Vélez Sarsfield will receive Banfield today in a match in which both will have to win in order not to lose track of the leader River Plate, as part of the tenth round of the Professional Soccer League.
The match will be played from 21:30 at the José Amalfitani stadium in the Liniers district of Buenos Aires, will be refereed by Fernando Rapallini and will be broadcast on public TV.
“Fortín” are in eleventh position with 13 points and have gone three games without defeat -since Ricardo Gareca took over as manager on round seven- with one win and two draws, the last goalless against Defensa y Justicia at Florencio Varela .
Banfield, meanwhile, ranks 23rd. place with nine points, three behind bottom Colón de Santa Fe (6), and in their last presentation they lost at home to Platense (2-0).
The record between Vélez and Banfield registers a total of 97 clashes with 45 wins for the men of Liniers, 22 for “Taladro” and 30 draws.
= Probable formations =
Velez Sarsfield: Leonardo Burian; Tomás Guidara, Diego Godín, Miguel Brizuela and Francisco Ortega; Christian Ordóñez, Elías Cabrera and Julián Fernández, Lucas Pratto, Walter Bou and Abiel Osorio. DT: Ricardo Gareca.
Banfield: Facundo Cambeses; Emanuel Corone, Alejandro Maciel, Aarón Quirós and Pedro Souto; Juan Bizans, Tomás Adoryan, Alejandro Cabrera and Brahian Alemán; Nicolas Sosa and Andres Chavez. DT: Javier Sanguinetti.
Referee: Fernando Rapallini.
Court: José Amalfitani, of Vélez.
Starting time: 21:30
TV: Public TV.
Source: Clarin
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