Banfield vs Rosario Central

Estadio Florencio Sola is the venue as Banfield and Rosario Central go head-to-head in contrasting Liga Professional Argentina circumstances.

A 1-0 defeat at Estudiantes last time out extended Banfield’s losing league streak to three matches, while their woeful winless run now stands at five (D2, L3). Only three points clear of the bottom-placed Union de Santa Fe, ‘El Taladro’ are desperate to get back to winning ways, though an underwhelming record of three losses across their last five home league games (W1, D1) doesn’t make for pretty reading. On a more positive note, they’ve racked up two wins in their four most recent home encounters against Rosario in the top flight (D1, L1), even though they failed to keep a clean sheet on each occasion. Against this backdrop, Javier Sanguinetti’s men have registered two shutouts in their last three home games in the Primera Division.

On the other hand, Rosario Central come into proceedings off the back of a scintillating 4-1 romping of lower-league outfit Central Norte in Copa Argentina round one, taking their unbeaten run in all competitions to four matches (W3, D1). Since a dreadful 3-1 defeat at Talleres Cordoba, the visitors have netted six goals and conceded just one in their last three league outings (W2, D1) to move within four points of Copa Libertadores qualification. However, Rosario’s poor away form cannot inspire much confidence, with ‘Canalla’ managing just one win on eight top-flight travels this season (D4, L3). Indeed, since a 2-0 victory at Huracan in mid-March, they’ve won none of their last four league fixtures on hostile turf (D3, L1), failing to score twice in this sequence.