Sarmiento Junin vs Rosario Prediction: Can Rosario get their first away win?

In the upcoming fixture of Argentina Primera División, Rosario will travel to Junin to play against Sarmiento at the Estadio Eva Peron. The home side snatched a point last round, with a dar (1-1) against Estudiantes, while the visitors arrive here after a home win (1-0) against Godoy Cruz.

Continue reading to find out more about the competing sides and their overall statistics in terms of goals scored and conceded.

Going into this matchup, Sarmiento will be looking to get their first home points. In their first 2 home games, Sarmiento Junin lost to San Lorenzo (0-1) and to Barracas Central (3-5). In addition to this, it’s on the away games that they have grabbed all the 5 points they got so far, with a draw last round against Estudiantes.

In their last match, Estudiantes took total control of the game, with a ball possession of 65%, and just 35% ball possession to Sarmiento. Despite the high ball possession by Estudiantes, Sarmiento Junin was really dangerous on the counter attack, with almost the same scoring chances (12-10) as Estudiantes. All the goals were scored in the second half. Estudiantes scored first, with a great goal by Ascacibar, yet Sarmiento Junin didn’t give up and scored a late goal for the draw and snatched that important point away.

Looking at their stats, Sarmiento Junin shows that they are a team able to score goals, with an average of 1.2 goals scored. On the defensive side, they have an average of 1.4 goals conceded, yet in their last 3 games they have just conceded 2 goals.

Can Sarmiento finally grab their first home points?

Going into this matchup, Rosario comes from a win (1-0) against Godoy Cruz. At home, Rosario is one of the teams in best form in the league, with 3 wins in 3 matches. But away, Rosario is struggling a lot, with a draw (2-2) against Tigres and a loss (3-0) against Lanus.

Observing Rosario we check that they have scored goals in 4 of the 5 matches they have played, with 6 goals scored, averaging 1.2 goals per match. Yet, of those 6 goals, just 2 were scored in away games.

The lack of some defensive consistency is one of the facts that isn't allowing Rosario to be placed in a better position. They have also conceded 6 goals in those 5 matches, also averaging 1.2 goals conceded per match. An important fact to notice is that in both of the away games they have conceded 2 or more goals.

Can Rosario finally keep a clean sheet away and grab their first win on the road?

In the last 5 games between these 2 teams, goals were scored in every match, with an average of 1.8 goals per match. In those 5 matches, Sarmiento won 1, Rosario won 2 and there were 2 draws. However, none of the Rosario victories were away. Despite all of this, Rosario is expected to not lose this match.