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Belgrano v Defensa y Justicia : Primera División match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 23rd Aug, 21:00 BST, Estadio Julio César Villagra, Ciudad de Córdoba

Belgrano and Defensa y Justicia go head to head at the Estadio Julio César Villagra on Sunday night, with both Ricardo Alberto Zielinski and Julio César Vaccari seeking a win in the Primera División. Our aim is to give you all the tools you need to make a smart, well-informed bet on this tie, so we've sifted through our 20+ year database and dug out the stats that will help you do exactly that. Head-to-head and recent form are included, and the KickOff predictions are produced from them. The best odds are there to get you maximum bang for your buck.

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

It's our view that there's not a clear favourite to to get the win in this one, but does appear clear is that the odds are pointing towards it'll have no more than 3 goals. Our statistical analysis is inline with them too. Belgrano and Defensa have served up plenty of under 3.5 goal games recently, and key performance statistics point towards more of the same. We have confidence in predicting under 3.5 goals on Sunday night, and the bookmakers have it priced at 1.17.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Belgrano are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 53% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.61.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Belgrano 53%	8/13	-
Draw 26%	12/5	-
Defensa 21%	19/4	-
Belgrano 1-0 14%	4/1	-
Draw 1-1 12%	6/1	-
Belgrano 2-0 11%	11/2	-
Draw 0-0 9%	6/1	-
Belgrano 2-1 9%	8/1	-
Defensa 1-0 8%	10/1	-
Belgrano 3-0 5%	11/1	-
Defensa 2-1 5%	20/1	-
Belgrano 3-1 5%	16/1	-
Draw 2-2 4%	22/1	-
Defensa 2-0 3%	28/1	-
Belgrano 4-0 2%	25/1	-
Belgrano 3-2 2%	40/1	-
Belgrano 4-1 2%	33/1	-
Defensa 3-1 1%	50/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 42%	7/5	-
Under 2.5 Goals 58%	8/15	-
Home 1st Goal 54%	8/15	-
Away 1st Goal 40%	21/10	-
No 1st Goal 6%	6/1	-
BTTS - Yes 44%	11/8	-
BTTS - No 56%	8/15	-
BTTS - Home Win 20%	4/1	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	9/2	-
BTTS - Away Win 8%	14/1	-
Home/draw 79%	1/7	-
Away/draw 47%	6/5	-
Home/away 74%	3/10	-
Over 1.5 Goals 68%	4/9	-
Under 1.5 Goals 32%	13/8	-
Over 3.5 Goals 21%	4/1	-
Under 3.5 Goals 79%	1/6	-
Over 4.5 Goals 9%	10/1	-
Under 4.5 Goals 91%	1/20	-
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	25/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	1/100	-
Over 0.5 Goals 91%	1/10	-
Under 0.5 Goals 9%	6/1	-
Home DNB 71%	2/9	-
Away DNB 39%	3/1	-
Belgrano win to nil 34%	5/4	-
Defensa win to nil 13%	7/1	-
Belgrano / Belgrano 31%	13/8	-
Belgrano / Defensa 2%	40/1	-
Belgrano / Draw 5%	14/1	-
Draw / Belgrano 20%	3/1	-
Draw / Defensa 7%	10/1	-
Draw / Draw 18%	7/2	-
Defensa / Belgrano 3%	28/1	-
Defensa / Defensa 8%	9/1	-
Defensa / Draw 4%	18/1	-

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Belgrano	0 - 1	Argentinos
Belgrano	2 - 1	Rosario
Belgrano	2 - 0	U Santa Fe
Belgrano	4 - 0	Sarmiento
Belgrano	0 - 1	Gimnasia
Belgrano	1 - 0	Aldosivi
Belgrano	1 - 2	Racing Club
Belgrano	0 - 0	Tal Cordoba
Belgrano	3 - 1	A. Tucuman
Belgrano	1 - 0	Banfield
Belgrano	1 - 1	Tig
Belgrano	0 - 0	U Santa Fe
Belgrano	0 - 0	Tig
Belgrano	1 - 1	Estudiantes
Belgrano	3 - 0	Newells
Belgrano	0 - 0	SM San Juan
Belgrano	0 - 3	Central Cor
Belgrano	2 - 1	Banfield
Belgrano	0 - 1	Racing Club
Belgrano	1 - 1	Argentinos

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Belgrano	0 - 0	Tig
H	Belgrano	0 - 1	Argentinos
H	Belgrano	2 - 1	Rosario
A	Belgrano	3 - 2	River Plate
A	Belgrano	1 - 1	Argentinos
H	Belgrano	2 - 0	U Santa Fe
A	Belgrano	1 - 0	Tal Cordoba
H	Belgrano	4 - 0	Sarmiento
H	Belgrano	0 - 1	Gimnasia
A	Belgrano	0 - 0	Barracas
H	Belgrano	1 - 0	Aldosivi
A	Belgrano	0 - 3	River Plate
H	Belgrano	1 - 2	Racing Club
H	Belgrano	0 - 0	Tal Cordoba
A	Belgrano	1 - 0	Estudiantes Rio Cuarto
A	Belgrano	1 - 3	Huracan
H	Belgrano	3 - 1	A. Tucuman
A	Belgrano	1 - 1	Defensa
A	Belgrano	1 - 0	Independiente Rivadavia
H	Belgrano	1 - 0	Banfield

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Estudiantes	3 - 0	Defensa
Gimnasia Mendoza	2 - 1	Defensa
Independiente	3 - 1	Defensa
Instituto	2 - 0	Defensa
San Lorenzo	2 - 5	Defensa
Platense	0 - 0	Defensa
Newells	2 - 3	Defensa
Deportivo Riestra	0 - 1	Defensa
Aldosivi	0 - 0	Defensa
Racing Club	1 - 0	Defensa
U Santa Fe	3 - 0	Defensa
Tig	1 - 1	Defensa
Estudiantes	1 - 0	Defensa
Barracas	1 - 1	Defensa
Central Cor	2 - 1	Defensa
Banfield	0 - 0	Defensa
Independiente Rivadavia	3 - 2	Defensa
Huracan	1 - 1	Defensa
Argentinos	4 - 1	Defensa
Boca Juniors	4 - 0	Defensa

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Defensa	2 - 1	Newells
A	Defensa	0 - 3	Estudiantes
H	Defensa	2 - 1	Deportivo Riestra
H	Defensa	1 - 1	Aldosivi
A	Defensa	1 - 2	Gimnasia Mendoza
H	Defensa	0 - 4	Boca Juniors
A	Defensa	1 - 3	Independiente
H	Defensa	1 - 2	Tal Cordoba
A	Defensa	0 - 2	Instituto
H	Defensa	2 - 0	U Santa Fe
A	Defensa	5 - 2	San Lorenzo
H	Defensa	1 - 1	Central Cor
H	Defensa	1 - 1	Lanus
A	Defensa	0 - 0	Platense
H	Defensa	1 - 1	Belgrano
H	Defensa	1 - 1	Velez
A	Defensa	3 - 2	Newells
H	Defensa	0 - 0	Estudiantes
A	Defensa	1 - 0	Deportivo Riestra
A	Defensa	0 - 0	Aldosivi

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Belgrano

Defensa

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 3

2 / 3

Clean sheets

1 / 3

0 / 3

BEL

DEF

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Belgrano
Belgrano	2 - 0
	1 - 2	Defensa
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Defensa

Belgrano

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 5

Clean sheets

1 / 5

BEL

DEF

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Defensa
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Defensa	2 - 1
	0 - 2	Belgrano
Defensa	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Goal Statistics

Belgrano's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday night, not least because Defensa y Justicia have conceded in each of their last 8 Primera División outings. A PG of 1.5 for R. Zielinski's side suggests that run should continue.

	Belgrano 6th	Defensa 10th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	0.8 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 22% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 78% probability that Belgrano will score 1 or more goals	0 43% 1 36% 2 15% 3 4+ There is a 79% probability of Defensa scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-13 Belgrano have scored 13% fewer goals at home than predicted	-10 Defensa’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.1 average goals scored	0.9 average goals scored
	0.7 conceded	1.8 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Primera División - 2026/2026 season

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BEL

DEF

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Games scored	16		14
Failed to score	7		6
Scored first	10		11
Goals scored	26		23
Avg. goals scored	1.1		1.2
Avg. shots per game	9		9
Avg. shots per goal	8		8
Conversion rate for	13		13
Avg. XG for	1.1		1.1
KickOff rating		0%

23%

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BEL

DEF

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Games conceded	12		15
Clean sheets	11		5
Conceded first	9		6
Goals conceded	18		27
Avg. goals conceded	0.8		1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	13		7
Conversion rate against	8%		14%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1.2
KickOff rating		+23%

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Belgrano Primera División squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
23	5	6	6
T Cardozo	N Fernández	L Passerini	L Morales

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Cardozo GLK	23			1 -
L Morales DEF	22	1		5 1
L Zelarayán MID	22	4	3	3 -
R. Hernandes MID	22	2	1	3 -
A Sánchez MID	22	1	1	5 1
N Fernández FWD	22	5	4	1 -
A Maldonado DEF	21			3 -
F Vázquez MID	21	2	4	5 1
E Rigoni FWD	21	1	3	1 1
A Spörle DEF	20			4 -
L López DEF	19	1	1	3 -
L Passerini FWD	18	1	6	4 1
A Cabrera DEF	17			5 -
F Metilli MID	16	4		-
S Longo MID	16			2 -
L. Gutierrez FWD	16	2		-
F Ricca DEF	11			1 1
J. Velazquez DEF	11			1 -
?. Ocampo DEF	9			-
A. Falcón DEF	6			3 -
R. Tulián MID	5	1		-
G. Zelarayán MID	3			-
M Vicentini GLK	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	20	6	9
N Fernández	N Fernández	L Passerini	L Zelarayán

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
N Fernández FWD	5	20	4	1
L Zelarayán MID	4	13	3	9
F Metilli MID	4	9		1
R. Hernandes MID	2	4	1	1
F Vázquez MID	2	5	4	3
L. Gutierrez FWD	2	5		1
L Morales DEF	1	2
A Sánchez MID	1	1	1	4
E Rigoni FWD	1	8	3	2
L López DEF	1	4	1
L Passerini FWD	1	7	6	5
R. Tulián MID	1	2
A Maldonado DEF		1
A Spörle DEF		3		1
A Cabrera DEF		2		1
S Longo MID		2
F Ricca DEF				1
J. Velazquez DEF				2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1134	61	117
A Sánchez	A Sánchez	A Sánchez

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
A Sánchez MID	1134	61	117
L López DEF	863	35	92
L Zelarayán MID	776	26	106
F Vázquez MID	653	33	97
L Morales DEF	646	31	77
T Cardozo GLK	645	3	17
A Maldonado DEF	579	34	65
A Spörle DEF	492	41	72
R. Hernandes MID	432	20	60
E Rigoni FWD	397	15	72
S Longo MID	382	31	43
A Cabrera DEF	312	44	79
F Metilli MID	296	25	43
N Fernández FWD	282	14	38
F Ricca DEF	267	11	33
J. Velazquez DEF	229	15	30
L Passerini FWD	198	10	64
?. Ocampo DEF	127	5	10
A. Falcón DEF	118	9	16
L. Gutierrez FWD	106	3	25
M Vicentini GLK	36		2
R. Tulián MID	16	3	5
G. Zelarayán MID	10	1	2

Defensa Primera División squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
19	4	4	5
J Gutiérrez	J Gutiérrez	A Molinas	D Fernández

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Gutiérrez FWD	20	4	3	1 -
S. Sosa Yung MID	19			2 1
L Souto DEF	18	1		1
A Hausch MID	18	1		1 -
D Fernández DEF	16			5 -
A Molinas MID	15	3	4	3 -
A. Portillo DEF	14	3	1	4 -
D Martínez DEF	14		1	5 -
D Barbona FWD	13	3		1 -
E Lucero DEF	11			1 -
Éver Banega MID	10		1	2 -
M. Aguiar MID	9			1 1
J López MID	7			-
C Pérez MID	7		1	2 -
F Altamira FWD	7			1 -
M Borgogno GLK	4			-
F Román DEF	4	1		2 -
D Blanco FWD	4			-
L Fernández FWD	4			-
E. González Ribeiro FWD	4			-
N. Roselli DEF	3			-
T Pérez FWD	2	1		-
M. Rodríguez DEF	1			-
J. Lucco MID	1			-
M. Porcel MID	1			-
S Toloza MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	18	4	5
J Gutiérrez	J Gutiérrez	A Molinas	A Hausch

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Gutiérrez FWD	4	18	3	3
A Molinas MID	3	8	4	4
A. Portillo DEF	3	4	1	1
D Barbona FWD	3	9		2
L Souto DEF	1	2		1
A Hausch MID	1	11		5
F Román DEF	1	1
T Pérez FWD	1	1
S. Sosa Yung MID		1
D Fernández DEF		1		1
D Martínez DEF		1	1	1
Éver Banega MID			1
M. Aguiar MID		1
J López MID				1
C Pérez MID		2	1
F Altamira FWD		1
D Blanco FWD				1
L Fernández FWD		3
E. González Ribeiro FWD		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
891	45	94
A Molinas	D Fernández	S. Sosa Yung

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
A Molinas MID	891	20	49
S. Sosa Yung MID	711	38	94
D Fernández DEF	703	45	81
D Martínez DEF	675	28	49
L Souto DEF	639	21	73
D Barbona FWD	329	4	16
C Pérez MID	317	18	37
Éver Banega MID	295	13	19
J Gutiérrez FWD	288	25	91
A. Portillo DEF	284	17	37
A Hausch MID	234	10	37
E Lucero DEF	223	15	43
M Borgogno GLK	118	1	3
L Fernández FWD	91	5	21
J López MID	77	9	14
M. Aguiar MID	59	4	15
F Román DEF	52	5	10
D Blanco FWD	48	5	13
F Altamira FWD	34	2	17
E. González Ribeiro FWD	33	2	12
M. Rodríguez DEF	33	2	2
S Toloza MID	19	3	4
J. Lucco MID	15	1	3
T Pérez FWD	14	2	4
M. Porcel MID	9
N. Roselli DEF	5