Defensa y Justicia vs Banfield Prediction & Betting Tips (20 August)

Banfield have every chance of going up this Liga Profesional season, with the Banfield cause being helped by a seven-match unbeaten run on their travels that has included five wins out of six recently. Defensa y Justicia come into this contest in pretty poor form, with the Defensa y Justicia collecting just two points from a possible 15 as their campaign drifts towards a conclusion.

Banfield appear destined to secure promotion at the end of the campaign, and the fact that ten of their last 14 games have served up no more than a couple of goals shows how hard they are having to scrap for every point. The numbers have been pretty similar for Defensa y Justicia of late, with 11 of their previous 15 matches at this level delivering under 2.5 goals.

Somewhat incredibly, at least one of the two goalkeepers has emerged with a clean sheet from 14 of the previous 15 Banfield games at this level, and they are without a goal in eight away matches on the bounce. As for Defensa y Justicia, both teams have scored in just five of their last 20 home fixtures in the Liga Profesional, so don’t expect too many fireworks.