On the 6th of March, Banfield hosts Defensa y Justicia at Estadio Florencio Solá in a meeting of these two Superliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Banfield is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Platense. Galoppo struck first for Banfield in the 44th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Platense couldn’t muster any offence and Banfield ran away with the shutout win. Banfield is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed Defensa y Justicia is fresh off their 3-2 win against Gimnasia La Plata. Miguel Merentiel struck first for Defensa y Justicia in the 5th minute on a feed from Walter Bou, then Cristian Tarragona got the equalizer for Gimnasia La Plata in the 37th minute on a feed from Johan Carbonero , but luckily for Defensa y Justicia it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win. Defensa y Justicia is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 draw each.
Both Carlos Rotondi and Miguel Merentiel have been the hottest scorers for Defensa y Justicia in the last five each having scored 3 goals each. Galoppo has been the most prolific scorer on Banfield in his last 5 matches with 3 goals.