📊 Form Guide

Estudiantes de La Plata

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Estudiantes de La Plata head into this match following on from a 1-1 Copa Libertadores drawn match vs Cusco.

In that game, Estudiantes de La Plata managed 39% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Estudiantes de La Plata was Tiago Palacios (58'). Cusco got 14 attempts at goal with 8 on target. Lucas Colitto (37') scored for Cusco.

Their latest results reveal that not much more can be done by the Estudiantes de La Plata backline. Estudiantes de La Plata have given the opposition little, seeing the tally of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their last 6 games standing at 3.

Racing Club

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Since being beaten in their last game against Botafogo in Copa Sudamericana action, Racing Club and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Racing Club had 56% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For Racing Club, the scorers were Marco Di Césare (19' Own goal) and Adrián Martínez (49'). Botafogo got 12 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Danilo (74') scored for Botafogo.

Over the course of 5 of the previous six clashes featuring Racing Club, a relatively low number of goals have been struck between them and their opponents. The overall average goals scored per game during that spell comes to just 2.17, with the number of goals averaged by La Academia being 0.83. Nevertheless, we’ll just have to find out whether that trend will persist here in this match.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head to head meetings going back to 03/09/2023 shows us that Estudiantes de La Plata have won 3 of these and Racing Club 1, with the number of drawn matches being 2.

An aggregate of 17 goals were produced between them in this period, with 10 of them for Los Pincharratas and 7 being from La Academia. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.

🗞️ Team News: Estudiantes de La Plata

The Estudiantes de La Plata manager Alexander Medina will be happy not to have any fitness worries whatsoever before this clash owing to a completely healthy group to pick from.

We are thinking that Los Pincharratas look set to make use of the 4-2-3-1 formation in the match, utilising N. Fernando Muslera, Eric Meza, L. Gonzalez Pirez, Tomás Palacios, Gastón Benedetti, Ezequiel Piovi, Mikel Amondarain, Tiago Palacios, Alexis Castro, Edwuin Cetré and Guido Carrillo.

ℹ️ Team News: Racing Club

Due to a fully injury-free squad available to choose from, the Racing Club boss does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever before this clash.

It’s our belief that La Academia could decide to play in a 3-5-2 lineup with a starting lineup of Facundo Cambeses, Marco Di Cesare, Santiago Sosa, Marcos Rojo, Gastón Martirena, Bruno Zuculini, Matias Zaracho, Adrián Fernández, Gabriel Rojas, Adrian Martinez and Santiago Solari.

✨ Prediction

In our opinion, Racing Club might well have a job on their hands to break down this Estudiantes de La Plata team who we reckon will end up scoring and staying ahead.

We’re therefore tipping a very even contest with a 1-0 victory for Estudiantes de La Plata at the conclusion of the game.

Little in this one.

Andre Moura, 19:00 10/05/2026