Estudiantes de La Plata vs Banfield Live Stream, Predictions

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Estudiantes de La Plata

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Estudiantes de La Plata go into this fixture after a 1-1 Superliga drawn result versus Defensa y Justicia.

In that match, Estudiantes de La Plata managed 68% possession and 23 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. The scorer for Estudiantes de La Plata was Benjamin Rollheiser (45'). Defensa y Justicia got 7 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Nicolás Emanuel Fernández (37') was the scorer for Defensa y Justicia.

Their latest results reveal that things are going according to plan in the Estudiantes de La Plata rearguard. Estudiantes de La Plata have been mean at the back, seeing the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their previous 6 outings standing at 2. That pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this next game, though.

Taking a look at their past results, Estudiantes de La Plata:

• have not been beaten in the league by Banfield in their previous 2 games.
• have left without a victory over Banfield in their previous 3 league games.
• are undefeated in their last 6 league matches at home.

Banfield

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against San Lorenzo in Superliga competition, Banfield will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Banfield had 51% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Banfield was Juan Bisanz (28'). At the other end, San Lorenzo got 8 shots at goal with 4 on target. Jalil Elías (12') and Nahuel Barrios (94') scored for San Lorenzo.

It is worth noting that Banfield have suffered from a lack of goals in their past 6 games, recording the unsatisfactory return of just 3. In those fixtures, El Taladro have also seen the overall goal tally of opposing teams equal 8.

Their prior results show that Banfield:

• are winless against Estudiantes de La Plata in away games against them for the last 2 league games.
• have not been beaten by Estudiantes de La Plata when having played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
• are without a win away from home in their last 3 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels going back to 14/10/2017, there has been little to separate the clubs with Estudiantes de La Plata winning 1 of those games, Banfield 1 and 4 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

A total of 11 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 6 of them for Los Pincharratas and 5 belonging to El Taladro. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.83.

The previous league match featuring these sides was Superliga match day 11 on 30/07/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Estudiantes de La Plata 0-0 Banfield.

In that match, Estudiantes de La Plata had 49% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target.

Banfield got 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

The referee was Nazareno Arasa.

ℹ️ Team News: Estudiantes de La Plata

The Estudiantes de La Plata boss Eduardo Domínguez will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this clash owing to a fully injury-free squad ready to go.

In all likelihood, Los Pincharratas should use a 3-1-4-2 formation for this one featuring Mariano Andujar, Santiago Núñez, Luciano Lollo, Zaid Romero, Jorge Rodriguez, Leonardo Godoy, Santiago Ascacibar, Fernando Zuqui, Gastón Benedetti, Benjamín Rollheiser and Mauro Méndez.

ℹ️ Team News: Banfield

Owing to an otherwise available group, there’s only a single fitness issue for the Banfield boss Julio Falcioni to be concerned with. Alexis Maldonado (Ligament Injury) won’t be in action.

From our viewpoint, El Taladro might make use of a 4-3-3 system, giving starts to Facundo Cambeses, Emanuel Coronel, Emanuel Olivera, Luis Mago, Emanuel Insua, Ignacio Rodríguez, Alejandro Cabrera, Brahian Alemán, Juan Bisanz, Milton Giménez and Sebastian Sosa.

💡 Prediction

Our thinking is that Banfield should be able to score a goal against this Estudiantes de La Plata side, although that realistically won’t be enough to prevent defeat.

We reckon that it will be a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning margin for Estudiantes de La Plata after 90 minutes. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 23:49 14/05/2023