Tigre vs Sarmiento Junin Prediction: Will Retegui be able to maintain his goalscoring streak?

In the upcoming fixture of Argentina Primera División, Tigre will face Sarmiento Junin at Estadio José Dellagiovanna in Buenos Aires. The home side head here after a draw (1-1) against Godoy Cruz. The visitors come from a win (2-0) against Argentinos Jrs.

Betting tips and odds are provided below.

Tigre's team comes to this game after a draw against Godoy Cruz (1-1). In this game, Retegui scored again, being with a hot foot. In the international break, he scored 2 goals for Italy, in his debut for the national team. In the league, he has already scored in 2 consecutive rounds, being the best scorer in the championship, with 8 goals scored so far. After a series of consecutive defeats, the Tigre team managed to stabilize, adding 1 draw and 1 victory since the stop for the international break. Retegui's dependency is clear, but it's expected that he can maintain his goalscoring streak to keep Tigre on track. The team has the same 12 points as Sarmiento Junin, but with a worse goal difference, and a victory would mean overtaking them in the table.

Argentinos Jrs (2-0). Despite the clear superiority of Argentinos Jrs, who ended up with 74% ball possession, it was Sarmiento Junin who created the best goal opportunities. In a well-assembled strategy in the defensive organization, to then explore the transitions and set-pieces, the team showed enormous efficiency. With these 3 points, Sarmiento Junin's team rose to 18th place. After the international stop, the team still hasn't lost to the league and seems to have found themselves again, after a negative series of 3 consecutive defeats. However, in away games the team is still 3 games without a win, with 2 draws and 1 loss.

In the last 5 games between these two teams, Tigre has won 1, Sarmiento Junin has won 1, and there’s 3 draws. In fact, the last 3 games ended up in a draw. Goals were scored in all of those 5 games, with both teams scoring in 3 of those games.

It’s a hard to predict match, and a draw is a probable result, but both teams are expected to at least score a goal.