics

Defensa y Justicia scores 1.13 and concedes 1.31 goals per match. Vélez Sarsfield scores 1.06 and concedes 0.76. League average: 2.08 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Defensa y Justicia 56%, Vélez Sarsfield 47%. Over 2.5: Defensa y Justicia 38%, Vélez Sarsfield 24%. League level: BTTS 45%, Over 2.5 34%.

xG, shots and style

Vélez Sarsfield has higher xG: 1.48 vs 1.25. Defensa y Justicia: 9.9 shots per match, Vélez Sarsfield: 12.7.

Match halves

Defensa y Justicia: half-time lead 25%, second-half goals 0.56. Vélez Sarsfield: half-time lead 29%, second-half goals 0.59.

Goals by minute

Defensa y Justicia: 0-15 (4 goals). Vélez Sarsfield: 0-15 (6 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

Primera División: 2.08 goals per match, BTTS 45%, Over 2.5 34%.

Head-to-head

1 H2H matches: 0-0-1. Average goals 3.00, BTTS 100%.

Match description

Statistical analysis points to a very evenly matched encounter. Defensa y Justicia displays solid defense at home (100% clean sheet record in home matches, average 0 goals conceded), but struggles with offensive efficiency (0% scoring rate in home matches, 100% FTS%). Vélez Sarsfield shows better overall form (2.0 PPG vs 1.6 PPG) and effectiveness away from home (50% win rate, averaging 1 goal per match), yet their defense can be unreliable (average 0.5 goals conceded away, xGA 1.5). The hosts hold an advantage in possession (63% vs 50%) and a higher xG at home (1.56 vs 1.17 for the visitors), suggesting potential for creating chances. Considering the hosts' strong defense, the visitors' good form, and Defensa y Justicia's difficulties in scoring at home, the most probable scenario appears to be a draw, although a victory for either team remains a realistic option.

Half-by-half

1 : 0
1st half
0 : 1
2nd half

Match statistics

34Possession (%)66
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
6Shots12
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
2Shots on target2
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
0.79xG1.54
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
5Corners1
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
37Dangerous attacks90
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
12Fouls9
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
2Cards2
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield

Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
1.13Goals scored / match1.06
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
1.31Goals conceded / match0.76
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
51%Average possession55%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
3.69Shots on target / match4.12
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

9.88Shots per match12.65
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
3.69Shots on target4.12
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
11.4%Shot conversion8.4%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
51%Possession55%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
1.25xG for1.48
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
1.45xG against1.47
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield

Shooting quality

Defensa y Justicia: BalancedVélez Sarsfield: Balanced
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
Accuracy (shots on target)37%33%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.130.12
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.310.26

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

Defensa y Justicia
LLLLL
No win in the last 5 matches
Season result split
25% W44% R31% P
Season (W-D-L)
4-7-5
1.19 pts / match · goal difference -3
Last 5 (W-D-L)
0-0-5
0.00 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
1-5-2
Last 5 at home
1-2-2
DDWLL
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 0.6Goals conceded: 2.6xG: 1.36Opponent xG: 1.36BTTS: 60%Over 2.5: 80%
Vélez Sarsfield
WDDDL
Season result split
41% W41% R18% P
Season (W-D-L)
7-7-3
1.65 pts / match · goal difference +5
Last 5 (W-D-L)
1-3-1
1.20 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
3-4-1
Last 5 away
2-2-1
WDWLD
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 0.8Goals conceded: 0.8xG: 1.88Opponent xG: 1.32BTTS: 40%Over 2.5: 20%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Defensa y Justicia is 7% better for: goals scored per match.

1.13 goals / match - Defensa y Justicia · 1.06 goals / match - Vélez Sarsfield

Vélez Sarsfield is 72% better for: goals conceded per match.

1.31 goals / match - Defensa y Justicia · 0.76 goals / match - Vélez Sarsfield

Defensa y Justicia scoring profile: strong

Defensa y Justicia scores in 69% of matches (11 of 16 matches), while Vélez Sarsfield keeps a clean sheet in 41% (7 of 17 matches).

Vélez Sarsfield scoring profile: very strong

Vélez Sarsfield scores in 76% of matches (13 of 17 matches), while Defensa y Justicia keeps a clean sheet in 31% (5 of 16 matches).

18Goals scored (season)18
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
21Goals conceded (season)13
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
2.44Average goals in match1.82
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
3Goals scored (last 5)4
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
13Goals conceded (last 5)4
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield

How often they score at least...

69%1 goal76%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
19%2 goals29%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
13%3 goals0%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
6%4 goals0%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield

How often they concede at least...

69%1 goal59%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
44%2 goals12%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
13%3 goals6%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
6%4 goals0%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

56%
Defensa y Justicia - BTTSBTTS - percentage of matches where both teams scored.9 of 16 matches
45%
League average

Goal patterns

19%BTTS at half-time18%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
0%BTTS in both halves0%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
13%Scored in both halves6%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield

BTTS and goal count

31%Min. 3 goals and BTTS24%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
6%Min. 3 goals without BTTS0%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
60%BTTS - last 540%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

Full match - team comparison (Over)

1st half

63%Min. 1 goal before half-time59%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
31%Min. 2 goals before half-time18%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
6%Min. 3 goals before half-time12%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield

2nd half

69%Min. 1 goal after half-time65%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
44%Min. 2 goals after half-time24%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
19%Min. 3 goals after half-time6%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Vélez Sarsfield is 8% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.25 pts / match - Defensa y Justicia · 1.35 pts / match - Vélez Sarsfield

Defensa y Justicia - half-time state
25% leading50% draw25% trailing
Vélez Sarsfield - half-time state
29% leading47% draw24% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.25Points per match (1st half)1.35
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
0.56Goals scored (1st half)0.47
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
0.44Goals conceded (1st half)0.41
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
1Average goals (1st half)0.88
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
63%Clean sheet before half-time59%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
56%No goal before half-time65%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield

After half-time (2nd half)

0.88Points per match (2nd half)1.65
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
0.56Goals scored (2nd half)0.59
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
0.88Goals conceded (2nd half)0.35
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
1.44Average goals (2nd half)0.94
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
38%Clean sheet after half-time71%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield
63%No goal after half-time53%
Defensa y JusticiaVélez Sarsfield

Defensa y Justicia - second-half results

13% W50% R38% P
20
Half-time points
9
Half-time goals
+2
Goal difference (1st half)
14
Second-half points
-5
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.25
PPG before half-time
Lead holding100%

Leads at half-time in 25% of matches and wins 25%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.4

Concedes 0.4 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

Vélez Sarsfield - second-half results

41% W41% R18% P
23
Half-time points
8
Half-time goals
+1
Goal difference (1st half)
28
Second-half points
+4
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.35
PPG before half-time
Lead holding141%

Leads at half-time in 29% of matches and wins 41%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time-0.1

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Defensa y Justicia - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match0.200.20
Goals scored / match0.40.2
Goals conceded / match1.21.4
Average goals in match1.61.6
1 goal100%100%
2 goals40%40%
3 goals20%20%
Clean sheet0%0%
No goal60%80%
Goal difference-4-6
Half-time: 0% leading - 20% draw - 80% trailing
2nd half: 0% won - 20% draw - 80% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 40% - Half-time goals total: 2
Vélez Sarsfield - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.600.80
Goals scored / match0.60.2
Goals conceded / match0.40.4
Average goals in match1.00.6
1 goal60%40%
2 goals20%20%
3 goals20%0%
Clean sheet60%60%
No goal60%80%
Goal difference+1-1
Half-time: 40% leading - 40% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 0% won - 80% draw - 20% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 3

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

Defensa y Justicia
ScoredConceded
4
2
0-15
1
4
16-30
4
1
31-45
1
2
46-60
4
3
61-75
4
9
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 0-15 (4 goli). Concedes most in 76-90 (9). Late-goal balance (76-90): -5 - late phases are a weakness.

Vélez Sarsfield
ScoredConceded
6
2
0-15
0
3
16-30
2
2
31-45
5
1
46-60
3
2
61-75
2
3
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 0-15 (6 goli). Concedes most in 16-30 (3). Late-goal balance (76-90): -1 - late phases are a weakness.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

2.13
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
0.9 : 1.2
Estimated goal split
home : away
102%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
52%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
+41%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
52%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
7%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 14 matches
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Defensa y Justicia

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.20
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.02
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-1.3 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.12
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.14
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
96%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
146%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-1.19
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
0.0
Late goals
22% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 22% come in the first quarter-hour.
22%

Vélez Sarsfield

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.01
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.29
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-5.5 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.42
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.71
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
118%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
64%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-0.45
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.1
Late goals
11% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 33% come in the first quarter-hour.
11%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (Primera División).

Teams vs league

Defensa y JusticiaLigaVélez Sarsfield
Average goals in match 2.442.08 1.82
Both teams scored 56%45% 47%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 38%34% 24%
Clean sheets 31%34% 41%
Goal before half-time 63%61% 59%
Goal after half-time 69%71% 65%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.08
Average goals per match
45%
Both teams scored
34%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
34%
Clean sheets
1.18
Home goals / match
0.90
Away goals / match
+31%
Home attack advantage
+24%
Home defence advantage
+15%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
61%
1 goal
22%
2 goals
5%
3 goals
1%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
71%
1 goal
35%
2 goals
9%
3 goals
3%
4 goals

Head-to-head

Previous meeting: Defensa y Justicia 0 - 0 - 1 Vélez Sarsfield. Average goals 3.00, both teams scored in 100% matches.

Vélez Sarsfield
2 : 1
Defensa y Justicia

FAQ

What was the result of Defensa y Justicia vs Vélez Sarsfield?

The Primera División match finished Defensa y Justicia 1:1 Vélez Sarsfield. Full match statistics, the half-by-half breakdown and head-to-head are on this page.

What do the goal statistics show before Defensa y Justicia vs Vélez Sarsfield?

Defensa y Justicia score 1.13 goals per game on average and Vélez Sarsfield 1.06. The Primera División average is 2.08 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 34% of games. Both teams score in 56% of Defensa y Justicia's matches and 47% of Vélez Sarsfield's.

What form are Defensa y Justicia and Vélez Sarsfield in?

Over the last 5 games Defensa y Justicia have a 0-0-5 record (0.00 points per game) and Vélez Sarsfield 1-3-1 (1.20 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Defensa y Justicia vs Vélez Sarsfield?

The statistical background for Defensa y Justicia vs Vélez Sarsfield — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under — is on this page. The tip with full reasoning and a value assessment is in the NoFluffPicks app.