There's been six days since Estudiantes met Union Santa Fe and the scoreline was 1-0. What will the score be against Patronato?
- Patronato have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Superliga
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Estudiantes form and stats
The story so far in the Superliga for Estudiantes at their home stadium (Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. Two home wins in a row for Estudiantes bring valid hopes of a third.
Estudiantes's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Union Santa Fe (placed 12th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Piatti (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.82/10. Piatti hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Heartbreak before that as Estudiantes lost 0-1 at Argentinos Juniors's place.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Estudiantes have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 5 and lost 1.
A fact for those who like to place bets on "both teams to score yes/no: This team have finished 5 league games in a row with only one (or none) team scoring.
Estudiantes has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Estudiantes are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Patronato form and stats
Patronato have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 1-3-3 (7 played).
Patronato's last game was the home draw against Argentinos Juniors (0-0). Altamirano (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.34. Altamirano topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Talleres Cordoba that ended 3-3.Patronato are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 5 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.
The visiting Patronato have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 7 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Patronato have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Estudiantes have won every one of the 5 most recent duels versus this opponent. Can they do it again?The matches between these teams have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last five encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Boselli 12 goals |  L. Díaz 8 goals |  A. Rodríguez 5 goals |
Estudiantes missing players
Patronato missing players
| Estudiantes | Patronato | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 16 | 2 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 13 | 10 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 49 | 27 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 38 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 25 | 43 |
| 93% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 90% |
| 77% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 71% | 59% |
| 60% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | 52% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 43% | 34% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 17% |
| 70% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 64% | 48% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 7% | 21% |
| 17% | 19% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 36% | 41% |
| 4 | 3.8 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 5.3 | 5.6 |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 6.3 | 5.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 11.4 | 12.4 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 10.6 | 12.2 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
| 38% | 40% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 31% | 24% |
| 10.8 | 8.9 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 13.3 | 11.6 |
| 3.9 | 2.9 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.8 | 4.8 |
- Patronato have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Patronato have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Superliga
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Tucuman | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 32 |
| 2 | Gimnasia La Plata | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | Huracan | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Argentinos Juniors | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| 5 | River Plate | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 6 | Godoy Cruz | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 | Racing Club | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
| 8 | San Lorenzo | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 9 | Patronato | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 23 |
| 10 | Boca Juniors | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Platense | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| 12 | Union Santa Fe | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 21 |
| 13 | Newell's Old Boys | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 14 | Estudiantes | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 19 |
| 15 | Tigre | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 18 |
| 16 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 18 |
| 17 | Banfield | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 18 |
| 18 | Sarmiento | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
| 19 | Colon | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 18 |
| 20 | Rosario Central | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 18 |
| 21 | Central Cordoba SdE | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 22 | Barracas Central | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 23 | Defensa y Justicia | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 24 | Talleres Cordoba | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 14 |
| 25 | Independiente | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 26 | Aldosivi | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 12 |
| 27 | Velez Sarsfield | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 11 |
| 28 | Lanus | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -10 | 10 |
