Defensa y Justicia vs San Lorenzo prediction 24.11.2023

• Competition: Copa Argentina
• Date: Thursday, 24th November 2023
• Kickoff: 00:10 UTC / 01:10 CET
• Venue: Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo (La Plata)

On Thursday at a neutral venue in La Plata, Defensa y Justicia and San Lorenzo will meet in the cup semifinal. Both teams played in the same Copa De La Liga Profesional group and have a similar number of points. In that competition, San Lorenzo are 10th on the table with 15 points from 13 matches, while Defensa y Justicia is the next on the table with one point fewer. 

Defensa y Justicia have not been playing well lately as they are without a win in the last five matches. On the other hand, San Lorenzo won only two of the previous 12 games. Most of those matches finished as draws. 

Interestingly, Defense y Justicia and San Lorenzo had the previous h2h match about a week ago when San Lorenzo won 1-0 on the road. Although the teams had a similar number of shots on the goal, guests had much more serious goal-scoring opportunities. XG stats showed that as Defensa y Justicia had only 0.21, while San Lorenzo had 1.17. San Lorenzo's three points were well deserved. 

Defensa y Justicia vs San Lorenzo pick: Under 2.5 goals

Defensa y Justicia have problems with scoring goals. They scored six goals in the last nine matches in all competitions. On the other hand, San Lorenzo scored four goals in the previous four games. Under 2.5 goals should be the best bet for this tie.