The league table tells us that 10 points separate the pair of contenders in this Superliga game. Estudiantes own both the points- and home ground advantage.
- Estudiantes is in the best form (4-2-0) in Superliga
Estudiantes have less rest than Barracas Central in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Superliga game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Instituto, so at least Estudiantes are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Estudiantes form and stats
The story so far in the Superliga for Estudiantes at their home stadium (Estadio Ciudad de La Plata) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Estudiantes has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away).
Estudiantes are confident in defense, having played 233 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Estudiantes drew their last game, 0-0 away at Instituto (placed 18th). Romero was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.45 out of 10. The defender Romero won 10 of 12 duels.
In the game before, a strong away win at Tacuary. A Copa Sudamericana match.
Estudiantes are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. Estudiantes are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Ciudad de La Plata in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Barracas Central form and stats
Barracas Central have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 1-4-3 (8 played). It's three draws from Barracas Central's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Barracas Central won their last game, 1-0 versus San Lorenzo played at home. Villar was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.85. The agile goalkeeper Villar topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 1-1 draw at Colon's stadium before that.A tale of few goals? 12 of this team's most recent 16 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.
The attacking power of Barracas when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. 11 goals have been conceded by Barracas Central in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Estudiantes-Barracas Central H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Estudiantes two wins, Barracas Central zero wins, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Boselli 6 goals |   B. Sepúlveda 5 goals | I. Tapia 4 goals |
Estudiantes missing players
Barracas Central missing players
| Estudiantes | Barracas Central | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 20 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 89% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 61% |
| 33% | 33% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 28% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 44% | 33% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 33% |
| 44% | 56% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 62% | 44% |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.4 | 13.9 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.9 | 10.3 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 25% | 31% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 31% |
| 8.9 | 8 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.1 | 12.3 |
| 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
- Estudiantes is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 | River Plate | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 41 |
| 2 | San Lorenzo | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | Talleres Cordoba | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 34 |
| 4 | Estudiantes | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 32 |
| 5 | Defensa y Justicia | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 30 |
| 6 | Rosario Central | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Lanus | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | Belgrano | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Boca Juniors | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 10 | Newell's Old Boys | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 26 |
| 11 | Godoy Cruz | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 26 |
| 12 | Sarmiento | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 |
| 13 | Argentinos Juniors | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 14 | Platense | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 23 |
| 15 | Tigre | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 22 |
| 16 | Barracas Central | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 22 |
| 17 | Gimnasia La Plata | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -9 | 22 |
| 18 | Instituto | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 21 |
| 19 | Central Cordoba SdE | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 20 |
| 20 | Colon | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 21 | Racing Club | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 22 | Velez Sarsfield | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 23 | Independiente | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 18 |
| 24 | Huracan | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 18 |
| 25 | Atletico Tucuman | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 18 |
| 26 | Banfield | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 27 | Union Santa Fe | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -12 | 15 |
| 28 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | -12 | 14 |
