Only the second game in the Superliga for these teams and it's all to play for as Banfield welcomes Gimnasia La Plata. Check out this preview!
- Gimnasia La Plata have scored at least twice as many goals away as Banfield have scored home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Banfield form and stats
It's back home for Banfield, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Atletico Tucuman away with the result 2-0. Giuliano Galoppo and Agustín Fontana found the net in that victory. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Rosario Central.
Last season, Banfield's league statistics were 6 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 17th position in the Superliga. Over these 23 matches they scored 19 goals and conceded 23. Playing at home last season Banfield managed 2-4-6 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 17 conceded.
Gimnasia La Plata form and stats
The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Gimnasia are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Gimnasia La Plata goalkeeper Jorge Emanuel Broun is eager to challenge this, with his 368 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's the second away game in a row for Gimnasia, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Colon (placed 5th) in the Superliga last time out. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Huracan.
Goalkeeper Jorge Broun was absolutely vital in the Gimnasia La Plata victory against Colon, making six saves.
2 goals so far away for Gimnasia La Plata, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Let's have a look at how Gimnasia La Plata performed last season in the Superliga: They landed a 19th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 5 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 22 and conceded 23 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 17/12 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's four Banfield victories, one draw and two Gimnasia La Plata wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Galoppo 3 goals |  C. Fontana 3 goals |  M. Cuero Castillo 2 goals |
Banfield missing players
Gimnasia La Plata missing players
| Banfield | Gimnasia La Plata | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 71% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 75% | 71% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.1 | 8.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.5 | 9 |
| 4.1 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
| 38% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 45% | 43% |
- Gimnasia La Plata have scored at least twice as many goals away as Banfield have scored home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Banfield | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Gimnasia La Plata | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Talleres Cordoba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Atletico Tucuman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 5 | Colon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 6 | San Lorenzo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |