Boca Juniors vs Instituto Prediction: Will Boca Juniors recover from last game's disappointing defeat?

In the upcoming fixture of Argentina Primera División, Boca Juniors will receive Instituto at Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera) in Buenos Aires. The home side head here after a surprising defeat away (1-0) against Banfield, while the visitors arrives at this match after a draw (1-1) at home against Atl. Tucuman.

Continue reading to find out more about the competing sides and their overall statistics in terms of goals scored and conceded.

Boca Juniors suffered a surprising defeat in the Buenos Aires derby. Banfield was last classified and came from a series of 3 consecutive defeats, while Boca Juniors was in an excellent moment of form. Boca was the most dominant team throughout the game, however, it was Banfield who created the best goal opportunities. In the 23rd minute of the game, Banfield had a penalty, which Romero would end up defending. However, shortly after, in the 29th minute, Banfield would score the goal that would give them the victory, by Quiros, on a corner kick. Boca were more dominant in the game, but it was Banfield who were closer to scoring, if it weren't for Romero's excellent saves and help from the posts. Hugo Ibarra's team thus suffered a surprising defeat and broke their cycle of good results.

Boca will enter this game with a huge desire to prove that this game was just a fortuity, even more so by playing at home in front of their fans. For this game, the presence of Boca Juniors coach Hugo Ibarra is still in doubt, who had a small health problem during the week.

Instituto comes to this game after a draw (1-1) against Atl. Tucuman. Instituto started the match very well, scoring in the 27th minute of the game, through Graciani. The game was well controlled, with Instituto more dominant in possession of the ball and closer to 2-0. However, they would end up suffering a setback with the expulsion of Parnisiari to end the 1st half, due to the accumulation of yellow cards. At the beginning of the second half, and with one more player on the field, Atl. Tucuman was the most dominant team and managed to reach the tie in the 68th minute. Instituto would eventually be able to control the match and not concede any more goals, thus taking a point from a match that turned out to be complicated.

Instituto is a team that concedes some goals, however, it is a team that also tends to score, with 8 goals scored so far, 1 more than Boca Juniors. Instituto is just one point behind Boca Juniors and can overtake them in this round if they win.

The history between these two teams is quite divided. In the last 5 games between these 2 teams, Boca Juniors had 1 victory, Instituto also had 1, and they drew another 3. Goals were scored in all of those 5 matches, and in four of those matches at least 2 goals were scored.

Due to playing at home, Boca Juniors are the favorite to win, but Instituto could make a surprise here. Goals from both teams are expected in this match.