In a weekend match in week 8, on Saturday Jul 16th, Barracas Central will host Argentinos Juniors at Estadio De Excursionistas in a meeting of these two closely matched Superliga teams in the anticipated Capital Federal derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. Barracas Central is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Talleres Córdoba. Facundo Mater struck first for Barracas Central in the 40th minute, then Bruno Sepúlveda added another in the 55th minute In the end, Talleres Córdoba couldn’t muster any offence and Barracas Central ran away with the shutout win. Barracas Central is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while argentinos Juniors sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Tigre. Gastón Verón struck first for Argentinos Juniors in the 14th minute on a feed from Javier Cabrera, then Javier Cabrera added another in the 25th minute. Argentinos Juniors should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season.
Nicolas Reniero has been the most prolific scorer on Argentinos Juniors in the last five matches with 2 goals. Barracas Central is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Neri Bandiera and Bruno Sepúlveda each having 2 goals in their last 5.