In this week 26 match, on Sunday Oct 16th, Banfield will travel to Avellaneda to battle Independiente in a meeting of these two Superliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Independiente sits at 17th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Tigre. Blas Armoa Núñez struck first for Tigre in the 17th minute on a feed from Prieto, then Blas Armoa Núñez added another in the 20th minute. Independiente should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while banfield sits at 20th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Gimnasia La Plata. Erik Ramirez struck first for Gimnasia La Plata in the 9th minute, then Brahian Alemán added another in the 43rd minute In the end, Banfield couldn’t muster any offence and Gimnasia La Plata ran away with the shutout win. Banfield is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Banfield won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Banfield’s top weapon lately has been Andrés Chávez, who has 2 goals in the last five matches. Lucas Romero and Leandro Benegas are the top scorers for Independiente in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.