Leo Peterson
Dailysports's expert
On March 18, 2025, the "15 de Abril" stadium in Santa Fe will host the 10th round match of the Argentine Apertura, where Union Santa Fe will face Banfield. There are doubts that this game will offer us many goals.
Preview
Union Santa Fe has not been able to boast a successful season so far — with five points, the team is only in 14th place in Group A of the Argentine Apertura. Recently, the "Tatengues" finally secured their first victory in the championship, narrowly defeating Gimnasia at home. However, this success did not mark the start of a rise — in the next round, the team suffered another defeat, losing 0-2 away to Independiente Rivadavia.
Banfield is also going through tough times and is just three points ahead of their future opponent, sitting in 12th place. The team had a confident start to the season, securing two wins. However, this was followed by a prolonged crisis — Banfield has not won in seven consecutive rounds, collecting only two points during this period and suffering five defeats. Interestingly, all of El Taladro's away matches this season have ended with the same score of 1-0, and only in one did Banfield celebrate victory.
Probable lineups
- Union Santa Fe: Cardoso, Vargas, Ludueña, Pardo, Fascendini, Del Blanco, Ham, Profini, Fragapane, Estigarribia, Gamba
- Banfield: Sanguinetti, Di Luciano, Maldonado, Riveros, De Ritis, Lopez, Rio, Rios, Gonzalo, Arturia, Sepulveda
Match facts and H2H
- Union's home matches this season have been low-scoring — only in one league game was more than one goal scored.
- Union remains the league's lowest-scoring team — in eight matches, the team has scored only three goals.
- Banfield's attack is also experiencing a crisis, as the team has only scored once in the last five matches.
- Banfield faces serious attacking issues, especially away, where they have managed to score just one goal all season.
- The head-to-head history favors Union. In the last five encounters, the "Tatengues" have won three times, drawn once, and Banfield has won only once.
- At home, Union consistently prevails over their opponent. The last two meetings in Santa Fe ended with narrow victories for the hosts, 1-0 and 2-1.
Prediction
The teams do not delight with their scoring, and their matches rarely feature many goals. Given Banfield’s weak attack and Union's cautious play, a bet on “total under 2.0” with odds of 1.59 seems a logical choice.
