Sarmiento – Banfield

Coach Israel Damonte started life at Sarmiento with a much-needed 1-0 home win over Atletico Tucuman last Thursday, with Lisandro Lopez scoring his first strike at the club in the second half. The team stopped two negative streaks: seven league games without a win (one draw and six defeats) and also three winless matches at their own stadium (having drawn one and lost two in that tough spell). Furthermore, the side leapfrogged Patronato to stay out of the relegation zone. Coach Israel Damonte can pick from all his regulars to host Banfield on Thursday.

Banfield produced an interesting performance last Friday, when they had to settle for a scoreless home draw against San Lorenzo in an even game. Coach Diego Dabove continues performing well at the club as his team suffered only one defeat in eight games under his tutelage, with three victories and four draws. On away turf, he registered one success and two stalemates in charge of El Taladro, without even conceding.

I can’t see Banfield as the favorites here against a Sarmiento with an interesting an experienced attack.

BET: Sarmiento DNB @ 2.17