In a weekend match on Saturday Apr 2nd, in week 8, Banfield will play host to Argentinos Juniors in a meeting of these two Superliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, a perfect day for football. 6th placed Banfield is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Lanús. Luciano Lollo scored the first goal for Banfield in the 66th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Lanús couldn’t muster any offence and Banfield ran away with the shutout win. Banfield is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 7th placed Argentinos Juniors, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Vélez Sarsfield. Vera struck first for Argentinos Juniors in the 74th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Vélez Sarsfield couldn’t manage to score, and Argentinos Juniors took the shutout win. Argentinos Juniors is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Argentinos Juniors won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
David Zalazar and Kevin Mac Allister are the top scorers for Argentinos Juniors in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Giuliano Galoppo has been the most prolific scorer on Banfield in the last 5 matches with 2 goals.