Match Report
Independiente Rivadavia, 1st with 34 points, sat 25 points above Banfield (12th, 9). Banfield had been under-performing their position — 54th on five-round form against 12th in the table. Against a league average of 1.06 goals per team per game, Banfield ran at 1.1 scored and 1.6 conceded, Independiente Rivadavia at 1.81 and 0.94.
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