This is shaping out to be an intriguing fixture as Banfield have their supposed home advantage, while Argentinos Juniors are in front by 7 points in the Superliga standings.
- Banfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Argentinos Juniors haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
The hosts Banfield saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Superliga. That game was an away game at Talleres Córdoba, so at least Banfield are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Banfield form and stats
The total Superliga statistics at home this season for Banfield are 1-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
No payout for Banfield in their previous match, an away game at Talleres Córdoba that ended in defeat 0-1.
Before that, Banfield drew at home versus San Lorenzo.This is expected to be a close game, with Banfield perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Banfield as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Banfield has won 6 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.
Banfield are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. Banfield have conceded 8 from these games.
Argentinos Juniors form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
Impressive finishing from Verón and Carabajal secured the home win 2-0 against Boca Juniors in their previous game. Midfielder Carabajal was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.21. Carabajal scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Barracas Central at their stadium, the result 3-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Argentinos Juniors playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were 5 Argentinos Juniors wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats.
Observe! Both sides have scored goal(s) in 10 of this club's latest 13 league matches.
Argentinos are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league).
Head 2 Head
These opponents have met before this season: Banfield - Argentinos Juniors 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Banfield one win, two draws and Argentinos Juniors five victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last eight duels.Top Goalscorers
  G. Galoppo 8 goals |  R. Enrique Paz 6 goals |  G. Ávalos Stumpfs 6 goals |
Banfield missing players
Argentinos Juniors missing players
| Banfield | Argentinos Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 29 | 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 19 | 37 |
| 24 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 18 | 26 |
| 91% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 65% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 77% | 76% |
| 43% | 58% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 46% | 48% |
| 22% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 31% | 16% |
| 9% | 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 15% | 8% |
| 52% | 75% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 60% |
| 35% | 17% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 15% | 24% |
| 22% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 23% | 20% |
| 5.3 | 7 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 5 | 3.2 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.7 | 13.7 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.5 | 12.1 |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
| 32% | 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 40% | 32% |
| 10.1 | 8.7 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 9 | 8.9 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
- Argentinos Juniors haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Banfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Banfield have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Banfield have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Argentinos Juniors | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 2 | Atletico Tucuman | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
| 3 | Platense | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Godoy Cruz | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Newell's Old Boys | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Huracan | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | Racing Club | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 8 | Gimnasia La Plata | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 9 | Union Santa Fe | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 10 | Patronato | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 11 | San Lorenzo | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 12 | River Plate | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 13 | Banfield | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 14 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 15 | Boca Juniors | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 16 | Sarmiento | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 17 | Estudiantes | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 18 | Rosario Central | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 19 | Colon | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 20 | Defensa y Justicia | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 21 | Tigre | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 22 | Barracas Central | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 23 | Talleres Córdoba | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 8 |
| 24 | Central Cordoba SdE | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 25 | Independiente | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 26 | Velez Sarsfield | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 27 | Lanus | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 6 |
| 28 | Aldosivi | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 5 |
