In a weekend match in week 13, on Sunday May 1st, Sarmiento will host River Plate in a meeting of these two closely matched Superliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 5th placed Sarmiento, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Argentinos Juniors. Neither Argentinos Juniors nor Sarmiento could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 19 and 5 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Sarmiento should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while river Plate sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Atlético Tucumán. Joaquín Fernández scored the first goal for River Plate in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a penalty shot, but Ramiro Ruiz Rodriguez got the equalizer for Atlético Tucumán in the 58th minute on a penalty shot squeezing out at least the one point for Atlético Tucumán. River Plate should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season River Plate won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Joaquín Fernández has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored four goals for River Plate. Both Torres and Yair Arismendi have been the hottest scorers for Sarmiento in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.