Estadio Florencio Solá: Banfield vs Rosario Central Superliga preview

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 08.February
Match begins: 22:40 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Florencio Solá (34901 seats)

Banfield will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Rosario Central.

Banfield and Rosario Central should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Banfield form and stats

Banfield's struggle is real here at Estadio Florencio Solá with only 9 points collected from 9 Superliga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-4. Two draws in a row at home now for Banfield.

A good away victory last time out for Banfield, who won 1-0 against Colón (placed 22nd). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 3-3 versus Patronato.

The Banfield fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. On the other hand, Banfield have conceded 12 goals.

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Rosario Central form and stats

2 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Rosario Central playing as the away team in the Superliga this season.

Rosario Central play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-5 to Independiente (placed 13th). Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Huracan.

Rosario Central lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rosario Central as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Rosario Central have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Banfield, zero draws and two wins for Rosario Central. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Rosario CentralC. Rius Aragallo
C. Rius Aragallo
4 goals
BanfieldR. Lenis Montes
R. Lenis Montes
3 goals
BanfieldJ. Dátolo
J. Dátolo
3 goals

Banfield missing players

Rosario Central missing players

Banfield Rosario Central
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 4 9 18
6 2 1 Won W 1 2 7
6 3 0 Drew D 1 5 8
6 4 1 Lost L 2 2 3
17 10 1 Scored S 4 8 25
16 12 1 Conceded C 11 14 22
83% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
33% 44% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 72%
22% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 44% 39%
17% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 22% 22%
17% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 11% 17%
28% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 61%
50% 22% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 22%
39% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 22%
 
5.5 6.7 10 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4.8 4.7
4.8 3.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.6 5
3.1 2.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
201 104 27 Total Shots T S 44 88 219
66 40 10 Shots on Target S O 14 28 79
26% 25% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 29% 32%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Banfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Banfield have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Banfield haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Banfield is in the best form (4-2-0)
  • Rosario Central has the most points from losing position (9)
  • Rosario Central have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 River Plate 18 11 3 4 34 15 9 4 1 4 10 6 9 7 2 0 24 9 19 36
2 Boca Juniors 18 9 6 3 21 8 9 4 4 1 12 4 9 5 2 2 9 4 13 33
3 Lanus 18 9 5 4 25 21 9 6 2 1 14 7 9 3 3 3 11 14 4 32
4 Argentinos Juniors 18 8 7 3 17 13 9 6 3 0 14 7 9 2 4 3 3 6 4 31
5 Velez Sarsfield 18 8 6 4 18 12 9 4 4 1 12 6 9 4 2 3 6 6 6 30
6 Arsenal de Sarandi 18 8 5 5 30 23 9 4 4 1 17 11 9 4 1 4 13 12 7 29
7 Newell's Old Boys 18 8 5 5 27 21 9 6 1 2 15 8 9 2 4 3 12 13 6 29
8 Rosario Central 18 7 8 3 25 22 9 5 3 1 17 8 9 2 5 2 8 14 3 29
9 Estudiantes 18 8 4 6 20 15 9 6 2 1 13 3 9 2 2 5 7 12 5 28
10 Racing Club 18 6 10 2 22 20 9 4 4 1 11 10 9 2 6 1 11 10 2 28
11 Atletico Tucuman 18 7 6 5 19 17 9 4 3 2 12 9 9 3 3 3 7 8 2 27
12 San Lorenzo 18 8 3 7 24 24 9 4 2 3 15 15 9 4 1 4 9 9 0 27
13 Independiente 18 7 4 7 23 21 9 4 1 4 17 12 9 3 3 3 6 9 2 25
14 Defensa y Justicia 18 7 4 7 18 16 9 3 2 4 8 7 9 4 2 3 10 9 2 25
15 Banfield 18 6 6 6 17 16 9 2 3 4 10 12 9 4 3 2 7 4 1 24
16 Talleres Cordoba 18 7 3 8 24 24 9 4 3 2 13 12 9 3 0 6 11 12 0 24
17 Union Santa Fe 18 6 5 7 17 23 8 4 2 2 8 6 10 2 3 5 9 17 -6 23
18 Central Cordoba SdE 18 5 6 7 18 21 9 4 3 2 8 6 9 1 3 5 10 15 -3 21
19 Gimnasia La Plata 18 4 4 10 19 20 9 1 1 7 3 10 9 3 3 3 16 10 -1 16
20 Huracan 18 3 7 8 10 19 9 2 4 3 6 9 9 1 3 5 4 10 -9 16
21 Aldosivi 18 4 4 10 16 26 9 3 3 3 9 8 9 1 1 7 7 18 -10 16
22 Colón 18 5 1 12 16 28 10 5 1 4 11 12 8 0 0 8 5 16 -12 16
23 Patronato 18 3 6 9 16 28 9 2 3 4 8 13 9 1 3 5 8 15 -12 15
24 Godoy Cruz 18 3 0 15 16 39 9 2 0 7 8 20 9 1 0 8 8 19 -23 9

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The Superliga Argentina, also referred to as the Primera División, is the premier football division in Argentina. It currently holds 26 teams who play 25 fixtures each to form a final league table. The season runs from August to May. Argentina was the first country outside the United Kingdom to create a football league, in 1891.