Banfield will want to make use of their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s adversaries. The home side are currently 5 points behind River Plate.
- Banfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- River Plate have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Superliga
It's no vacation for neither Banfield nor River Plate as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Banfield form and stats
The overall Superliga results playing at home this season for Banfield are 1-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). The Banfield manager Dabove might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The regulars are hoping that Banfield will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the Copa Sudamericana fixture against Union La Calera.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Patronato and winning 1-0.There will be little rest for Banfield after this match as they are travelling to Newell's Old Boys for a Superliga game in only three days.
The Banfield fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. On the other hand, Banfield have conceded 5 goals.
River Plate form and stats
As the visiting team matches, River Plate, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Superliga, have produced an overall stat of 3-0-1 so far. Having won their last three away games River has no reason to fear anyone.
The club members enjoyed River Plate's previous match versus Fortaleza, a Copa Libertadores win (2-0) played at home. Midfielder la Cruz was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.42. Cruz scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 49 successful passes (of 60 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 4-2 vs Argentinos Juniors.The schedule is very tough for River Plate now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Superliga game at Talleres Cordoba is waiting in only three days.
River Plate have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 5 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: two - one - six (Banfield wins - draws - River Plate wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Galoppo 5 goals |   J. Álvarez 4 goals |
Banfield missing players
River Plate missing players
| Banfield | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 89% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 56% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 56% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 44% |
| 11% | 25% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 33% | 25% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 22% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 4.6 | 5.8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| 5.8 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.8 | 3 |
| 3.6 | 2.8 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 12.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.8 | 13 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.2 | 6.1 |
| 35% | 40% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 29% | 35% |
| 9.6 | 9.2 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 7.8 | 8.4 |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
- Banfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Banfield have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- River Plate have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- River Plate have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Superliga
- River Plate 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 | Racing Club | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 21 |
| 2 | River Plate | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 19 |
| 3 | Defensa y Justicia | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Union Santa Fe | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | Sarmiento | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | Newell's Old Boys | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | Banfield | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | Argentinos Juniors | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Gimnasia La Plata | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | San Lorenzo | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 11 | Platense | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 7 |
| 12 | Patronato | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
| 13 | Talleres Cordoba | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 5 |
| 14 | Atletico Tucuman | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -11 | 5 |
