Second San Lorenzo, eight points behind leaders River, will visit Banfield this Saturday from 18:00, who will once again have Julio César Falcioni on the bench, in a match corresponding to the 16th round of the Professional Football League (LPF). The match will be played at the Florencio Sola stadium, will be directed by Fernando Echenique and will be broadcast on ESPN Premium.
The team led by Ruben Darío Insua has 29 points and is leading an outstanding championship. Without great figures, but with a clear knowledge of the possibilities of the squad that he has, the coach has built a reliable team that gets good results.
San Lorenzo hold the second longest unbeaten home record in history, surpassed only by Racing from 1917/18 (in amateurism) with 1,320 minutes without conceding a goal. The last time Insua’s team conceded a goal playing in their own stadium was on 18 September 2022, scored after 40 minutes by Emanuel Mammana in River’s 1-0 win.
In Banfield, 24th in the contest with 15 drives, Javier Sanguinetti’s phase as DT ended with just one win (against Central Córdoba) in his last seven dates. Almost without wasting time, the historic Falcioni was signed, who led the team to the title in the 2009 Apertura Tournament.
This will be the fifth cycle of the Emperor at Banfield: the previous ones were in 2003-2006, 2009-2010, 2016-2018 and 2019-2020. After his last spell at Peña y Arenales, he managed Independiente twice and Colón once.
The history between San Lorenzo and Banfield records 108 matches, of which Ciclón has won 48, Taladro victorious in 31 and drawn 31.
Probable alignments
Banfield: Facundo Cambeses; Matías Romero, Emmanuel Olivera, Aaron Quirós, Pedro Souto; Eric Remedi, Alejandro Cabrera, Brahian Aleman; Juan Francisco Bisanz, Milton Gimenez, Ignacio Rodríguez. Trainer: Julius Caesar Falcioni.
Saint Lawrence: Battle of Augustus; Rafael Perez, Federico Gattoni, Gaston Hernandez; Jalil Elias, Carlos Sanchez, Agustin Martegani, Malcom Braida; Ezequiel Cerutti, Adam Bareiro and Nahuel Barrios. Trainer: Ruben Dario Insua.
Referee: Fernando Echenique.
Stadium: Florence alone.
Start time: 18.
Transmission: ESPN Award.
Source: Clarin
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