📊 Form Guide
Sarmiento LWWLLW
Sarmiento fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 0-1 Torneo Clausura triumph over River Plate.
In that match, Sarmiento had 26% possession and 7 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Sarmiento was Iván Morales (30'). River Plate had 28 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target.
Sarmiento haven’t exactly had impressive attacking statistics in more recent games. Their sum of goals stands at just 4 against opponents over the course of their last six fixtures. In those games, Sarmiento have also seen the number of goals scored against them total 5. We will see if that trend can be continued on into this next match.
Vélez Sarsfield LWLWDL
Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Rosario Central in Torneo Clausura action, Vélez Sarsfield will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that game, Vélez Sarsfield managed 58% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Vélez Sarsfield was Manuel Lanzini (51'). On the other side, Rosario Central got 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Alejo Véliz (17') and Ignacio Malcorra (97') scored for Rosario Central.
Looking at their form, and Vélez Sarsfield have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 8 goals overall. At the back, Vélez Sarsfield certainly have room for improvement.
👥 Head to head
Looking over their past head to head meetings dating back to 21/02/2021 shows us that Sarmiento have won 1 of these games and Vélez Sarsfield 3, with the tally of drawn games standing at 2.
A sum of 10 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 4 of them for Verde and 6 netted by El Fortín. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.67.
The previous league match featuring these clubs was Torneo Apertura match day 13 on 15/04/2025 and the score finished Vélez Sarsfield 0-1 Sarmiento.
In that game, Vélez Sarsfield managed 67% possession and 18 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.
For their opponents, Sarmiento got 7 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Franco Frías (71') was the scorer.
The match was refereed by Sebastián Martinez.
📰 Team News: Sarmiento
The Sarmiento boss will be happy not to have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this game owing to a fully injury-free group to pick from.
🗞️ Team News: Vélez Sarsfield
Owing to a completely healthy squad to choose from, the Vélez Sarsfield boss Guillermo Barros Schelotto has zero fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash.
🧠 Prediction
When taking everything into account, Sarmiento might well have a job on their hands to be putting a goal past this Vélez Sarsfield side who will likely manage to score & go ahead.
We’re going for a highly competitive game with a 0-1 advantage for Vélez Sarsfield at the end of the match.
Hoping for a good game.
Andre Moura, 10:18 19/10/2025