Banfield aim to bounce back as Tigre chase top spot | OneFootball

Banfield will host Tigre this Friday at the Florencio Sola, for Matchday 12 of the 2026 Apertura Tournament.

Banfield and Tigre will face each other this Friday at the Estadio Florencio Sola, in a match corresponding to Matchday 12 of the 2026 Apertura Tournament. They come into the game with different realities, but with the same need to earn points. The match will kick off at 21:00, will be officiated by Luis Lobo Medina, have Diego Ceballos in charge of VAR, and will be broadcast on TNT Sports Premium.

The clash presents itself as a good test for two teams in need of answers. Banfield comes in reeling from a campaign that has left them far behind in the race for qualification, while Tigre is trying to regain the solidity it showed in other stretches of the tournament and get back to the top of the table.

Banfield, with little margin and forced to react

Taladro’s current situation doesn’t allow for many more slip-ups. The team managed by Pedro Troglio is going through a delicate moment in the championship and sees the possibility of making it into the top eight slipping further away. The six defeats in ten matches explain much of a campaign that has lost momentum as the rounds have gone by.

The latest defeat left an even heavier feeling. Banfield was playing a competitive match in Arroyito, but the appearance of Ángel Di María was decisive for the comeback by Rosario Central, who ended up striking Taladro at a very sensitive moment. That loss once again exposed the fragility of a team that urgently needs to start picking up points if it doesn’t want to give up its aspirations too early.

In this context, the match against Tigre appears as an important opportunity to catch their breath and try to get back into the fight.

Tigre wants to leave its inconsistency behind

On the other side will be a Tigre team that is also not going through its best moment, although its position in the table remains more favorable. The team led by Diego Dabove left behind that impressive start in which it showed very solid performances against tough opponents like Racing and River, and is now trying to recover that image.

The home draw against Argentinos Juniors was the third consecutive for El Matador, a clear sign that the team has lost its edge to close out matches and turn decent performances into victories. In fact, Tigre has gone five matches without a win, a streak that has started to slow their momentum in Zone B.

However, the overall inconsistency of their competitors has allowed them to remain among the top positions. That’s why a win in the southern part of Buenos Aires could help them leave this slump behind and reestablish themselves as one of the group’s main contenders.

A clash of needs in the South

The match at Florencio Sola will pit two teams with different urgencies against each other. Banfield knows it needs to win to avoid bowing out of the qualification race too early, while Tigre is looking to get back to winning ways to prevent a promising start from slipping away.

With that outlook, the clash promises intensity and tension, at a point in the tournament where every point starts to matter more and more.

Probable lineups

Banfield: Facundo Sanguinetti; Santiago López García, Danilo Arboleda, Nicolás Meriano, Ignacio Abraham; Ignacio Pais, Lautaro Villegas; Neyder Moreno, Tomás Adoryan, David Zalazar; Mauro Méndez.

Time: 21:00

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