Sunday sees Platense look to strengthen their position at the top end of the Argentine Primera Division when they take on Sarmiento at Estadio Ciudad de Vicente López. Kickoff set for June 26 21:30 EAT.
The hosts are forth on the table with 8 points from 4 matches played. They’ve recorded 2wins and 2 draws. Over their past 6 fixtures, Omar de Felippe’s Platense have celebrated scoring a combined total of 6 times resulting in an average number of goals scored per match of 1.
Platense will hope for an improved result following on a 0-0 Superliga drawn match vs Aldosivi. In that game, Platense had 40% possession and 11 shots on goal with 6 on target. Aldosivi had 11 attempts at goal with 2 on target.
Meanwhile, the visitors currently sit 13th on the table with 6 points from 4 matches played. Two wins and two losses have been recorded. They’ve been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 13 goals in total.
Sarmiento will hope for similar results following a 3-1 Superliga win with the downing of Patronato in their previous game. In that game, Sarmiento managed 46% possession, 23 shots with 8 on target and goals scored by Franco Quinteros (26′) and Javier Toledo (90′). Patronato had 8 shots with 4 of them on target and goals scored by Diego García (42′) and Raúl Lozano (52′ OG).
Platense vs Sarmiento head to head
Sunday’s meeting will be the fifth head to head meeting between these two teams since 2018. Sarmiento has won two times while Platense has one win and the other one matched ended in a tie.
- Platense 2-0 Sarmiento 0/02/22
- Sarmiento 1-0 Platense 28/07/21
- Platense 1-1 Sarmiento 10/03/21
- Sarmiento 3-1 Platense 09/10/18
Home
- Aldosivi 0-0 Platense
- Platense 1-1 Gimnasia La Plata
- Velez Sarsfield 0-1 Platense
- Platense 2-1 Godoy Cruz
- Platense 1-4 Belgrano
Away
- Sarmiento 3-1 Patronato
- Estudiantes La Plata 2-1 Sarmiento
- Sarmiento 1-0 Argentinos Juniors
- Talleres Cordoba 2-0 Sarmiento
- Talleres Cordoba 1-0 Sarmiento
Platense team news
Boss Omar de Felippe has a fully fit squad ahead of this fixture.
Sarmiento team news
Lucas Acosta will miss out for this game through injuries.
Prediction and odds
Platense is in a better form unbeaten in their opening four matches while Sarmiento is lost two of two of their opening fixture.
- Platense Win
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
