Match Report
River Plate, 1st with 29 points, sat 21 points above Banfield (12th, 8). On recent form Banfield sat only 46th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 12th overall. Against a league average of 1.06 goals per team per game, Banfield ran at 1 scored and 1.56 conceded, River Plate at 1.57 and 0.71.
River Plate had drawn their last three.
16 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Banfield 3, draws 3, River Plate 10, at 3 goals per meeting. In 75% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
The venue was Estadio Florencio Solá, with room for 34,901 spectators. L. Rey Hilfer took charge of the match — our records show 100 games refereed with an average of 2.5 yellow cards per game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: River Plate led 2-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-3.
Goal scorers
Banfield: Bruno Sepúlveda (64'), Bruno Sepúlveda (84') · River Plate: Sebastián Driussi (32'), Thiago Almada (41'), Ángel Correa (69')
Key stats
Possession: Banfield 38% · River Plate 62% · Total shots: 14-19 · On target: 5-8 · Corners: 4-3