In a weekend match in week 18, on Saturday Sep 10th, Banfield and Colón will play a match in Lomas de Zamora in a meeting of these two closely matched Superliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Banfield recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Atlético Tucumán. Neither Atlético Tucumán nor Banfield could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 25 and 6 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while in their last match, 23rd placed Colón, recorded a 1-2 loss against Boca Juniors. Norberto Briasco Balekian scored the first goal for Boca Juniors in the 11th minute, then Luis Miguel Rodríguez tied it up for Colón in the 40th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Colón won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Colón’s top weapon lately has been Luis Miguel Rodríguez, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches. Banfield hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Pablo Maximiliano Cuadra and Agustin Jose Urzi, and they each have 1 goal.