In this 19th week match, on Wed Sep 14th, River Plate will host Banfield at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti 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 16 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. River Plate sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Barracas Central. Diego Nicolas De La Cruz Arcosa struck first for River Plate in the 25th minute, then Miguel Borja added another in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Barracas Central couldn’t muster any offence and River Plate ran away with the shutout win. River Plate should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches, while banfield is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Atlético Tucumán. Atlético Tucumán had 25 on net, and Banfield had 6, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Banfield looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
River Plate and Banfield last played eachother at the Estadio Florencio Solá on the 18th of April. River Plate won by a score of 2 to 1. Amos Jeremias Perales struck first for Banfield in the 24th minute, but Joaquín Fernández got the equalizer for River Plate in the 54th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 66th minute on a goal by Matias Ezequiel Suarez to cap off a wild match.
Banfield hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Pablo Maximiliano Cuadra and Urzi, and they each have 1 goal. Solari has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for River Plate.