Talleres Córdoba 1-2 Defensa y Justicia: Match Report, Goals, Stats and Ratings

How Defensa y Justicia won it

Agustín Álvarez put Talleres Córdoba ahead in the 32nd minute. Defensa y Justicia levelled at 1-1 in the 47th minute through Leandro Fernández, set up by Juan Gutiérrez. Defensa y Justicia turned it round: Juan Gutiérrez made it 1-2 in the 88th minute, set up by Valentín Pucheta Loza. There was no time to answer it.

It was 1-0 at half-time, and the second half turned the match the other way.

The lead changed hands once.

The referee, J. Pafundi, showed 4 yellow cards: 3 to Talleres Córdoba and 1 to Defensa y Justicia.

Talleres Córdoba: O. De Felippe, 4-2-3-1 · Defensa y Justicia: J. Vaccari, 4-2-3-1.

Moneyball's prediction against the result

Moneyball did not publish a pre-match estimate for this match, so there is nothing to mark it against.

Why it went this way

On the day the expected goals were 0.70 for Talleres Córdoba and 0.96 for Defensa y Justicia.

Defensa y Justicia made more of their chances than the xG suggests, by about 1.0 goals.

Talleres Córdoba had 7 shots on target, Defensa y Justicia 6.

Defensa y Justicia's goalkeeper made 6 saves.

Defensa y Justicia had 51% of the ball and turned it into the win.

Where the two sides stood before this match

Talleres Córdoba came into it with 31 Liga Profesional Argentina matches played, scoring 1.0 and conceding 1.2 a match, with 1.08 expected goals for and 1.52 against, and had won 29% of their matches.

Defensa y Justicia came into it with 30 Liga Profesional Argentina matches played, scoring 1.3 and conceding 1.1 a match, with 1.21 expected goals for and 1.07 against, and had won 40% of their matches.

Talleres Córdoba vs Defensa y Justicia: the match in numbers

Team statistics from Sportmonks.

Player ratings and man of the match

Man of the match: Agustín Álvarez (Talleres Córdoba), rated 8.0 by Sportmonks, with 1 goal.

Talleres Córdoba

• Agustín Álvarez 8.0 1 goal
• Valentín Depietri 7.4
• Giovanni Baroni 7.2
• Ezequiel Unsain 7.1
• Rick 7.0

Defensa y Justicia

• Juan Gutiérrez 8.0 1 goal, 1 assist
• Matías Borgogno 7.7
• Santiago Sosa 7.5
• Leandro Fernández 7.3 1 goal
• Demián Domínguez 7.2

The lowest-rated starter was Matías Catalán at 6.3. Ratings run from 0 to 10; around 7.0 is a solid match.

What comes next

• Talleres Córdoba: Deportivo Riestra vs Talleres Córdoba Saturday 31 October 2026 · Liga Profesional Argentina
• Defensa y Justicia: Defensa y Justicia vs Independiente Monday 2 November 2026 · Liga Profesional Argentina

Each preview has Moneyball's estimate for the next match, published before kick-off and marked against the result afterwards, as this one is.

Questions about Talleres Córdoba vs Defensa y Justicia

What was the score in Talleres Córdoba vs Defensa y Justicia?

Talleres Córdoba 1-2 Defensa y Justicia (half-time 1-0), Liga Profesional Argentina, Saturday 24 October 2026.

Who scored in Talleres Córdoba vs Defensa y Justicia?

Agustín Álvarez 32', Leandro Fernández 47', Juan Gutiérrez 88'.

Did Moneyball predict Talleres Córdoba vs Defensa y Justicia correctly?

Moneyball did not publish a pre-match estimate for this match, so there is nothing to mark it against.

Who was man of the match in Talleres Córdoba vs Defensa y Justicia?

Agustín Álvarez, rated 8.0 by Sportmonks.

Who refereed Talleres Córdoba vs Defensa y Justicia?

J. Pafundi.