Expert analysis

Rosario Central face low scoring test at Banfield

Rosario Central sit second in the table after collecting 18 points from ten games. Their season average of 1.2 goals scored drops slightly to 1.1 on the road. Banfield have allowed 1.2 goals per home match while managing just 1.3 of their own at Estadio Florencio Sola. The two teams have traded wins evenly across the last ten meetings. Rosario Central’s away record shows they rarely run up big scores against organized sides. Banfield enter this fixture on a run of three draws and two defeats in five matches. The game may hinge on whether Rosario Central can break down a stubborn Banfield defense that has kept six clean sheets this season.

Analysis by AcePredictor 68% win rate

Result

1–1 WON

Our pick “Rosario Central Under 1.5 Goals” at odds 1.67 won — final score 1–1.

Match timeline

First half
Tomas Adoryan 12'
Julian Fernandez ↓ Gaspar Duarte 17'
Lisandro Geronimo Piñero ↓ Lautaro Martín Gómez 24'
Federico Navarro 30'
Tomas Adoryan assist David Zalazar 41'
Second half
Lautaro Villegas ↓ David Zalazar 68'
Emanuel Coronel 76'
Giovanni Ismael Cantizano assist Franco Ibarra 80'
Marco Ruben ↓ Julian Fernandez 82'
Elías Enzo Verón ↓ Emanuel Coronel 82'
Ignacio Pais Mayán ↓ Tomas Adoryan 83'
Matías Hernández ↓ Adrián Balboa 83'
Santiago Esquivel 83'
Sebastian Zaracho ↓ Alexis Soto 89'
Tomás Badaloni ↓ Enzo Copetti 89'

This season

	Banfield	Rosario Central
Over 2.5 goals	46%	45%
Clean sheet	23%	31%
Failed to score	31%	21%
Scored per game	1.1	1.2
Conceded per game	1.3	0.9
Scored home / away	1.3 / 0.9	1.3 / 1.1

Across 26 and 29 matches played this season.

League table position

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	ARG Argentinos JRS	10	5	3	2	18
2	ROS Rosario Central ▲	10	5	3	2	18
3	IND Independ. Rivadavia	11	5	3	3	18
4	GIM Gimnasia L.P.	11	5	3	3	18
5	BEL Belgrano Cordoba	10	4	4	2	16
6	HUR Huracan	10	4	4	2	16
7	SAR Sarmiento Junin	10	5	1	4	16
8	RIV River Plate	10	4	1	5	13
9	ATL Atletico Tucuman	10	3	4	3	13
10	TIG Tigre	10	3	3	4	12
11	BAR Barracas Central	10	3	3	4	12
12	BAN Banfield ▲	10	2	3	5	9
13	ALD Aldosivi	10	2	2	6	8

Recent form · last 5 finished matches

Banfield LLDDD

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

D @ Gimnasia L.P. 2–2 Sep 19

Rosario Central LDWWW

L vs Gimnasia L.P. 1–2 Aug 29

D vs Newells Old Boys 1–1 Sep 6

W @ Tigre 1–0 Sep 13

W vs Argentinos JRS 1–0 Sep 20

W @ Estudiantes L.P. 3–1 Sep 26

Goals trend · last 5 matches

Banfield

Scored 1.4 avg

2 1 1 1 2

Conceded 2.0 avg

3 3 1 1 2

Rosario Central

Scored 1.4 avg

1 1 1 1 3

Conceded 0.8 avg

2 1 0 0 1

Head-to-head · last meetings

4 Banfield

3 Draws

3 Rosario Central

Mar 2026 Rosario Central 2–1 Banfield Rosario Central

Oct 2024 Rosario Central 1–1 Banfield Draw

Jan 2024 Rosario Central 0–0 Banfield Draw

Aug 2023 Banfield 3–0 Rosario Central Banfield

May 2023 Banfield 2–0 Rosario Central Banfield

Over 2.5 goals in 5 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups

Banfield 4-3-3

50 D. Rodríguez G
4 J. Alfaro D
2 S. Daniele D
6 N. Meriano D
27 I. Abraham D
5 Santiago Esquivel M
10 L. Gómez M
40 D. Zalazar M
18 Federico Medina F
9 A. Balboa F
20 T. Adoryán F

Bench F. Anselmo, J. Acosta, L. Cano, M. Hernández, S. López, R. Malanca, Brandon Oviedo, I. Pais, N. Paz, Lisandro Piñero, G. Santilli, L. Villegas

P. Troglio

Rosario Central 4-2-3-1

23 J. Ledesma G
32 E. Coronel D
46 Ignacio Ovando D
13 G. Ávila D
33 A. Soto D
31 F. Navarro M
5 F. Ibarra M
11 Á. Di María M
27 G. Duarte M
26 G. Cantizano M
22 E. Copetti F

Bench F. Cervi, J. Fernández, Paolo Giaccone, Juan Valentín Giménez, J. Komar, F. Mallo, M. Ruben, S. Zaracho, T. Badaloni, F. Carnicero, Damian Leandro Fernandez, E. Veron

J. Almirón