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Steffen Schmidt - July 27, 2023
Union vs Defensa y Justicia
Argentine Liga Profesional
Date: 28 July 2023, Friday
Kick-off at 20:30 UK / 21:30 CET
Venue: Estadio 15 de Abril (Santa Fe).
Defensa y Justicia travel to Santa Fe to take on bottom-half side Union in the 27th round of Argentine Liga Profesional on Friday evening.
The visitors enter this in high spirits following a thread of five wins and two draws in the last seven outings across competitions.
They have climbed to fourth position in the domestic league table as a consequence and they will fancy their chances of maintaining the brilliant spell of form with a result against an out-of-form rival.
Believe it or not, Union have played four consecutive goalless draws going into this tie. The latest came last weekend in the clash away at Velez Sarsfield.
The fans saw no more than a single shot on target combined from the two outfits on the occasion. Union did limit the rivals to only four total attempts in the 90 minutes of play in Sarsfield.
Defensa y Justicia, on the other side, stormed past Sarmiento in what was one of their best performances all-season long.
The team led by Julio Vaccari registered 21 shots, 12 of which went on target, while limiting the counterparts to no more than a single total shot on the occasion.
Union play super-defensive football under new manager Killy Gonzalez. The fact they played four successive goalless draws in the league going into this match says enough. We thus can’t resist the temptation of backing the Under 1.5 goals FT pick at the 2.62 odds.
The alternative bet would be the 0-0 draw in the first half at the odds of 2.37 as we expect a tight affair without many chances based on everything we have seen from these two sides defensively of late.
