About Match
3rd against 9th, but level on points: Newell's Old Boys and Banfield both have 7. Banfield rank just 41st in the league on five-round form despite their 9th table position. Three points here take Banfield to 10, overtaking Newell's Old Boys, assuming other results stand.
The sides have met 14 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Newell's Old Boys, 5 draws and 6 for Banfield, at 1.86 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 29% of the meetings went over two goals.