Banfield vs Boca Juniors Prediction: Can Banfield hold Boca Juniors?

In the upcoming fixture of Argentina Primera División, Banfield will receive Boca Juniors at Estadio Florencio Sola in Buenos Aires. The home side had another loss (1-0) against atl. Tucuman, while the visitors also arrives at this match after a draw (0-0) at home against Defensa y Justicia.

Continue reading to find out more about the competing sides and their overall statistics in terms of goals scored and conceded.

Banfield is facing many difficulties, suffering another defeat, the third in 3 games. At the moment they are at the bottom of the table, with only 3 points in 6 games.

In the first part of the last game, Atl. Tucuman was the most dangerous team. Despite Banfield having more ball possession, they were unable to create goal opportunities. In a beautiful combination near the end of the first half, Atl. Tucuman themselves at an advantage. In the second half, Banfield entered strongly in search of a draw, however without managing to create situations of extreme danger. The result stood and Banfield ended up losing the game. Banfield is currently the worst team to score goals in the league, with only 2 goals scored in 6 games. They really need to improve their effectiveness on front of goal to leave the bottom of the table.

Boca Juniors comes to this game after a draw against first place Defensa y Justicia. It was undoubtedly the best game of the last round. It was an open game, well played by both teams, and with many chances to score. Only the great performances of both goalkeepers led to the game ending in a goalless draw. Proof of how open the game was were the 25 goal opportunities created by Boca Juniors, however, of these only 4 were shots on goal. Boca was the team that always had more possession of the ball and that was more in search of victory, having just lacked a little effectiveness in front of the goal. At the moment, Boca Juniors is one of the fittest and most dangerous teams, and due to its history, it is also a serious candidate for the title. They are hoping to maintain their current run of form to get another victory in the Buenos Aires derby.

In the last 5 games between these 2 teams, Boca Juniors had 2 victories, Banfield 1, and they drew another 2. Yet, Boca Juniors was not able to win any of the last 3 games, with 1 win in the last game for Banfield and two more draws. Goals were scored in 4 of those matches.

Due to the recent momentum of both teams, Boca Juniors is clearly the favorite to win, yet not many goals are expected.