📊 Form Guide

Sarmiento

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Sarmiento will be hoping to bounce back here following a 1-3 Torneo Apertura defeat last time out to Unión de Santa Fe.

In that match, Sarmiento managed 62% possession and 14 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for Sarmiento was Junior Marabel (56'). For their opponents, Union had 16 shots at goal with 8 on target. Julián Palacios (10'), Brahian Cuello (13') and Cristian Tarragona (49') scored for Unión de Santa Fe.

It’s been all too rare in recent times where Sarmiento haven’t conceded. The facts show that Sarmiento have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 8 goals during that time. We will find out whether or not that trend will be continued on here.

Estudiantes Rio Cuarto

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Estudiantes Rio Cuarto come into this clash following on from a 2-0 Torneo Apertura win over Huracán in their previous fixture.

In that match, Estudiantes Rio Cuarto managed 36% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. For Estudiantes Rio Cuarto, the goals were scored by Mateo Bajamich (32') and Gabriel Alanís (90'). On the other side, Huracan got 10 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

It has become apparent that Estudiantes Rio Cuarto have suffered from a lack of goals over their last six games, contributing the unsatisfactory return of just 1. In those fixtures, Rio Cuarto have also seen the overall goal tally against them equal 11.

📋 Team News: Sarmiento

The Sarmiento manager will be grateful to have no fitness worries at all before this clash with a fully injury-free group available for selection.

In our view, Verde should kick off with a 4-4-2 system for this game and select Javier Burrai, Juan Manuel Cabrera, Renzo Orihuela, J. M. Insaurralde, Gabriel Díaz, Julian Contrera, Cristian Zabala, Mauricio Martínez, Jhon Rentería, Junior Marabel and Diego Churin.

📋 Team News: Estudiantes Rio Cuarto

With a completely injury-free group available to choose from, the Estudiantes Rio Cuarto boss has no fitness concerns to speak of coming into this match.

From our viewpoint, Estudiantes Rio Cuarto will likely elect for a 4-3-3 lineup using Agustín Lastra, Juan Antonini, Gonzalo Maffini, Matías Valenti, Tobias Ostchega, Nicolas Talpone, Francisco Romero, Tomás González, Gabriel Alanis, Javier Ferreira and Martín Garnerone.

💡 Prediction

We’re of the view that Estudiantes Rio Cuarto should get enough chances to score a goal against this Sarmiento team, however that isn’t expected to be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re going for a narrow 2-1 winning margin for Sarmiento at the end of this one. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.

Renata Leite, 21:01 03/03/2026