River Plate vs Sarmiento
River Plate have definitely overcome their recent slump. On Sunday, the team claimed an important 3-0 away success at Aldosivi, scoring all three goals in only four minutes. Therefore, Marcelo Gallardo’s men made it three league matches unbeaten, winning two and drawing one, and accumulated 15 points in the Liga Profesional. El Millonario are still seven points behind leaders in the league table, but continue holding onto one of the Copa Libertadores places in the aggregate rankings.
Sarmiento played one of their worst games in the whole season last Saturday, when they ended up losing 3-1 at home to Colon. As a result, Israel Damonte’s men won only one of their last six league matches, drawing two and losing three, which means the team remain on 11 points after ten matches in the Liga Profesional. Following this irregular campaign, El Verde are still threatened by relegation, occupying 25th spot in the respective table at the moment. On away turf, Sarmiento have been winless in their last seven league matches, drawing two and losing five since beating Gimnasia LP 3-1 in April.
Last week’s good performance by River has to be a starting point for them, and a game at home against the poor Sarmiento could be a good opportunity for them to get another easy win.