Sarmiento Junin vs Velez Sarsfield Match Preview

The Argentinian Copa de la Liga Profesional bring us the match between Sarmiento Junin and Velez Sarsfield at Estadio Eva Peron.

Sarmiento Junin is back in the top division of Argentinian football, qualifying after prevailing over Estudiantes de Río Cuarto in the penalties shootout. Mario Alfredo Sciacqua, who remained on their bench, tried to add more quality to their roster signing some experienced players. The hosts will play with no significant missings today. In the following round, they come up against strong Boca Juniors at La Bombonera.

Velez Sarsfield, on the other hand, started well in Copa de la Liga Profesional, prevailing 1-0 over Newells Old Boys at home. They got another win, in their midweek game for the domestic cup against weak Camioneros by 3-1. The good news for Mauricio Pellegrino and his team is that most of their unavailable players are now back, actually, the only missing is Agustin Bouzat for tonight's game. In the following round, they will face Argentinos Juniors at home.

Sarmiento Junin are finally back in the big league and despite that their last competitive match was more than a month ago, I think they'll put a difficult task to Velez here. However, the visitors are a much better team, considering the quality of their roster, and are coming from consecutive wins. Over 2.5 goals to be scored is my final call for this one, offered at decent 2.10 odds.