Argentine Liga Profesional de Fútbol

Banfield vs Racing Club, 2026 Argentine Liga Profesional de Fútbol, Torneo Apertura

· Argentine Liga Profesional de Fútbol
Banfield
  • Red Card 31':
FT
0 - 2
Racing Club
  • 27': Marco Di Cesare
  • 45'+1': Adrián Martínez (P)

About

Banfield are hosting Racing Club at Florencio Solá, Buenos Aires, Argentina, starting on . The match is a part of the Argentine Liga Profesional de Fútbol.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Offside, Racing Club. Adrián Martínez is caught offside.
  • 4': Corner, Banfield. Conceded by Ezequiel Cannavo.
  • 4': Attempt saved. Ignacio Abraham (Banfield) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Facundo Cambeses (Racing Club).
  • 6': Foul by Ezequiel Cannavo (Racing Club).
  • 6': Lisandro Piñero (Banfield) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 7': Foul by Lisandro Piñero (Banfield).
  • 7': Santiago Solari (Racing Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Attempt saved. Mauro Méndez (Banfield) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Facundo Cambeses (Racing Club). Assisted by Tiziano Perrotta.
  • 10': Corner, Banfield. Conceded by Facundo Cambeses.
  • 10': Offside, Banfield. Danilo Arboleda is caught offside.
  • 10': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Ignacio Pais (Banfield) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
  • 11': VAR Decision: No Goal Banfield 0-0 Racing Club.
  • 14': Attempt blocked. Mauro Méndez (Banfield) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ignacio Pais.
  • 14': Corner, Banfield. Conceded by Marcos Rojo.
  • 15': Offside, Racing Club. Baltasar Rodríguez is caught offside.
  • 17': Attempt blocked. Baltasar Rodríguez (Racing Club) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Santiago Sosa.
  • 17': Delay in match because of an injury Danilo Arboleda (Banfield).
  • 18': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 18': Offside, Banfield. Mauro Méndez is caught offside.
  • 20': Attempt missed. Adrián Martínez (Racing Club) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Santiago Solari with a cross.
  • 21': Attempt missed. Tiziano Perrotta (Banfield) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Santiago López García with a cross.
  • 22': Corner, Banfield. Conceded by Gabriel Rojas.
  • 24': Attempt missed. Tiziano Perrotta (Banfield) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ignacio Pais with a cross following a fast break.
  • 27': Corner, Racing Club. Conceded by Danilo Arboleda.
  • 27': Attempt saved. Tomás Conechny (Racing Club) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Facundo Sanguinetti (Banfield). Assisted by Gabriel Rojas with a cross.
  • 27': Goal! Banfield 0, Racing Club 1. Marco Di Césare (Racing Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  • 30': Foul by Baltasar Rodríguez (Racing Club).
  • 30': Lisandro Piñero (Banfield) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 31': Baltasar Rodríguez (Racing Club) is shown the yellow card.
  • 33': Foul by Matko Miljevic (Racing Club).
  • 33': Lautaro Gómez (Banfield) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 36': Foul by Ezequiel Cannavo (Racing Club).
  • 36': Ignacio Abraham (Banfield) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 37': Offside, Banfield. Tiziano Perrotta is caught offside.
  • 39': Attempt missed. Tiziano Perrotta (Banfield) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lautaro Villegas with a cross.
  • 39': Baltasar Rodríguez (Racing Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Foul by Lisandro Piñero (Banfield).
  • 39': Lisandro Piñero (Banfield) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 41': Attempt missed. Matko Miljevic (Racing Club) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Gabriel Rojas.
  • 43': Corner, Racing Club. Conceded by Santiago López García.
  • 43': Attempt blocked. Santiago Solari (Racing Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gabriel Rojas with a cross.
  • 44': Penalty conceded by Tiziano Perrotta (Banfield) with a handball in the penalty area.
  • 45'+1': Goal! Banfield 0, Racing Club 2. Adrián Martínez (Racing Club) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
  • 45'+2': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+3': Attempt blocked. Lautaro Villegas (Banfield) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 45'+3': Foul by Tomás Conechny (Racing Club).
  • 45'+3': Lautaro Villegas (Banfield) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+3': Foul by Baltasar Rodríguez (Racing Club).
  • 45'+3': Tiziano Perrotta (Banfield) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45'+5': First Half ends, Banfield 0, Racing Club 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Banfield 0, Racing Club 2.
  • 45': Substitution, Racing Club. Bruno Zuculini replaces Baltasar Rodríguez.
  • 46': Attempt missed. Bruno Zuculini (Racing Club) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 51': Foul by Tomás Conechny (Racing Club).
  • 51': Ignacio Abraham (Banfield) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 51': Tomás Conechny (Racing Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 52': Offside, Banfield. Mauro Méndez is caught offside.
  • 54': Foul by Marco Di Césare (Racing Club).
  • 54': Lisandro Piñero (Banfield) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 54': Marco Di Césare (Racing Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 55': Attempt missed. Ignacio Abraham (Banfield) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
  • 57': Foul by Tiziano Perrotta (Banfield).
  • 57': Santiago Solari (Racing Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 58': Attempt blocked. Ignacio Pais (Banfield) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Santiago López García.
  • 60': Corner, Banfield. Conceded by Marco Di Césare.
  • 60': Substitution, Banfield. David Zalazar replaces Lisandro Piñero.
  • 60': Substitution, Banfield. Bruno Sepúlveda replaces Tiziano Perrotta.
  • 61': Attempt saved. Adrián Martínez (Racing Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Facundo Sanguinetti (Banfield).
  • 61': Offside, Racing Club. Tomás Conechny is caught offside.
  • 62': Corner, Banfield. Conceded by Marco Di Césare.
  • 64': Substitution, Racing Club. Valentín Carboni replaces Tomás Conechny.
  • 64': Substitution, Racing Club. Matías Zaracho replaces Matko Miljevic.
  • 65': Foul by Bruno Zuculini (Racing Club).
  • 65': Lautaro Villegas (Banfield) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Corner, Banfield. Conceded by Facundo Cambeses.
  • 68': Delay in match because of an injury Facundo Cambeses (Racing Club).
  • 68': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 70': Corner, Banfield. Conceded by Marcos Rojo.
  • 71': Delay in match (Racing Club).
  • 72': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 72': Attempt blocked. Adrián Martínez (Racing Club) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Santiago Solari.
  • 72': Corner, Racing Club. Conceded by Danilo Arboleda.
  • 74': Attempt blocked. David Zalazar (Banfield) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ignacio Pais.
  • 75': Foul by Santiago Solari (Racing Club).
  • 75': Santiago López García (Banfield) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 75': Santiago Solari (Racing Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 77': Substitution, Banfield. Rodrigo Auzmendi replaces Mauro Méndez.
  • 77': Substitution, Banfield. Tomás Adoryán replaces Lautaro Villegas.
  • 77': Substitution, Banfield. Neyder Moreno replaces Lautaro Gómez.
  • 78': Substitution, Racing Club. Franco Pardo replaces Marcos Rojo.
  • 80': David Zalazar (Banfield) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 80': Foul by Gabriel Rojas (Racing Club).
  • 82': Foul by Valentín Carboni (Racing Club).
  • 82': Neyder Moreno (Banfield) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Valentín Carboni (Racing Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 87': Substitution, Racing Club. Adrián Fernández replaces Santiago Solari.
  • 87': Attempt missed. Ignacio Pais (Banfield) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Santiago López García.
  • 88': Foul by Tomás Adoryán (Banfield).
  • 88': Matías Zaracho (Racing Club) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 89': Foul by Ignacio Pais (Banfield).
  • 89': Valentín Carboni (Racing Club) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Adrián Fernández (Racing Club).
  • 90'+2': Tomás Adoryán (Banfield) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': David Zalazar (Banfield) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Ezequiel Cannavo (Racing Club).
  • 90'+4': Attempt saved. Adrián Fernández (Racing Club) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Facundo Sanguinetti (Banfield). Assisted by Valentín Carboni.
  • 90'+4': Adrián Fernández (Racing Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Neyder Moreno (Banfield).
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Banfield 0, Racing Club 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Banfield 0, Racing Club 2.

Statistics

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14 Fouls 7
5 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 4
3 Corner Kicks 8
3 Saves 3
56.9 Possession 43.1
11 SHOTS 11
5 ON GOAL 2
0.5 On Target % 0.2
2 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
305 Accurate Passes 184
390 Passes 277
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
3 Accurate Crosses 3
9 Crosses 25
0.3 Cross % 0.1
54 Long Balls 49
20 Accurate Long Balls 18
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
3 Blocked Shots 4
10 Effective Tackles 14
19 Tackles 17
0.5 Tackle % 0.8
16 Interceptions 8
44 Effective Clearances 23
44 Clearances 23

Game Information

Competition: Argentine Liga Profesional de Fútbol

Venue: Florencio Solá
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Argentine LPF Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Independiente Rivadavia 7 +4 16
2 Tigre 8 +7 15
3 Belgrano (Córdoba) 7 +5 15
4 Rosario Central 8 +4 14
Full Table

Line-Ups

BAN Banfield (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Facundo Sanguinetti (GK)
14 Sergio Vittor
2 Danilo Arboleda
27 Luis Abraham
24 Santiago López Garcia
35 Ignacio Pais
21 Lautaro Villegas
7 Lisandro Piñero Yellow Card
10 Lautaro Gómez
17 Tiziano Perrota
16 Mauro Méndez
Banfield Substitutes:
Lucas Palavecino, Lautaro Ríos, Bruno Sepúlveda, Tomás Adoryan, Nicolás Meriano, David Salazar, Federico Medina, Rodrigo Auzmendi, Gino Santilli, Federico Anselmo, Juan Alfaro, Neyder Moreno.

RAC Racing Club (4-3-3)

No. Name
25 Facundo Cambeses (GK)
6 Marcos Rojo
3 Marco Di Cesare
27 Gabriel Rojas
4 Ezequiel Cannavo
13 Santiago Sosa
10 Matko Miljevic
20 Baltasar Rodríguez Yellow Card
9 Adrián Martínez
17 Tomás Conechny Yellow Card
28 Santiago Solari Yellow Card
Racing Club Substitutes:
Bruno Zuculini, Alan Forneris, Duván Vergara, Tobías Rubio, Gastón Martirena, Benjamín González, Valentin Carboni, Franco Pardo, Adrián Fernández, Matías Zaracho, Matías Tagliamonte, Gonzalo Sosa.

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