On the 6th of August, in this week 12 match, Patronato will travel to Lomas de Zamora to battle Banfield in a clash of these two mismatched Superliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Banfield is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Estudiantes. Neither Estudiantes nor Banfield could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 16 and 10 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Banfield is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Patronato recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Boca Juniors. Axel Rodríguez struck first for Patronato in the 23rd minute, then Alexander Sebastian Sosa added another in the 40th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Boca Juniors couldn’t manage to score, and Patronato took the shutout win. Patronato is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
Patronato and Banfield last played eachother at the Estadio Presbítero Bartolomé Grella on Sunday Apr 10th. Banfield took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Giuliano Galoppo struck first for Banfield in the 50th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Patronato couldn’t muster any offence and Banfield ran away with the shutout win.
For Patronato, their top scorers are Jonathan Herrera and Héctor Acevedo, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Enrique Paz has been the most prolific scorer on Banfield in the last 5 matches with two goals.