CA Barracas Central vs CA Sarmiento de Junin, Superliga Argentina 2026 APERTURA

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Liga Profesional · 2026

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CA Sarmiento de Junin

Thu 2 Apr 2026 · 18:00 UTC Claudio Chiqui Tapia HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 24' Junior Marabel

0–2 40' Carlos Villalba

Rodrigo Insua pen 69' 1–2

Y 33' Thiago Santamaria

Y 87' Javier Burrai

Overview

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CA Barracas Central vs CA Sarmiento de Junin — Superliga Argentina at Claudio Chiqui Tapia.

CA Barracas Central 27 games · 23 pts (2026/26)
CA Sarmiento de Junin 27 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Ariel Penel
Assistant 1 Maximilano Del Yesso
Assistant 2 Pablo Gualtieri (Argentina)

8 games this season 🟨 0.9/game ⚽ 4.0 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	CA Velez Sarsfield	27	51
2	CA Talleres	27	48
3	Racing Club	27	46
4	CA Huracan	27	46
5	CA River Plate	27	43
6	CA Boca Juniors	27	42
7	CA Independiente	27	40
8	CA Tucuman	27	40
9	CA Union	27	40
10	CA Platense	27	39
11	CS Independiente Rivadavia	27	38
12	Estudiantes de La Plata	27	36
13	Instituto AC Cordoba	27	36
14	CA Lanus	27	36
15	CD Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba	27	35
16	CA Belgrano	27	35
17	CD Riestra	27	35
18	CA Tigre	27	34
19	Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata	27	32
20	CA Rosario Central	27	32
21	CSyD Defensa y Justicia	27	32
22	CA Central Cordoba	27	31
23	AA Argentinos Juniors	27	30
24	CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	27	29
25	CA Newell's Old Boys	27	28
26	CA Sarmiento de Junin	27	26
27	CA Banfield	27	24
28	CA Barracas Central	27	23

Head-to-Head

CA Barracas Central 4 games · Avg 3.8 goals CA Sarmiento de Junin

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-02 CA Barracas Central 1–2 CA Sarmiento de Junin 2024-05-19 CA Barracas Central 1–1 CA Sarmiento de Junin 2023-02-04 CA Sarmiento de Junin 3–5 CA Barracas Central 2022-10-08 CA Barracas Central 1–1 CA Sarmiento de Junin

Recent Form

CA Barracas Central

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Apr	CA Sarmiento de Junin	H	1–2	L
24 Mar	CA Huracan	A	0–0	D
16 Mar	CA Tucuman	H	2–1	W
12 Mar	CS Independiente Rivadavia	A	2–1	W
01 Mar	AA Argentinos Juniors	A	1–1	D
25 Feb	CA Tigre	H	2–1	W

CA Sarmiento de Junin

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Apr	CA Barracas Central	A	2–1	W
22 Mar	CA Aldosivi	H	2–0	W
15 Mar	CA River Plate	A	0–2	L
11 Mar	Racing Club	H	0–0	D
03 Mar	Estudiantes de Rio Cuarto	H	1–0	W
26 Feb	CA Union	H	1–3	L

Season Stats

CA Barracas Central		CA Sarmiento de Junin
#28	Position	#26
23	Points	26
27	Played	27
4 / 11 / 12	W / D / L	5 / 11 / 11
15	Scored	18
33	Conceded	28
-18	GD	-10
0.85	PPG	0.96
15%	Win %	19%

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

35% Clean Sheets
CA Barracas Central this season

25% Clean Sheets
CA Sarmiento de Junin this season

CA Barracas Central are 28th (23 pts). CA Sarmiento de Junin are 26th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

CA Barracas Central

0-15

–/1

16-30

3/2

31-45

2/2

46-60

–/1

61-75

2/–

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

CA Sarmiento de Junin

0-15

2/–

16-30

2/–

31-45

2/4

46-60

1/5

61-75

3/1

76+

3/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

CA Barracas Central

Rodrigo Insua

3 G

1 A

CA Sarmiento de Junin

Junior Marabel

9 G

3 A

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds Claudio Chiqui Tapia will turn into a battlefield for CA Barracas Central and CA Sarmiento de Junin.
5' Both keepers have barely been tested. CA Barracas Central and CA Sarmiento de Junin are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
10' The 27-year-old Manuel Garcia has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
15' Juan Insaurralde has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 112 appearances.
20' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
24' Junior Marabel doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
29' Gonzalo Maroni has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
33' It’s gonna be a card for Thiago Santamaria.
38' CA Barracas Central started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 38.
40' A stunning finish from Carlos Villalba — that came from absolutely nowhere!
45' Damian Martinez, a Argentina , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
46' Another change for CA Barracas Central made on 46 minute. Lucas Gamba leaves to be changed by Gonzalo Morales.
51' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with CA Sarmiento de Junin winning 100% of all matches.
56' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
61' Norberto Briasco is replacing Ivan Tapia for the CA Barracas Central side.
66' CA Sarmiento de Junin has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
69' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Rodrigo Insua makes no mistake. 1-2!
71' The crowd applauds Thiago Santamaria as he leaves the pitch. Lucas Suarez steps in for CA Sarmiento de Junin.
76' Manuel Duarte is ready to make an impact after coming on for Gonzalo Maroni at the 76 minute mark.
81' Facundo Alaggia has so much to prove this time. He replaces Mauricio Martinez on 81 minute.
82' The CA Sarmiento de Junin manager makes a substitution. Junior Marabel departs to be replaced by Alexis Gonzalez.
87' That looks like a foul for a card for Javier Burrai.
The points are shared — CA Barracas Central 1-2 CA Sarmiento de Junin. Honours even.

Lineups

CA Barracas Central Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Rubén Insúa

CA Sarmiento de Junin Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

77
Nicolas Pasquini
14
Mauricio Martinez ↓ Facundo Alaggia 81'
25
Carlos Villalba ↓ Jonatan Gomez 81'
15
Cristian Zabala
5
Manuel Garcia
27
Junior Marabel ↓ Alexis Gonzalez 82'
2
Juan Insaurralde
1
Javier Burrai
19
Julian Contrera
29
Thiago Santamaria ↓ Lucas Suarez 71'
34
Agustin Seyral Echecopar

Bench

Coach Facundo Sava

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Bruno Christian Sepulveda	3
Luciano Gondou	3
Rodrigo Insua	2
Ivan Tapia	2
Francisco Alvarez	1
Carlos Villalba	1
Junior Marabel	1
Agustin Fontana	1

Head to Head

CA Barracas Central Form

2026-04-02 CA Barracas Central 1–2 CA Sarmiento de Junin L 2026-03-24 CA Huracan 0–0 CA Barracas Central D 2026-03-16 CA Barracas Central 2–1 CA Tucuman W 2026-03-12 CS Independiente Rivadavia 1–2 CA Barracas Central W 2026-03-01 AA Argentinos Juniors 1–1 CA Barracas Central D 2026-02-25 CA Barracas Central 2–1 CA Tigre W

CA Sarmiento de Junin Form

2026-04-02 CA Barracas Central 1–2 CA Sarmiento de Junin W 2026-03-22 CA Sarmiento de Junin 2–0 CA Aldosivi W 2026-03-15 CA River Plate 2–0 CA Sarmiento de Junin L 2026-03-11 CA Sarmiento de Junin 0–0 Racing Club D 2026-03-03 CA Sarmiento de Junin 1–0 Estudiantes de Rio Cuarto W 2026-02-26 CA Sarmiento de Junin 1–3 CA Union L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

0 / 4

1.2 CA Barracas Central xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.15 CA Sarmiento de Junin xG

I would bet for: CA Barracas Central or CA Sarmiento de Junin 70% + Under 2.5 goals 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

CA Barracas Central37% Draw30% CA Sarmiento de Junin33%

Actual: CA Sarmiento de Junin win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes49% 0% No51%

Avg goals/match: 2.35

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	88%	12%
± 1.5	68%	32%
± 2.5	41%	59%
± 3.5	22%	78%
± 4.5	10%	90%

Double Chance

CA Barracas Central or Draw

67%

Draw or CA Sarmiento de Junin

63%

CA Barracas Central or CA Sarmiento de Junin

70%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

CA Barracas Central26% Draw50% CA Sarmiento de Junin24%

Actual: CA Sarmiento de Junin win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

14.1%

0 – 0

11.7%

1 – 0

10.3%

0 – 1

9.8%

2 – 1

7.6%

1 – 2

Actual

2 – 0

6.6%

0 – 2

6.1%

2 – 2

4.5%

3 – 1

3.1%

1 – 3

2.8%

3 – 0

2.6%

Asian Handicap — CA Barracas Central

Handicap	CA Barracas Central covers	Push	CA Sarmiento de Junin covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	10%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	20%	64%
-0.5	36%	—	64%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	19%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	10%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

CA Barracas Central keeps clean sheet

32% ✓

CA Sarmiento de Junin keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.