Sarmiento – Arsenal

Sarmiento were unlucky to suffer a 1-0 away defeat at Tigre in a hard-fought game last Thursday, when they claimed for a clear penalty in stoppage time and it wasn’t awarded. That result represented their third loss across the last five league matches (winning one and drawing one in that spell). Last time out, the team wasted the chance of climbing out of the relegation zone in the point-average table as they remain trailing Platense by two after accumulating 12 points in 11 games this term. At home, Sarmiento secured six of those points as a product of two victories and three losses.

Sarandi Arsenal are finding it harder to secure points game after game. Last Thursday, the team succumbed to a 3-2 home defeat to Godoy Cruz despite having led on two occasions. That result represented their third consecutive defeat in league action and the fourth across the last six matches in this competition, with only one victory and one draw in that spell. Therefore, Carlos Ruiz’s men remain on eight points, sitting into the penultimate spot of the league table and bottom in the point-average rankings, 15 points behind the last safe place, occupied by Platense. On away turf, Arsenal secured a single point from the last nine on offer since beating leaders River Plate 2-1 in week five.

Again I’m going with the OVER in an Arsenal game, as they have no choice to try to win due to their terrible position in the averages table, and Sarmiento is one of the few teams that could be within their reach.

BET: OVER 2 @ 1.77