📊 Form Guide

Sarmiento

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Sarmiento won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 1-0 Copa de la Liga Profesional defeat last time out to Godoy Cruz.

In that game, Sarmiento had 28% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 on target. On the other side, Godoy Cruz had 16 shots at goal with 4 on target. Tomás Conechny (60') scored for Godoy Cruz.

It’s been all too rare in recent games that Sarmiento have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Sarmiento have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 6 goals during that time. With no two games being the same, time will tell whether that pattern might be maintained in this next match or not.

Platense

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Platense will go into this encounter following a 3-1 Copa de la Liga Profesional win as they beat Tigre in their previous match.

In that match, Platense managed 28% possession and 10 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Platense was Mateo Pellegrino (53', 96'). For their opponents, Tigre got 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Matías Tagliamonte (5' Own goal) and Juan Cruz Esquivel (45') scored for Tigre.

A run of reliable performances from the Platense defence has seen their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their past 6 outings overall. In that time, their own attack force has managed to score 6.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their prior head to head meetings dating back to 10/03/2021 shows us that Sarmiento have won 1 of these games and Platense 3, with the tally of drawn results being 2.

A total of 7 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 2 of them from Verde and 5 being from Platense. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.17.

The last league contest featuring the two was Copa de la Liga Profesional match day 14 on 25/11/2023 which ended up with the score at Platense 1-0 Sarmiento.

That time, Platense managed 45% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The scorer was Ronaldo Martínez (43').

At the other end, Sarmiento had 7 attempts on goal with 4 on target.

The match was refereed by Silvio Trucco.

📰 Team News: Sarmiento

Franco Paredes (unknown injury), Lisandro López (Muscle injury), Federico Paradela (Cruciate ligament tear) and José Mauri (Knock) will not be able to play for Sarmiento gaffer Israel Damonte.

ℹ️ Team News: Platense

Platense manager Favio Orsi has to choose a team with limited availability. Gabriel Hachen (Eye injury), Raúl Lozano (Cruciate ligament tear) and Ciro Rius (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be playing here.

⚡ Prediction

Our feeling is that Platense may not find it easy to score against this Sarmiento team who should do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.

We’ve gone for a very even contest with a 1-0 win for Sarmiento after 90 minutes.

Should be interesting.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 18:01 14/04/2024