On Sunday Aug 28th, in week 16, Sarmiento hosts Gimnasia La Plata at Estadio Eva Perón De Junín in a meeting of these two Superliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 18th placed Sarmiento, recorded a 1-1 draw against Vélez Sarsfield. Javier Toledo scored the first goal for Sarmiento in the 24th minute on a penalty, then Perrone tied it up for Vélez Sarsfield in the 58th minute on a penalty earning Vélez Sarsfield at least a draw. Sarmiento is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while gimnasia La Plata sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Aldosivi. Neither Gimnasia La Plata nor Aldosivi could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Gimnasia La Plata should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
Gimnasia La Plata and Sarmiento last played eachother at the Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo on the 15th of April. Sarmiento took the match by a score of 3 to 1. Yair Arismendi struck first for Sarmiento in the 38th minute, then Gondou Zanelli added another in the 42nd minute.
Leonardo Morales has been the most prolific scorer on Gimnasia La Plata in his last five matches with two goals. Sarmiento’s top weapon lately has been Lisandro López, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches.




