Argentina - Primera DivisiónStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Vélez Sarsfield and Banfield, taking place on Saturday, 08 April 2023, at The Estadio José Amalfitani in Buenos Aires.
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Velez Sarsfield, Recent FormA 0-0 draw and a point gained against Defensa y Justicia in their previous meeting will have been considered a fairly decent result for Vélez Sarsfield last time out. In that game they had 49% possession and managed 13 attempts on goal, with 3 on target, compared to Defensa y Justicia who had 12 attempts and 3 on target.
It seems pretty certain that Ricardo Gareca will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 9 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 5 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. They have clocked up an impressive run of form in front of goal at The Estadio José Amalfitani recently, having found the net in 5 of their last 6 home matches. With just 2 clean sheets in the last 6 matches at home, Gareca will be worried about the defensive frailties within his team of late.
They've been performing well at The Estadio José Amalfitani of late, with an unbeaten record of 5 games from 6, 3 of which were wins.
Banfield, Recent FormThe Banfield squad will be suffering from a feeling of disappointment after falling to a 2-0 home defeat against Platense, which saw them drop all three points and come away from the game empty-handed. They achieved 65% possession in that match and had 14 strikes at goal, with 2 hitting the target, up against Platense's tally of 6 efforts at goal, 4 of which were on target.
Having conceded 5 goals and scored just 2 in their last 6 games, they have been very fortunate to pick up 7 points. There are concerning signs for them, having failed to score in 4 of their last 6 league games.
They're experiencing a relativley poor spell of form on the road, having lost 4 of their last 6 away games despite notching up a couple of wins.
Alejandro Cabrera has scored 2 goals in the last 6 away games and will be looking to add more in this fixture against Vélez Sarsfield.
The last time these sides were pitched against each other in the league, it ended in a 1-0 win for Vélez Sarsfield.
The El Taladro defence has struggled at The Estadio José Amalfitani, having conceded 1 or more goals in each of their last 6 visits.
In the past Vélez have managed to keep the visitors in this home league fixture in check, being unbeaten for 12 games in a row.
Nicolas Bertolo will be feeling confident of netting goals for Banfield in this one against Vélez with his scoring record of 3 goals in their last 5 meetings in the league.
Vélez manager Ricardo Gareca has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Santiago Cáseres (Ankle), Leonardo Jara (Groin) and Ignacio Méndez (Ankle) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Javier Sanguinetti has a number of injury concerns in his Banfield squad to contend with: Nicolas Bertolo (Knee), Dylan Gissi (Cruciate ligament), Matías González (Cruciate ligament), Emanuel Insúa (Calf), Alexis Maldonado (Cruciate ligament) and Horacio Tijanovich (Knee)
Velez Sarsfield Playing at home | Banfield Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | Goals scored | 0.8 |
| 0.8 | Goals conceded | 1.5 |
| 38' | Time first goal scored | 38' |
| 54' | Time first goal conceded | 42' |
| 2.2 | Yellow cards | 3.8 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.3 |
| 4.8 | Subs used | 4.8 |
| 4-0 | Biggest victory | 1-0 |
| 2-1 | Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
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