Gimnasia La Plata vs Sarmiento Junin Prediction: Will Sarmiento Junin maintain their invincibility?

In the upcoming fixture of Argentina Primera División, Gimnasia La Plata will face Sarmiento Junin at Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo in La Plata. The home side head here after a win (1-0) against Santa Fe for Copa Sudamericana, and a loss against Godoy Cruz (2-0), in the last round of the league. The visitors come from a draw (0-0) against Huracan.

Betting tips and odds are provided below.

The Gimnasia La Plata team comes to this game after a victory against Santa Fe (1-0) for the Copa Sudamericana, but a defeat in the last round of the league against Godoy Cruz (2-0). Godoy Cruz's team was always more dominant, having taken the lead in the 1st half, at 31'. The Gimnasia La Plata team looked to defend well and exploit offensive transitions. However, in the final minutes, when the team opened up more to play and reach the tie, it would suffer the 2-0, at 90+4'. With this result, the team broke a positive cycle of 2 consecutive victories. Even so, the Gimnasia La Plata team has been in excellent form in the championship. In the last 5 games, the team has 3 wins, 1 draw, and only 1 defeat, having scored 7 goals and conceded 5. With this good sequence of results, the team is in 15th place, with only 2 points less than Sarmiento's Junin team.

Sarmiento Junin's team comes to this game after a draw against Huracan (0-0). The result turns out to be positive in view of the events of the game. Sarmiento Junin's team started the game badly, having difficulties in creating a game and only managing to exploit the counterattacks. The team was expected to start better in the 2nd half, however, the team would be reduced to 10 players at 53', with the expulsion of Mancilla. With this result, they are in 12th place with 23 points. The team is in a good moment of form, not losing 4 games, having in that period 2 draws and 2 wins. In those 4 games, they scored 4 goals and conceded only 1. Sarmiento Junin's team is a very solid defensive team, which then seeks to exploit offensive transitions and set pieces.

In the last 5 games between these two teams, Sarmiento Junin has won 2, Gimnasia La Plata has won 1, and there’s 2 draws between them. Goals were scored in just 3 of those 5 games, and with both teams scoring in just 1 of them.

It is expected to be a really close match between them, in which draw is a probable result. Not many goals are expected.