Reserve League match prediction: Little separates Sarmiento Res. and Unión Santa Fe Res. in quality

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Competition: Argentina Reserve League
Competition: Fri 09.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

Reserve League: Sarmiento Res. are 10 points short of Unión Santa Fe Res., but are driven to go full force. Let's go!

Insights:
  • Sarmiento Res. have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Unión Santa Fe Res. have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Sarmiento Res. and Unión Santa Fe Res. should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Sarmiento Res. form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Reserve League this season. Sarmiento Res. have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here.

The spoils were shared in Sarmiento's previous game, also at home. Visiting Aldosivi Res. (placed 25th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Gimnasia Esgrima Res..

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sarmiento Res. have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 3.

It should be added that a peek at the 10 latest league matches shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sarmiento as they are travelling to their away game against Independiente Res. in the Reserve League. That match is four days after this one.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Sarmiento Res. here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). Sarmiento Res. have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Unión Santa Fe Res. form and stats

The visitors are W2-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Reserve League.

The followers enjoyed Unión's previous match versus Patronato Res. (placed 27th), a 2-1 win played at home.

Prior to that result Unión Santa Fe Res. won their away game at Aldosivi Res.. The scoreline was 2-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Unión Santa Fe Res. playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 4 Unión Santa Fe Res. wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 10 of this team's last 12 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.

After this away game Unión Santa Fe Res. return home for a Reserve League game against Platense Res.. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visiting Unión have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games. As opposed to that, Unión Santa Fe Res. have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last head to head meeting ended Sarmiento - Unión Santa Fe Res. 2-0, earlier this season. Last three meetings featuring these sides: Sarmiento Res. won two, Unión Santa Fe Res. triumphed in zero and we saw one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Sarmiento Res. missing players

Unión Santa Fe Res. missing players

Sarmiento Res. Unión Santa Fe Res.
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 16 4 Played P 4 15 31
8 4 0 Won W 1 4 10
6 3 1 Drew D 2 4 11
17 9 3 Lost L 1 7 10
26 14 2 Scored S 4 13 27
42 17 5 Conceded C 4 24 39
90% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 87%
68% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 68%
35% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 29%
16% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 16%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 10%
42% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 39%
26% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 35%
42% 44% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 47% 39%
 
4.2 4.5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.4 3.9
7 6.9 10.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.3 5.2
2.5 2.7 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.8 2.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
8.6 8.5 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 7.4 7.8
3.2 2.9 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.1 3.4
27% 33% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 28% 25%
 
11.5 10.9 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.1 11
4.9 4.4 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.3 4.1
Key stats in Reserve League this season:
  • Sarmiento Res. have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Unión Santa Fe Res. have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Boca Juniors Res. 17 12 1 4 33 11 8 7 0 1 17 4 9 5 1 3 16 7 22 37
2 Velez Sarsfield Res. 18 11 2 5 32 11 10 7 1 2 23 7 8 4 1 3 9 4 21 35
3 Argentinos Juniors Res. 17 9 5 3 27 15 8 6 1 1 13 4 9 3 4 2 14 11 12 32
4 Newell's Old Boys Res. 18 8 7 3 24 17 9 5 3 1 10 4 9 3 4 2 14 13 7 31
5 Huracán Res. 17 9 3 5 34 26 9 5 2 2 19 13 8 4 1 3 15 13 8 30
6 Gimnasia Esgrima Res. 18 8 5 5 30 23 10 4 3 3 14 11 8 4 2 2 16 12 7 29
7 River Plate Res. 17 9 1 7 20 15 9 5 1 3 9 7 8 4 0 4 11 8 5 28
8 Independiente Res. 18 8 4 6 28 24 9 3 2 4 14 13 9 5 2 2 14 11 4 28
9 San Lorenzo Res. 18 8 3 7 23 21 8 3 1 4 10 10 10 5 2 3 13 11 2 27
10 Tigre Res. 17 7 5 5 19 19 9 3 3 3 10 13 8 4 2 2 9 6 0 26
11 Defensa y Justicia Res. 17 8 2 7 19 21 8 5 0 3 12 8 9 3 2 4 7 13 -2 26
12 Rosario Central Res. 17 7 4 6 31 27 8 4 1 3 17 15 9 3 3 3 14 12 4 25
13 Unión Santa Fe Res. 17 6 7 4 17 14 9 4 4 1 8 5 8 2 3 3 9 9 3 25
14 Lanús Res. 17 7 3 7 28 30 9 3 2 4 15 17 8 4 1 3 13 13 -2 24
15 Colon Res. 17 6 6 5 22 24 8 4 2 2 15 10 9 2 4 3 7 14 -2 24
16 Banfield Res. 17 6 5 6 15 16 8 2 4 2 6 7 9 4 1 4 9 9 -1 23
17 Talleres Cordoba Res. 17 6 4 7 21 23 8 2 2 4 8 14 9 4 2 3 13 9 -2 22
18 Central Cordoba SdE Res. 18 6 4 8 18 28 9 5 0 4 12 14 9 1 4 4 6 14 -10 22
19 Atletico Tucuman Res. 18 6 3 9 24 26 9 4 0 5 14 13 9 2 3 4 10 13 -2 21
20 Godoy Cruz Res. 18 5 6 7 24 26 10 3 4 3 15 12 8 2 2 4 9 14 -2 21
21 Arsenal Res. 18 4 7 7 17 20 9 2 4 3 8 8 9 2 3 4 9 12 -3 19
22 Racing Club Res. 17 4 6 7 23 21 8 2 5 1 14 11 9 2 1 6 9 10 2 18
23 Platense Res. 17 3 8 6 11 16 8 0 5 3 4 8 9 3 3 3 7 8 -5 17
24 Estudiantes La Plata Res 17 3 8 6 11 17 8 1 3 4 7 12 9 2 5 2 4 5 -6 17
25 Aldosivi Res. 18 5 2 11 25 38 10 3 1 6 16 17 8 2 1 5 9 21 -13 17
26 Barracas Central Res. 17 5 1 11 11 30 8 3 0 5 7 14 9 2 1 6 4 16 -19 16
27 Patronato Res. 17 4 3 10 13 27 8 3 2 3 6 4 9 1 1 7 7 23 -14 15
28 Sarmiento Res. 17 4 3 10 13 27 9 2 3 4 7 8 8 2 0 6 6 19 -14 15

Read more about Reserve League

The Argentina Reserve League is a reserve team league that feature reserve lineups from many of the biggest football clubs in Argentina. It currently has 26 teams who play each other once for a total of 25 fixtures per team. The final league table is complete in April.