Banfield – Barracas Central

Banfield are one of the worst teams in the league at the moment. Last Saturday, the team were terrible on defence and succumbed to a 4-2 away defeat at Argentinos Juniors. As a result, El Taladro remain on a single point after the first four rounds of Copa Liga Profesional action, which places them sharing the bottom spot of the aggregate table with Tigre, Belgrano and Deportivo Riestra. In fact, Julio Falcioni’s men are on five without a win in league action, having drawn two and lost three. In fact, Banfield remains pointless at home in this competition, having lost to Huracan and Instituto (both 2-0).

Barracas Central seem to be finding their best version under coach Alejandro Orfila. Last Sunday, El Guapo secured a solid 2-0 home success over Atletico Tucuman, playing as hosts at Huracan again after two games at Lanus. The side made it two consecutive victories in the Copa Liga Profesional to accumulate seven points in group A, which allows them to enter the fight for a spot in the playoffs. Barracas won 1-0 at Deportivo Riestra in their last away match to stop a eight-game winless streak of two draws and six defeats as the visiting side.

If Banfield is ever going to win a game again, it has to be at home and against an irregular team like this Barracas who are coming from consecutive wins but are still as unreliable as ever. I’m giving Banfield a vote of confidence here after they finally scored their first goals of the season in the 2-4 defeat at Argentinos Jrs.

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