Superliga: The middle-of-the-table positions tell a story of the journey Sarmiento and Unión Santa Fe have taken so far. Both contenders are set to play; bring it on!
- Sarmiento have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Unión Santa Fe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
This could be an entertaining game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!
Sarmiento form and stats
Sarmiento have played 8 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Manuel Matias Vicentini not having conceded a league goal in 197 minutes.
A nice win for Sarmiento last time playing, versus Aldosivi. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Luciano Gondou, Yair Arismendi and Braian Salvareschi scoring for the victors. Defender Braian Salvareschi got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.73/10. Salvareschi scored one goal and won 2 of 3 duels.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Gimnasia La Plata with a 1-0 scoreline.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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost two.
Sarmiento has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. From these home matches, Sarmiento have conceded only 6 goals.
Unión Santa Fe form and stats
The visitors are W2-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga.
Unión Santa Fe might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Platense proved too strong as Unión slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio 15 de Abril. Midfield player Mauro Pittón was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Pittón hit one key pass and had 51 successful passes (of 60 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Aldosivi with the score of 2-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Unión Santa Fe playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were two Unión wins, four draws and three defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Racing Club in just three days.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Unión have conceded 12 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Here's the end result when the contenders met earlier this season; Unión Santa Fe - Sarmiento 0-0. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's four Sarmiento victories, two draws and one Unión Santa Fe win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Torres 9 goals |  J. García 6 goals | G. Alanís 4 goals |
Sarmiento missing players
Unión Santa Fe missing players
| Sarmiento | Unión Santa Fe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 25 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 27 |
| 35 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 21 | 34 |
| 89% | 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 86% | 86% |
| 64% | 57% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | 64% |
| 36% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 43% | 39% |
| 11% | 7% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 21% | 21% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 43% | 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 43% | 43% |
| 32% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 29% | 36% |
| 36% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 43% | 36% |
| 4.4 | 5 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 10.3 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 8.6 | 8.5 |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| 22% | 27% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 26% | 30% |
- Sarmiento have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Unión Santa Fe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Unión Santa Fe 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 | River Plate | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 33 |
| 2 | Talleres Cordoba | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | Estudiantes | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 4 | Lanús | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 5 | Velez Sarsfield | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 24 |
| 6 | Boca Juniors | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 7 | Independiente | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Racing Club | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| 9 | Huracán | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
| 10 | Defensa y Justicia | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 11 | Godoy Cruz | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| 12 | Argentinos Juniors | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
| 13 | Colon | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 20 |
| 14 | Sarmiento | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 15 | Unión Santa Fe | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 16 | Rosario Central | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 17 |
| 17 | San Lorenzo | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
| 18 | Gimnasia La Plata | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 19 | Platense | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| 20 | Newell's Old Boys | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 16 |
| 21 | Atletico Tucuman | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 16 |
| 22 | Patronato | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 23 | Banfield | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 14 |
| 24 | Aldosivi | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -13 | 13 |
| 25 | Central Cordoba SdE | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 11 |
| 26 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | -14 | 11 |