Sport Country March 05, 2025

Banfield and Independiente Match Resumes After Weather Delay

The match between Banfield and Independiente resumes after being suspended due to weather conditions. Both teams strive for important points in the Liga Profesional.


Banfield and Independiente Match Resumes After Weather Delay

This Tuesday, two matches that were suspended due to weather conditions on date 8 of the Apertura Tournament of the Professional Football League in Argentina will be played. Firstly, Banfield will face Independiente at the Estadio Florencio Solá. The match will restart at 19:30, with both teams tied at 0-0 when the game was suspended.

Banfield, positioned twelfth in Zone A with seven points, is looking to improve its performance this season. Despite a sluggish start, a victory would allow them to enter the fight to reach the knockout stage. On the other hand, Independiente has had a promising start and currently sits in first place in Zone B with 16 points, aiming to maintain its leadership by the end of this round.

Additionally, Platense and Defensa y Justicia will also resume their suspended match, scheduled for 20:00. Platense occupies the seventh place in Zone B with nine points, while Defensa y Justicia is in eighth place in Zone A with 11 points. At the moment of the suspension, Defensa y Justicia was leading the scoreboard 1-0 thanks to a goal by Matías Miranda.

Both matches will be played in two halves of 32 minutes, with a 15-minute break between them. These games will be crucial in defining the teams' classifications in their respective zones and promise excitement until the end in the resumption of date 8 of the Argentine championship.