Match Report
8 points and 9 places separated them: Gimnasia La Plata 3rd with 17, Banfield 12th with 9. Banfield ranked just 54th in the league on five-round form despite their 12th table position. Against a league average of 1.07 goals per team per game, Gimnasia La Plata ran at 1.5 scored and 1.5 conceded, Banfield at 1.1 and 1.6.
Banfield's winless run stood at 6, having scored in 7 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Gimnasia La Plata 8/15, Banfield 2/15.
The sides have met 16 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Gimnasia La Plata, 2 draws and 9 for Banfield, at 2 goals per meeting.
J. Baliño officiated: 78 games logged, averaging 2.1 yellow cards each. The venue was Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo, with room for 24,544 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-2.
Goal scorers
Gimnasia La Plata: Agustín Auzmendi (20'), Pedro Silva Torrejón (62') · Banfield: Lautaro Gómez (38'), David Zalazar (90')
Key stats
Possession: Gimnasia La Plata 55% · Banfield 45% · Total shots: 23-11 · On target: 7-5 · Corners: 5-2