Sarmiento will certainly fight to avoid relegation until the end of the season. Israel Damonte’s men lost to Platense 1-0 at home in their last Copa Liga Profesional match, which represented their fourth consecutive defeat without even scoring in league action. As a result, El Verde accumulated just nine points in 14 matches this season, only four above Tigre, who are bottom in the aggregate table so far. Sarmiento claimed a single victory across their last 12 matches at Estadio Eva Peron, along with five stalemates and six losses.

Instituto have a lot of work to do in order to find their best version. They were decent in the Copa Liga Profesional until the last sprint: a 3-1 home defeat to River Plate in round 14 represented their fifth consecutive loss in league action. As a result, La Gloria ended up on 17 points, far away from the continental spots in the aggregate table. Three of those games took place away from Estadio Juan Domingo Peron.

Sarmiento can’t continue the way they finished last season or a few months from now they will be relegated. Instituto has been also terrible lately with 6 consecutive defeats and 12 goals conceded in them but they’ve also scored in the last 4 so I can imagine at least a couple of goals here and I’ll go for the OVER on this very short totals line.