Independiente vs Banfield
Independiente showed great improvements on their visit to Atletico Tucuman last time out, when they secured a massive 2-1 away success thanks to a strike from Alexis Canelo in the fourth minute of stoppage time. El Rojo made it 22 points to stay into second spot of the Copa Liga Profesional group A table (one behind leaders River Plate), having lost only one of their last 11 matches in this competition (along with six wins and four draws). At home, Independiente are without defeat in their last five matches, winning three and drawing two since losing to Colon 1-0 in the opener.
Banfield finally secured their top-flight status for next season last Monday, when they claimed a hard-fought 2-1 home success over Colon in a thrilling game. El Taladro extended their unbeaten streak to seven Copa Liga Profesional matches (three victories and four stalemates) to make it 19 points, also entering the playoff zone in group A. In addition, Julio Falcioni’s men succumbed to a single defeat across their last five matches on away turf, along with two wins and two draws. Defensive midfielder Eric Remedi has served his one-match suspension and is ready to return on Sunday.
Both put the relegation nightmare behind them with good results and they are focusing on getting into the playoffs of this competition. Independiente are holding to a playoff spot, but Banfield are 3 points behind them what means that they definitely must win here and a draw might not be good enough, so I’ll take this very low totals line expecting to see them go for the win.