This is a vital clash in the "wrong" end of the Superliga, with both Sarmiento and Arsenal de Sarandi undergoing more tension than happiness. This fixture is a real "six-pointer" with the host team at 19th and the away team in 21st place.
- Sarmiento have the most conceded goals in the second half (34) in Superliga
This looks to be an appealing game with lots of fun and excitement as both contenders are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!
Sarmiento form and stats
The total Superliga statistics playing at home this season for Sarmiento are 4-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for Sarmiento, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Newell's Old Boys away with the result 1-0. Arismendi found the net in that victory. Meza loved the game against Newell's Old Boys. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory. The goalie Meza was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.9 out of ten. Meza topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that match was the home game against Independiente that was lost 1-2.This is expected to be a close game, with Sarmiento perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sarmiento as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Sarmiento has won 5 of these, drawn 0 and lost 5.
Sarmiento has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Sarmiento have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Arsenal de Sarandi form and stats
Arsenal de Sarandi have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 1-5-4 (10 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Arsenal de Sarandi's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Impressive finishing from Kruspzky, Machado and Lomónaco secured the home win 3-0 against Aldosivi in their previous game. Eureka; their first victory in the league after seven games not winning. Midfielder Pittón was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.15. Pittón served one assist, hit four key passes and had 39 successful passes (of 47 total).
A 0-2 defeat away at Gimnasia La Plata before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Arsenal de Sarandi playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 2 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Arsenal de Sarandi as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Arsenal de Sarandi have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - zero - two (Sarmiento wins - draws - Arsenal de Sarandi wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Lomónaco 10 goals |  J. Torres 8 goals | F. Kruspzky 8 goals |
Sarmiento missing players
Arsenal de Sarandi missing players
| Sarmiento | Arsenal de Sarandi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 16 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 37 | 23 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 18 | 41 |
| 48 | 24 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 23 | 41 |
| 91% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 85% |
| 68% | 81% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 65% | 71% |
| 53% | 69% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 35% | 41% |
| 24% | 31% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 24% | 24% |
| 9% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 18% | 12% |
| 56% | 69% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 59% | 59% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 24% |
| 29% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 35% | 32% |
| 3.7 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 6.9 | 5.6 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.9 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9.8 | 12.6 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.4 | 10.5 |
| 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 31% | 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 31% | 33% |
| 16.1 | 13.1 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
- Sarmiento have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sarmiento have the most conceded goals in the second half (34) in Superliga
- Sarmiento have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Atletico Tucuman | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 38 |
| 2 | Gimnasia La Plata | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 36 |
| 3 | Boca Juniors | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 36 |
| 4 | Racing Club | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 34 |
| 5 | Huracán | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 34 |
| 6 | River Plate | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 32 |
| 7 | Godoy Cruz | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| 8 | Argentinos Juniors | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 30 |
| 9 | Platense | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 29 |
| 10 | Newell's Old Boys | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 29 |
| 11 | Tigre | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 27 |
| 12 | San Lorenzo | 20 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 27 |
| 13 | Patronato | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 27 |
| 14 | Estudiantes | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 27 |
| 15 | Barracas Central | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 27 |
| 16 | Union Santa Fe | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 26 |
| 17 | Banfield | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | -1 | 25 |
| 18 | Defensa y Justicia | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 25 |
| 19 | Sarmiento | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 25 |
| 20 | Independiente | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 24 |
| 21 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 20 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 23 |
| 22 | Rosario Central | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 23 |
| 23 | Talleres Cordoba | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 24 | Central Cordoba SdE | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 21 |
| 25 | Colon | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 19 |
| 26 | Lanus | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -13 | 14 |
| 27 | Velez Sarsfield | 19 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -8 | 13 |
| 28 | Aldosivi | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -21 | 13 |
