Expert analysis

Both Teams Poised to Score in La Plata

Gimnasia L.P. have averaged 1.5 goals at home this season and face a Banfield side that leaks goals regularly on its travels. Banfield’s away scoring record sits at 0.8 per game while their defense has allowed 2.0 on average, creating openings for both attacks. The head-to-head record shows five wins for Banfield and three for Gimnasia across the last ten meetings, with the games often producing chances at each end. Recent form lists for both sides feature sequences of wins and losses that include matches where they scored and conceded in the same fixture. Gimnasia have kept clean sheets in 30 percent of games while Banfield managed 24 percent, leaving room for the visitors to find the net here. Low percentages of over 2.5 goals this season suggest games stay measured yet still allow for one goal apiece from each team.

Analysis by AcePredictor 68% win rate

Result

2–2 WON

Our pick “Both Teams to Score” at odds 1.95 won — final score 2–2.

Match timeline

First half
A. Auzmendi assist N. Schelotto 20'
L. Janson Penalty missed 36'
L. Gomez assist A. Balboa 38'
Second half
S. Lopez ↓ M. Lopez 46'
R. Malanca ↓ B. Oviedo 46'
M. Hernandez ↓ A. Machado 46'
A. Steimbach ↓ N. Schelotto 61'
A. Colazo ↓ B. Barros Schelotto 61'
P. Silva Torrejon assist A. Auzmendi 62'
L. Gomez 65'
M. Panaro ↓ L. Janson 67'
D. Zalazar ↓ L. Gomez 69'
R. Giampaoli ↓ M. Zalazar 72'
M. Torres ↓ A. Auzmendi 72'
L. Pinero ↓ S. Daniele 75'
F. Alvarez 82'
D. Zalazar assist R. Malanca 90'

This season

	Gimnasia L.P.	Banfield
Over 2.5 goals	52%	44%
Clean sheet	30%	24%
Failed to score	26%	32%
Scored per game	1.2	1.0
Conceded per game	1.3	1.3
Scored home / away	1.5 / 1.0	1.3 / 0.8

Across 27 and 25 matches played this season.

League table position

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Pts
2	SAR Sarmiento Junin	9	5	1	3	16
3	GIM Gimnasia L.P. ▲	9	5	1	3	16
4	ROS Rosario Central	9	4	3	2	15
5	IND Independ. Rivadavia	9	4	2	3	14
6	BEL Belgrano Cordoba	9	3	4	2	13
7	RIV River Plate	9	4	1	4	13
8	ATL Atletico Tucuman	9	3	4	2	13
9	HUR Huracan	9	3	4	2	13
10	TIG Tigre	9	3	3	3	12
11	BAR Barracas Central	9	3	3	3	12
12	BAN Banfield ▲	9	2	2	5	8
13	EST Estudiantes de Rio Cuarto	9	1	3	5	6

Recent form · last 5 finished matches

Gimnasia L.P. DLWWD

D @ Deportivo Riestra 1–1 Aug 18

L vs Gimnasia M. 2–3 Aug 22

W @ Rosario Central 2–1 Aug 29

W vs Tigre 2–1 Sep 5

D @ Argentinos JRS 1–1 Sep 13

Banfield LLLDD

L @ Newells Old Boys 1–2 Aug 23

L vs River Plate 2–3 Aug 30

L @ Aldosivi 1–3 Sep 5

D @ Deportivo Riestra 1–1 Sep 9

D vs Barracas Central 1–1 Sep 14

Goals trend · last 5 matches

Gimnasia L.P.

Scored 1.6 avg

1 2 2 2 1

Conceded 1.4 avg

1 3 1 1 1

Banfield

Scored 1.2 avg

1 2 1 1 1

Conceded 2.0 avg

2 3 3 1 1

Head-to-head · last meetings

3 Gimnasia L.P.

2 Draws

5 Banfield

Mar 2026 Banfield 1–2 Gimnasia L.P. Gimnasia L.P.

May 2024 Gimnasia L.P. 3–0 Banfield Gimnasia L.P.

Apr 2024 Gimnasia L.P. 1–2 Banfield Banfield

Nov 2023 Banfield 2–0 Gimnasia L.P. Banfield

Feb 2023 Banfield 0–0 Gimnasia L.P. Draw

Over 2.5 goals in 5 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups

Gimnasia L.P. 4-1-4-1

23 Nelson Insfrán G
31 Bautista Barros Schelotto D
13 Germán Conti D
21 Enzo Martínez D
24 Pedro Silva D
18 Mateo Seoane M
17 Lucas Janson M
10 Nicolás Barros Schelotto M
8 Nacho Fernández M
9 Maximiliano Zalazar M
29 Agustín Auzmendi F

Bench Julián Kadijevic, Matías Melluso, Renzo Giampaoli, Alexis Steimbach, Lucas Lamella, Augusto Max, Manuel Panaro, Juan Pérez, Pablo Aguiar, Marcelo Torres, Agustín Colazo, Franco Torres

Mariano Messera

Banfield 5-3-2

50 Diego Rodríguez G
12 Marcos López D
2 Santiago Daniele D
13 Brandon Oviedo D
6 Nicolás Meriano D
27 Ignacio Abraham D
11 Favio Álvarez M
5 Santiago Esquivel M
10 Lautaro Gomez M
22 Alexander Machado F
9 Adrián Balboa F

Bench Gino Santilli, Santiago López Garcia, Renzo Malanca, Lautaro Cano, Nehuén Paz, Lautaro Villegas, David Zalazar, Ignacio Pais, Federico Medina, Matías Hernández, Lisandro Piñero, Federico Anselmo

Pedro Troglio