Sarmiento have fought quite a few losing battles for points this league season. Can they get a victory when Vélez Sarsfield visit Estadio Eva Perón de Junín?
- Sarmiento have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Superliga
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Sarmiento form and stats
When playing at home in the Superliga, Sarmiento have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Sarmiento.
Sarmiento shared the glory with Godoy Cruz in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The hometeam coach M. Sciacqua made a successful contribution in the game against Godoy Cruz, bringing on Jonathan Torres who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Midfield player Federico Vismara got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, the max score being 10. Vismara .
In the match before that, Sarmiento hosted Huracan and drew the game 0-0.Sarmiento are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 6 games. From these home matches, Sarmiento have conceded only 5 goals.
Vélez Sarsfield form and stats
0 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Vélez Sarsfield playing as the away team in the Superliga this season. Two points from the last two away games for Sarsfield, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
The supporters enjoyed Sarsfield's previous game versus Aldosivi (placed 19th), a Superliga 3-2 win played at home. Midfielder Thiago Almada was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.83. Almada scored two goals, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 38 successful passes (of 46 total).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Gimnasia La Plata that ended 0-0.Goals are few and far between in Sarsfield's away league games. Only 1 goal from 5 travels. It's not easy to score on Sarsfield as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H encounter ended Sarmiento - Vélez Sarsfield 1-2, earlier this season. Data for the preceeding four meetings featuring these two contenders are: zero wins for Sarmiento, one draw and three wins for Vélez Sarsfield. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Torres 8 goals |   T. Almada 6 goals | J. Lucero 6 goals |
Sarmiento missing players
Vélez Sarsfield missing players
| Sarmiento | Vélez Sarsfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 26 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 21 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 39 |
| 34 | 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 21 |
| 88% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 81% |
| 68% | 58% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 58% |
| 36% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 35% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 8% | 23% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 8% | 19% |
| 48% | 42% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 31% |
| 28% | 50% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 42% | 54% |
| 36% | 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 42% | 35% |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.1 | 4.6 |
| 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5 | 5 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 10.3 | 11.1 |
| 4 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 21% | 27% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 23% | 30% |
- Sarmiento have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sarmiento have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Superliga
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Talleres Cordoba | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| 2 | Lanus | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | River Plate | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 21 |
| 4 | Estudiantes | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | Independiente | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Racing Club | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 7 | Boca Juniors | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 18 |
| 8 | Vélez Sarsfield | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 9 | Godoy Cruz | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 10 | Colon | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 16 |
| 11 | Atletico Tucuman | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 15 |
| 12 | Defensa y Justicia | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 13 | Argentinos Juniors | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 14 | Patronato | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 14 |
| 15 | Rosario Central | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| 16 | Huracan | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 17 | San Lorenzo | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 18 | Sarmiento | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 19 | Aldosivi | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 13 |
| 20 | Newell's Old Boys | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 12 |
| 21 | Union Santa Fe | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 22 | Central Cordoba SdE | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 23 | Gimnasia La Plata | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 24 | Platense | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 10 |
| 25 | Banfield | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 9 |
| 26 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | -13 | 8 |