On Tue Mar 7th, in week 6, Boca Juniors hosts Defensa y Justicia at Estadio Alberto José Armando in a Superliga match. In their last match, 7th placed Boca Juniors, recorded a 2-1 win against Vélez Sarsfield. Langoni struck first for Boca Juniors in the 32nd minute, but Lucas Janson got the equalizer for Vélez Sarsfield in the 66th minute. Boca Juniors is looking for direction having 3 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while defensa y Justicia sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Atlético Tucumán. Santiago Solari scored the first goal for Defensa y Justicia in the 13th minute, then Nicolás Fernández added another in the 36th minute on a penalty shot At the end of 90 a dissapointed Atlético Tucumán couldn’t manage to score, and Defensa y Justicia took the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Defensa y Justicia should be reasonably happy with their performance.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Boca Juniors won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Nicolás Fernández has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored four goals for Defensa y Justicia. Both Jorge Figal and Langoni have been the hottest scorers for Boca Juniors in the last five each having scored 2 goals.