Catching up with the top sides is the subject when these two mid-table sides duel. Both are targeting to strenghten their league position, Boca Juniors in 14th and Sarmiento in 13th position.
- Boca Juniors have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sarmiento have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
Not much time to rest for the host team, as they featured in a Copa Libertadores match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Monagas, was also a home game here at Estadio Alberto José Armando. The away team is better rested.
Boca Juniors form and stats
All-inclusive Superliga stats playing at home this season for Boca Juniors are 5-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Juniors's previous fixture was a Copa Libertadores game also played at their own stadium, ending 4-0 vs Monagas. The home team hope to to repeat that performance. Midfielder Varela was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.25 (out of ten) in that game. Varela hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 74 successful passes (of 78 total).
A Superliga defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Godoy Cruz.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Boca Juniors matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats (from 8 games).
Boca Juniors are traveling soon after this match as the Copa Argentina match at Barracas Central awaits in two days.
Juniors are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 11 games. Boca Juniors have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Sarmiento form and stats
3 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Sarmiento playing as the away team in the Superliga this season.
Quiroga (2), Díaz and Melano scored in Sarmiento's previous match, the home game against Atletico Tucuman that ended 4-1. That victory felt sweet as this team had gone four league rounds without victory. Defender Díaz was the best team player with a rating of 8.35. Díaz scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and won 0 of 3 duels.
A 0-2 defeat away at Independiente before that.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Sarmiento when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 8 matches with the visitors losing 5 times, drawing 2 and winning 1 game.
Low on goals? 13 of this team's most recent 15 league matches have had two or less goals.
A new game in only four days for Sarmiento, the Superliga home match versus Talleres Cordoba. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Sarmiento as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Boca Juniors have won or drawn the last 5 fixtures (4-1-0) facing Sarmiento.Top Goalscorers
  L. Gondou 6 goals |  M. Merentiel Serrano 5 goals |  J. Toledo 4 goals |
Boca Juniors missing players
Sarmiento missing players
| Boca Juniors | Sarmiento | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 23 | 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 22 |
| 22 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 90% | 82% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 73% | 76% |
| 52% | 55% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 45% | 52% |
| 43% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 9% | 19% |
| 24% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 38% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 18% | 29% |
| 33% | 45% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 55% | 48% |
| 38% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 55% | 48% |
| 4.7 | 5.6 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.3 | 4.7 |
| 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 7.8 | 6.5 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12.5 | 15.1 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.4 | 12.6 |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
| 30% | 31% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 25% | 27% |
| 11 | 9.6 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.2 | 18.5 | 17.8 |
| 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
- Boca Juniors have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sarmiento have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sarmiento have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | River Plate | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 26 | 50 |
| 2 | Talleres Cordoba | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 17 | 40 |
| 3 | San Lorenzo | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Lanus | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 37 |
| 5 | Estudiantes | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 36 |
| 6 | Rosario Central | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 35 |
| 7 | Belgrano | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 34 |
| 8 | Defensa y Justicia | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 33 |
| 9 | Argentinos Juniors | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 32 |
| 10 | Godoy Cruz | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 32 |
| 11 | Newell's Old Boys | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 29 |
| 12 | Platense | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -1 | 29 |
| 13 | Sarmiento | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 28 |
| 14 | Boca Juniors | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 28 |
| 15 | Racing Club | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 27 |
| 16 | Gimnasia La Plata | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -10 | 26 |
| 17 | Tigre | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 25 |
| 18 | Central Cordoba SdE | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 25 |
| 19 | Colon | 21 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 24 |
| 20 | Barracas Central | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 24 |
| 21 | Union Santa Fe | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 23 |
| 22 | Instituto | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -12 | 22 |
| 23 | Independiente | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 21 |
| 24 | Atletico Tucuman | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 21 |
| 25 | Huracan | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 19 |
| 26 | Velez Sarsfield | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -4 | 18 |
| 27 | Banfield | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -15 | 18 |
| 28 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 16 | -14 | 17 |
