Match Report
Nothing between them on points: 25 each, with Juventud Antoniana 4th and Sarmiento de La Banda 5th. Against a league average of 0.95 goals per team per game, Juventud Antoniana ran at 1.19 scored and 0.69 conceded, Sarmiento de La Banda at 1.06 and 0.94.
Sarmiento de La Banda arrived on a run of four straight wins, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Juventud Antoniana had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Sarmiento de La Banda, 12.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 3 Juventud Antoniana wins, 2 for Sarmiento de La Banda, 0 draws, at 3 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 100% of the meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 80% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
The venue was Estadio Fray Honorato Pistoia, with room for 20,408 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.
Goal scorers
Sarmiento de La Banda: Guillermo Gabriel Guzmán (73')
Key stats
Possession: Juventud Antoniana 65% · Sarmiento de La Banda 35% · Total shots: 16-6 · On target: 7-5 · Corners: 5-2