In a weekend match in week 5, on Sunday Feb 26th, Boca Juniors and Vélez Sarsfield will play a match in Buenos Aires in a meeting of these two Superliga teams in the ever popular Buenos Aires derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 15th placed Vélez Sarsfield, recorded a 1-1 draw against Atlético Tucumán. José Florentín Bobadilla scored the first goal for Vélez Sarsfield in the 49th minute, then Marcelo Gonzalez got the equalizer for Atlético Tucumán in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Cristian Menéndez earning Atlético Tucumán a comeback draw. Vélez Sarsfield is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while boca Juniors sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Platense. Jorge Figal struck first for Boca Juniors in the 9th minute on a feed from Óscar Romero, but Nicolás Servetto got the equalizer for Platense in the 12th minute. Boca Juniors is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Boca Juniors won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Villa Cano and Guillermo Fernandez are the top scorers for Boca Juniors in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Both Walter Bou and José Florentín Bobadilla have been the hottest scorers for Vélez Sarsfield in the last five each having scored 2 goals.