On the 21st of April, Sarmiento and Defensa y Justicia will play a match in Junín in a meeting of these two closely matched Superliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Sarmiento recorded a 3-1 win against Gimnasia La Plata. Yair Arismendi struck first for Sarmiento in the 38th minute, then Gondou Zanelli added another in the 42nd minute. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Sarmiento should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Defensa y Justicia recorded a 1-1 draw against Atlético Tucumán. Augusto Lotti scored the first goal for Atlético Tucumán in the 16th minute, then Miguel Merentiel got the equalizer for Defensa y Justicia in the 58th minute on a feed from Carlos Rotondi earning Defensa y Justicia a comeback draw. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Defensa y Justicia should be reasonably happy with their performance.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Both Hugo Fernández and Miguel Merentiel have been the hottest scorers for Defensa y Justicia in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Sarmiento’s top weapon lately has been Jonathan Torres, who has 3 goals in the last five matches.