Sarmiento and Rosario Central are lock on three points ahead of their fifth round clash in Argentinean Liga Profesional on Friday evening at Estadio Eva Peron de Junin.
Both Sarmiento and Rosario are struggling to perform at the beginning of the new season.
The hosts, who returned to the top flight of the Argentinean football after four years, find it very tough to produce in the final third these days.
Sarmiento thus scored only one goal in the opening four affairs. That lone goal came in their only victory of the campaign, a 1-0 success against fellow strugglers Platense (who had a man sent off in that game).
Mario Sciacqua’s men have also been inefficient in this year’s Copa de la Liga Profesional run, scoring no more than 10 goals in 13 matches in Group B.
Nevertheless, Sarmiento will have something to hope for going into this tie with Rosario Central who have been anything but impressive themselves in the opening four matches of the campaign.
Rosario come into this match with an identical record of one win and three defeats in four outings.
Rosario come into this match with an identical record of one win and three defeats in four outings.
The team led by Cristian Gonzalez were unlucky to drop the ball in a 1-2 home defeat to Aldosivi last weekend, despite not being the inferior side on the pitch.
Sarmiento vs Rosario Central Head-to-head
It’s been four years since these two sides last locked horns, and back then they were also battling it out in the elite tier of the Argentinean football.
Rosario Central won two, drew two, and lost one of the last five meetings with Sarmiento.
Just one of these five outings produced three or more goals.



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萨米恩托和罗萨里奥·中央在周五晚上的阿根廷职业联赛第五轮比赛前锁定了三分。这场比赛将在伊娃·贝隆·德朱宁体育场举行。
萨米恩托和罗萨里奥都在为新赛季开始时的表现而努力。
东道主，在四年后重返阿根廷顶级联赛，发现这段时间很难在最后三分之一。
萨米恩托在开局的四场比赛中只进了一球。这个唯一的进球是他们在这场比赛中唯一的胜利，他们1-0战胜了普拉坦瑟斯(他在那场比赛中有一人被罚下)。
在今年的西甲联赛中，马里奥·夏库亚(Mario Sciacqua)的球队也表现不佳，在B组的13场比赛中进球不超过10个。
尽管如此，萨米恩托还是有希望与罗萨里奥·中央交手，中央在赛季的前四场比赛中表现不佳。
罗萨里奥以四场比赛一胜三负的记录进入这场比赛。
罗萨里奥以四场比赛一胜三负的记录进入这场比赛。
在上周末主场1-2负于阿尔多西维的比赛中，克里斯蒂安·冈萨雷斯率领的球队不幸失球，尽管他们在球场上并不是劣势。
萨米恩托和罗萨里奥·中央对决
这两支球队上一次交锋已经是4年以前的事了，当时他们还在阿根廷足球的精英级别上决一死战。
罗萨里奥·中央赢了两场，平了两场，但在最近与萨米恩托的五场比赛中输了一场。
这五场比赛中只有一场打进了三个或更多的进球。