Banfield vs Lanus
Banfield are mostly waiting for the season to end. Last Saturday, the team showed another disappointing performance and ended up drawing 1-1 away at newcomers Deportivo Riestra, making it five league games without a win (two stalemates and three defeats). As a result, El Taladro accumulated 23 points in 24 Liga Profesional matches, which places them in the 24th spot of the aggregate table. At home, Banfield claimed a single victory across their last four, drawing one and losing two.
Lanus comes to the derby off a disappointing scoreless home stalemate against Defensa y Justicia in an uneventful six-pointer regarding the continental tickets. El Granate extended their unbeaten streak to five league games (two victories and three draws) to make it 29 points in the Liga Profesional, but they remain out of the Copa Sudamericana zone in the aggregate table, now trailing the last qualifying berth by goal difference. Ricardo Ziielinski’s men claimed a single victory across their last 12 away games in domestic action, drawing five and losing six.
Even though Banfield are still a poor team, they will play this big derby at home and it’s a game they definitely don’t want to lose. Lanus has been very poor when playing away and they won’t have their top scorer and best striker, Walter Bou, and this could give Banfield a chance of avoiding a defeat.