Lanús vs Sarmiento Junin Prediction: Will Lanus get back to victories?

In the upcoming fixture of Argentina Primera División, Lanus will face Sarmiento Junin at Estadio Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez in Lanus. The home side head here after a draw (4-4) against Godoy Cruz. The visitors come from a win (1-0) against Arsenal Sarandi.

Betting tips and odds are provided below.

The Lanus team comes to this game after a draw against Godoy Cruz (4-4). The Lanus team was winning twice in the match, allowing both draws. Lanus's team started the match very well, being at 9' already winning by 0-2, however, they would let themselves draw 2-2. But still in the 1st half, the team would get the advantage of 2-4, which was reduced in the 1st half to 3-4. And when nothing would make it predict, Lanus conceded the tie at 90+2'. It was an extremely disputed match, with a lot of defensive errors on both sides, but in which Lanus had everything to take the 3 points. With this tie, the Lanus team dropped to 7th place, with 19 points. After having gone through a fast of 3 games without scoring, the team has already scored 4 consecutive games, having scored 9 goals in these 4 games. The problem lay in defense, where they also conceded 7 goals. The Lanus team needs to add the 3 points in this game or risk falling even further in the table due to the punctual proximity of the direct opponents.

Sarmiento Junin's team comes to this game after a victory against Arsenal Sarandi (1-0). With this victory, Sarmiento's team climbed to 17th place, with 15 points. The team has been presenting good results recently at home, however away from home the team has been experiencing difficulties. In the last 5 away games, Sarmiento's team won only 1, drew 2, and lost another 5, scoring only 5 points in those games. In those games the team showed a lot of defensive consistency, conceding only 3 goals. But offensively the team has been struggling, having also scored only 3 goals. Sarmiento Junin is a team that doesn't suffer or score much, having 13 goals scored and 12 goals conceded. In a complicated game like this one, another solid performance is expected from Sarmiento's team.

In the last 5 games between these two teams, Lanus has won 2, Sarmiento Junin has won 2, and there’s 1 draw between them. Goals were scored in all of those 5 games, with both teams scoring in 4 of those matches.

Lanus is favorite to win this game, yet not many goals are expected due to the recent form of Sarmiento Junin.