In a weekend match on Sunday Feb 12th, in week 3, Banfield hosts Gimnasia La Plata at Estadio Florencio Solá in a clash of the Superliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 36 degrees, which may be tiring for the players. Banfield sits at 21st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-3 loss against Huracán. Nicolás Cordero struck first for Huracán in the 3rd minute on a feed from Guillermo Benitez, but Andrés Chávez got the equalizer for Banfield in the 22nd minute , but Huracán kept scoring and walked away with the win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while 27th placed Gimnasia La Plata is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Defensa y Justicia. Santiago Solari struck first for Defensa y Justicia in the 64th minute on a feed from Kevin Gutiérrez, then Nicolás Fernández added another in the 68th minute from the penalty spot At the end of 90 a dissapointed Gimnasia La Plata couldn’t manage to score, and Defensa y Justicia took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Gimnasia La Plata is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Leonardo Morales and Tomas Muro each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Tanco and Guillermo Soto are the top scorers for Banfield in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.