📏 Form Guide

Vélez Sarsfield

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Vélez Sarsfield, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 0-4 Copa Libertadores victory versus Olimpia.

In that match, Vélez Sarsfield managed 42% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Vélez Sarsfield, the goals were scored by Braian Romero (25', 49'), Maher Carrizo (56') and Francisco Pizzini (93'). At the other end, Olimpia had 26 attempts at goal with 9 on target.

In their past six games, Guillermo Barros Schelotto's Vélez Sarsfield have hit the target a total of 10 times - an average number of goals per match equal to 1.67.

Sarmiento

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In their last fixture, Sarmiento drew 1-1 in the Torneo Apertura tie with River Plate.

In that game, Sarmiento managed 29% possession and 16 shots on goal with 7 on target. The scorer for Sarmiento was Juan Insaurralde (44'). River Plate had 13 attempts at goal with 8 on target. Miguel Borja (30') scored for River Plate.

For 5 of the previous 6 games featuring Sarmiento, a relatively low number of goals have been hit between them and opposing sides. The overall average goals scored per game during that spell is a meagre 1.5, with the number of goals averaged by Verde equalling 0.67. We will have to see if that trend can be sustained into this next match.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Delving into their past head to head meetings stretching back to 17/06/2017 tells us that these encounters have not been good ones for Sarmiento. They’ve not managed to come away with any victories whatsoever whereas Vélez Sarsfield have been dominant against them, winning in 67 per cent of those games played.

A total of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 11 from El Fortín and 4 for Verde. That’s an average goals per game of 2.5.

The last league meeting featuring the two was Primera División match day 25 on 01/12/2024 when the final score was Vélez Sarsfield 1-0 Sarmiento.

That time, Vélez Sarsfield had 62% possession and 21 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Claudio Aquino (41').

Sarmiento got 5 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

The referee was Nicolás Ramírez.

🗞️ Team News: Vélez Sarsfield

The Vélez Sarsfield boss Guillermo Barros Schelotto has zero fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this clash thanks to a completely injury-free group ready to go.

📋 Team News: Sarmiento

Due to a fully healthy group to pick from, the Sarmiento manager has no fitness concerns to report coming into this game.

💭 Prediction

Vélez Sarsfield are likely to see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.

In contrast, Sarmiento are also probably going to find it difficult finding the net themselves but we do fancy them seeing enough of the ball to score, too.

Our tip is for a 3-1 margin for Vélez Sarsfield when all’s said and done.

Lucas Pereira, 00:01 15/04/2025