Match Report
13 points and 10 places separated them: Banfield 12th with 15, Independiente Rivadavia 2nd with 28. Banfield had been under-performing their position — 46th on five-round form against 12th in the table. Against a league average of 1.04 goals per team per game, Banfield ran at 1 scored and 1.29 conceded, Independiente Rivadavia at 1.5 and 0.86.
Independiente Rivadavia had won six straight, having scored in 10 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 6/15 points for Banfield against 15/15 for Independiente Rivadavia.
GioScore's database holds 9 meetings between the two: 7 for Banfield, 1 for Independiente Rivadavia and 1 drawn, at 2.89 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 67% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 56%.
Estadio Florencio Solá staged the fixture, a ground that holds 34,901. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.
Key stats
Possession: Banfield 39% · Independiente Rivadavia 61% · Total shots: 16-16 · On target: 4-2 · Corners: 6-3