Banfield are producing a poor campaign in the Liga Profesional so far. Last time out, the team succumbed to a deserved 2-1 away defeat to Independiente following a poor performance. Having claimed only one of their five matches in this competition (along with one draw and three losses), El Taladro remain on four points, which places them in 20th spot of the aggregate table at the moment. Therefore, coach Julio Falcioni left the club. Banfield beat Newell’s Old Boys 2-0 in their last home match, stopping a four-game winless streak of two stalemates and two defeats at Estadio Florencio Sola. Coach Gustavo Munua will make his debut on Saturday, missing striker Milton Gimenez (sold to Boca Juniors) and Aaron Quiros (Velez Sarsfield).

Atletico Tucuman also are going through a difficult moment. In matchday 5, El Decano had to settle for a disappointing 1-1 home stalemate against Defensa y Justicia. Facundo Sava’s men made it four Liga Profesional matches without a win (three stalemates and one loss), which means they are now on six points, which keeps them in 25th spot of the aggregate rankings. Atletico have been weak in their travels lately: they remain winless in the last nine on the road, drawing three and losing six since beating Gimnasia LP 2-1 in November 2023.

Banfield’s 4 goals in the first 5 rounds had been scored by Milton Gimenez who has been sold to Boca, and to make things worse they have their other striker Bruno Sepulveda injured. Atletico also won’t have striker Mateo Coronel who scored 2 of the 4 goals they have this season, so I can’t expect anything but a tight game here between these struggling teams that won’t have some of their best attacking players.

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