Superliga: Top-notch against subpar, at least according to the league table. Boca Juniors - Sarmiento. Home win or a shock result?
- Boca Juniors have the most points from losing position (16) in Superliga
- Sarmiento have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Boca Juniors form and stats
When playing at home in the Superliga, Boca Juniors have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.
Juniors are returning here after visiting Aldosivi in a Superliga game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Sebastián Villa, Agustín Almendra and Edwin Cardona scored the goal(s). Midfield player Edwin Cardona got a match rating of 9.53 in that game, the max score being 10. Cardona scored one goal, served one assist, hit seven key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 67 successful passes (of 72 total).
Ahead of that match, Boca Juniors won a home game hosting Argentinos Juniors (1-0).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Boca Juniors as they are travelling to their away game against Independiente in the Superliga. That match is three days after this one.
Juniors has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Juniors have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Sarmiento form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sarmiento so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-4 (win-draw-lose).
Sarmiento's previous game was their home loss versus Central Cordoba SdE (1-3). Manuel Vicentini (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.3. Vicentini stopped the opponent with five saves.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Arsenal de Sarandi's place.A quick return to home after this game, as Sarmiento are hosting Banfield in the Superliga only three days away.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Sarmiento have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the contenders faced each other earlier this campaign; Juniors - Sarmiento 1-1. Head to head data (for the prior three meetings): Juniors won two games, one match ended in a draw and Sarmiento managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / threeTop Goalscorers
  J. Torres 12 goals | L. Gondou 6 goals |  S. Villa Cano 5 goals |
Boca Juniors missing players
Sarmiento missing players
| Boca Juniors | Sarmiento | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 33 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 47 | 21 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 32 |
| 29 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 13 | 25 | 45 |
| 86% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 91% |
| 63% | 65% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 69% | 67% |
| 37% | 35% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 19% | 39% |
| 14% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 12% | 15% |
| 6% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 12% | 9% |
| 49% | 59% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 50% | 48% |
| 34% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 27% |
| 31% | 24% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 44% | 33% |
| 4.8 | 5.5 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.6 | 5.8 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.3 | 11.4 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 35% | 30% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 16% | 24% |
| 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 12.4 | 10.9 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
- Boca Juniors have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sarmiento have scored away.
- Boca Juniors have the most points from losing position (16) in Superliga
- Sarmiento have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| 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 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 30 | 46 |
| 2 | Talleres Cordoba | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 39 |
| 3 | Lanus | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 35 |
| 4 | Velez Sarsfield | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 34 |
| 5 | Defensa y Justicia | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 34 |
| 6 | Boca Juniors | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 33 |
| 7 | Colon | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 32 |
| 8 | Independiente | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 31 |
| 9 | Estudiantes | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 29 |
| 10 | Huracan | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 29 |
| 11 | Gimnasia La Plata | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 28 |
| 12 | Racing Club | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 26 |
| 13 | Godoy Cruz | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 14 | Argentinos Juniors | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 25 |
| 15 | Union Santa Fe | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -4 | 25 |
| 16 | Rosario Central | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -4 | 24 |
| 17 | Platense | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -2 | 23 |
| 18 | Sarmiento | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 23 |
| 19 | Newell's Old Boys | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 23 |
| 20 | Banfield | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 21 |
| 21 | Atletico Tucuman | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -12 | 21 |
| 22 | Aldosivi | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -14 | 21 |
| 23 | Patronato | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -9 | 20 |
| 24 | San Lorenzo | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -9 | 20 |
| 25 | Central Cordoba SdE | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 17 |
| 26 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 19 | -18 | 16 |