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Estudiantes de La Plata

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Estudiantes de La Plata fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 1-4 Superliga triumph over Newell´s Old Boys.

In that match, Estudiantes de La Plata had 55% possession and 12 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Estudiantes de La Plata, the scorers were Guido Carrillo (13', 47') and Pablo Piatti (34', 55'). Newell´s Old Boys had 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Tomás Pérez (6') scored for Newell´s Old Boys.

Eduardo Domínguez's Estudiantes de La Plata have celebrated scoring 9 times over their preceding half-dozen outings. Conversely, the number of goals that have been scored against them in those games amounts to 5.

Heading into this fixture, Estudiantes de La Plata are unbeaten in their last 16 league matches at home. An amazing run.

Independiente

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In their previous game, Independiente drew 0-0 in the Superliga tie with San Lorenzo.

In that match, Independiente managed 33% possession and 12 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. San Lorenzo had 8 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

The attacking players from Independiente have failed to get amongst the goals over their previous six encounters, recording the poor return of just 3. In those fixtures, El Diablo Rojo have also seen the collective goal aggregate against them equal 5.

Going into this encounter, Independiente are without an away win for the past 5 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 19/08/2019 tells us that Estudiantes de La Plata have won 3 of these and Independiente 2, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

13 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 8 for Los Pincharratas and 5 created by El Diablo Rojo. The average goals per game has been 2.17.

The last league meeting between the two was Superliga match day 10 on 09/04/2023 when the final score was Independiente 1-2 Estudiantes de La Plata.

That time, Independiente had 45% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.

At the other end, Estudiantes de La Plata had 15 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Jorge Rodríguez (50') and Zaid Romero (84' Own goal, 86') scored.

The referee was Hernán Mastrángelo.

📋 Team News: Estudiantes de La Plata

Gabriel Neves (Metacarpal fracture), Javier Altamirano (Cerebral hemorrhage), Federico Fernández (strain) and Mauro Méndez (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be available for Estudiantes de La Plata gaffer Eduardo Domínguez.

In all likelihood, Los Pincharratas will possibly use the 4-2-3-1 formation featuring Matías Mansilla, Roman Gomez, Facundo Rodriguez, Luciano Lollo, Gastón Benedetti, Enzo Pérez, Santiago Ascacibar, Tiago Palacios, Luciano Gimenez, Edwuin Cetré and Guido Carrillo.

📰 Team News: Independiente

In an otherwise available group of players, there’s only the lone fitness worry for the Independiente manager Julio Vaccari to contend with. Matías Giménez (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be in action.

We reckon that El Diablo Rojo seem most likely to elect for a 4-3-3 formation, choosing Rodrigo Rey, Federico Vera, Kevin Lomonaco, Joaquin Laso, Adrian Sporle, Felipe Loyola, Ivan Marcone, R. David Martínez, Santiago López, Gabriel Ávalos and Lucas González.

🔮 Prediction

We feel that in this game, Independiente should have enough to put a goal past this Estudiantes de La Plata lineup, but it probably won’t quite be enough to prevent defeat.

Our tip is for both teams to score in a 2-1 winning margin for Estudiantes de La Plata at the end of the 90 minutes. Let’s see what eventuates.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 22:05 11/08/2024