Racing Club vs Sarmiento Junin Prediction: Can Racing Club recover its winning momentum?

In the upcoming fixture of Argentina Primera División, Racing Club will face Sarmiento Junin at Estadio Juan Domingo Perón in Avellaneda. The home side head here after a rather surprising loss (2-0) against Godoy Cruz. The visitors comes from a loss on penalties against Chaco for Ever, for the cup, while for the league they had an amazing win (4-1) against Rosario.

Racing Club comes from an unexpected defeat (2-0) away against Godoy Cruz. After 3 straight wins, Racing Club was expected to win against Godoy Cruz to further climb on the table. Yet, the match started really badly for Racing, as they conceded a goal in the first minute of the game. Racing took control of the game but wasn't able to create chances on goal. Godoy Cruz always created the best chances on goal, but Arias, Racing Club goalkeeper, made a good performance and was able to keep the result lower. Again, at the beginning of the second half, in minute 57, Racing Club conceded their second goal. Godoy Cruz could have dilated even more the result, due to a poor defensive display by Racing. Racing Club only managed to create danger through offensive set pieces, with a goal disallowed for offside. This was one of Racing's worst performances of the season and they are hoping to quickly show in the next game why they are a title contender.

Sarmiento comes from an unexpected defeat against Chaco for Ever for the Cup. But in the last round of the championship, they had an amazing win (4-1) at home against Rosario. They had a really bad start to the game, conceding an early goal, and Rosario was always the most dangerous team in the first half. At the beginning of the second half, Rosario was reduced to 10 men, and after that Sarmiento took control of the game. Since then, Sarmiento has created constant danger. Sarmiento missed a penalty shortly after in the 63rd minute, but from the first goal scored until the end of the game, Sarmiento proved to be extremely effective, scoring 4 goals in 20 minutes. This allowed Sarmiento to surpass Racing on the table.

Sarmiento hasn't lost yet in away games and they will seek to maintain their invincibility.

The last 5 games between these 2 teams have shown a real advantage to Racing Club, with 4 wins, and 1 draw between them. Also, Racing has won all the matches where they played at home. A lot of goals were scored in those matchups, with an average of 2.8 goals per match.

Due to this history and Racing Club's willingness to bounce back, they are expected to win this match.