First meets last this Tuesady in Group C of the Copa Sudamericana when Santos FC hosts Banfield Estadio Vila Belmiro. Kick-off schedules for May 24, 2022 at 23:15 UK.
Santos sits on top of their group with 10 points to their name, leaving them two points clear of Union La Calera in the second place. The visiting side will be hoping to extend that thread to five games in a row by sealing a win from the upcoming fixture. Santos started the group phase with a 1-0 away defeat to Banfield, but they responded empathically, winning three of their last four Copa Sudamericana games.
Black-and-white come into this meeting off the back off 0-0 Brazilian Serie A draw with Ceara in their previous game. In that match, Santos had 51% possession and 16 shots with three of them on target. Ceara got 11 shots with four of them on target.
Club Atlético Banfield enters the final group game bottom of the standings, with their five matches yielding just four points. The visitors recorded a win in their opening fixture; however things have not been going so well, they have recorded a consistent negative displays resulting in their position at the bottom of the Group C table.
El Taladro also gets into this fixture coming off 1-1 stalemate with Universidad Catolica in their last game. In that match, Banfield had 57% possession, 19 shots with seven of them on target and a goal scored by Jesus Datolo 82’. Catolica got eight shots with three of them on target and a goal by Ismael Diaz 90+2’.
Santos vs Banfield head to head
Tuesday fixture will be the second meeting since the first leg of this fixture.
- Banfield 1-0 Santos 06/04/22
Home
- Santos 0-0 Ceara
- Santos 1-0 Union La Calera
- Goias 1-0 Santos
- Santos 3-0 Coritiba
- Santos 4-1 Cuiaba
Away
- Banfield 1-1 Uni Catolica
- Banfield 1-1 Atletico Tucuman
- Banfield 0-1 Union La Calera
- Racing 1-1 Banfield
- Uni Catolica 2-0 Banfield
Santos team news
The duo of Angelo Borges and Kevin Malthus has been ruled out due to injury issues, while Leo Baptista is suspended.
Banfield team news
The visiting side gets into this fixture without any injuries or suspensions.
Prediction and odds
Santos is unbeaten in each of their past nine home fixtures across all competitions while Banfield lost three of their past four on road fixtures across all competitions.
- Santos Win
- Draw
- Goals over 2.5