With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Superliga game of the season. Banfield look forward to welcoming Boca Juniors in front of their home support.
- Banfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Boca Juniors have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Copa Libertadores game only four days ago. That game, against Atletico Mineiro, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Boca Juniors.
Banfield form and stats
Last season, Banfield's league statistics were 6 wins, 11 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 16th position in the Superliga. Over these 25 matches they scored 27 goals and conceded 31. Playing at home last season Banfield managed 3-6-3 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 11 conceded.
The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Central Cordoba SdE (placed 13th) on their last time out; the Superliga game ended 1-1. Giuliano Galoppo (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.82/10. Galoppo scored one goal.
Prior to that, an away loss at San Telmo in the Copa Argentina.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Banfield as they are travelling to their away game against Union Santa Fe in the Superliga. That match is four days after this one.
Boca Juniors form and stats
Let's have a look at how Boca Juniors performed last season in the Superliga: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 35 and conceded 8 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 2 and lost 2 with 17/4 goals scored/conceded. Playing away, Boca Juniors have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the Superliga this season. Boca Juniors have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.
Juniors are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Atletico Mineiro (after extra-time, 3-1 on penalties). Cristian Pavón got a match rating of 7.6 in that game, top player of the team. Pavón hit five key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Ahead of that match was the Superliga away draw versus Union Santa Fe that ended 1-1.A quick return to home after this game, as Juniors are hosting San Lorenzo in the Superliga only three days away.
It's early days yet, but Boca Juniors has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: zero - two - six (Banfield wins - draws - Boca Juniors wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Galoppo 5 goals |   S. Villa Cano 4 goals | J. Álvarez 3 goals |
Banfield missing players
Boca Juniors missing players
| Banfield | Boca Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 93% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 71% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 69% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 31% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 43% | 14% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 38% | 62% |
| 43% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 25% |
| 21% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 19% |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.4 | 10.9 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.2 | 9.3 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 30% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 46% | 38% |
- Banfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Boca Juniors have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Estudiantes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Lanus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Patronato | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Newell's Old Boys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Colon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Godoy Cruz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Huracan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Gimnasia La Plata | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Platense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Banfield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Boca Juniors | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Central Cordoba SdE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | San Lorenzo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Union Santa Fe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Argentinos Juniors | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Independiente | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Racing Club | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Velez Sarsfield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Talleres Cordoba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 21 | Defensa y Justicia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 22 | River Plate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 23 | Rosario Central | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 24 | Atletico Tucuman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| 25 | Aldosivi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 26 | Sarmiento | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |