Estudiantes are banking on their home advantage to assist them to do well in this meeting versus Banfield. Who wins at Estadio Ciudad de La Plata?
- Estudiantes have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Superliga
- Banfield have the most clean sheets (6) away in Superliga
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Estudiantes form and stats
When playing at home in the Superliga, Estudiantes have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
Estudiantes faced defeat in their previous match, away at Boca Juniors (1-3). Morel was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.24 out of 10. The defender Morel scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 6 of 14 duels.
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Barracas Central.This is expected to be a close game, with Estudiantes perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Estudiantes as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Estudiantes has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 5.
An interesting fact: 14 of the latest 16 league games from these players have had goals from both teams.
The Estudiantes fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. On the other hand, Estudiantes have conceded 7 goals.
Banfield form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Banfield delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Argentinos Juniors (placed 2nd) in their previous game. Defender Coronel was the best team player with a rating of 7.6. Coronel scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 5 of 9 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Talleres Cordoba's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Banfield in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Banfield, 7 draws and 4 defeats.
Banfield are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these participants: Estudiantes won three, Banfield triumphed in four and we saw three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  M. Boselli 11 goals |  L. Díaz 8 goals |   G. Galoppo 8 goals |
Estudiantes missing players
Banfield missing players
| Estudiantes | Banfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 47 | 25 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 30 |
| 37 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 92% |
| 92% | 92% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 36% | 67% |
| 72% | 69% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 27% | 42% |
| 40% | 31% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 9% | 21% |
| 20% | 15% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 84% | 77% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 27% | 54% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 55% | 33% |
| 8% | 15% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 27% | 21% |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.4 | 5.1 |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.9 | 4.8 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.7 | 3.8 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.6 | 12.7 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9.5 | 11.5 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 42% | 45% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 28% | 32% |
| 10.1 | 8.1 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11.7 | 10.3 |
| 4.2 | 3.1 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4 |
- Banfield have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Banfield have the most clean sheets (6) away in Superliga
- Banfield have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Estudiantes have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Banfield have scored away.
- Estudiantes have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Superliga
- Estudiantes have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Superliga
- Estudiantes have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Superliga
- Estudiantes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atlético Tucumán | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 22 |
| 2 | Argentinos Juniors | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | Racing Club | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Gimnasia La Plata | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Union Santa Fe | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | Godoy Cruz | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Huracan | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | Platense | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Newell's Old Boys | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 10 | River Plate | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 11 | Boca Juniors | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 12 | Patronato | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 13 | San Lorenzo | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 14 | Banfield | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 15 | Colon | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 16 | Defensa y Justicia | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 17 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 18 | Tigre | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 19 | Sarmiento | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 20 | Estudiantes | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 21 | Rosario Central | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 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 Cordoba | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 24 | Velez Sarsfield | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 25 | Independiente | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 26 | Central Cordoba SdE | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 27 | Lanus | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 6 |
| 28 | Aldosivi | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 5 |
