This fixture features two teams residing in the basement of the Superliga, Gimnasia La Plata at 27th spot and Estudiantes sitting at 20th. A good chance for one of the contenders to better their situation.
- Gimnasia La Plata have the the worst goal difference (-7) in Superliga
- Estudiantes have won significantly less corners away then at home.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Gimnasia La Plata form and stats
Overall Superliga statistics playing at home this season for Gimnasia La Plata are 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Gimnasia La Plata haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 305 minutes ago. Ramírez scored that one.
The supporters are hoping that Gimnasia will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the match against San Lorenzo (placed 1st). As you see from the result above, Gimnasia La Plata suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Midfield player Lescano got a match rating of 6.73 in that game, the max score being 10. Lescano hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Colon.Betting heads-up: This team have finished 6 league rounds in a row with only one (or none) team finding the net.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Gimnasia La Plata here at Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Gimnasia are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Estudiantes form and stats
Estudiantes are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Superliga, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Estudiantes go into this game after a win, the home game against Huracan that ended 2-1. The end of the last match, against Huracan, was very satisfying as Ascacibar scored the winning goal deep into overtime. The attacker Piatti got a match rating of 7.45 in that game. Piatti hit three key passes.
Prior to that match, the Estudiantes manager Domínguez faced defeat when travelling to Union Santa Fe and losing 0-2.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Estudiantes as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Gimnasia have won or drawn the last 4 fixtures (0-4-0) versus Estudiantes.The games between these clubs have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Boselli 2 goals |  S. Ascacíbar 2 goals |   G. Enrique 1 goals |
Gimnasia La Plata missing players
Estudiantes missing players
| Gimnasia La Plata | Estudiantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 86% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 57% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 5.4 | 5.3 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 5.7 | 6.9 |
| 5.4 | 4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.1 | 14 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.5 | 14.3 | 15.9 |
| 3.4 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 13% | 19% |
| 12 | 10.7 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.7 | 10.7 |
| 4 | 2.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
- Estudiantes have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Estudiantes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Gimnasia La Plata have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Gimnasia La Plata have the the worst goal difference (-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 | San Lorenzo | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | River Plate | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Defensa y Justicia | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Talleres Cordoba | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Lanus | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Huracan | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Racing Club | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Boca Juniors | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Belgrano | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Rosario Central | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 11 | Instituto | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Argentinos Juniors | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 13 | Newell's Old Boys | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 14 | Godoy Cruz | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Sarmiento | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 16 | Velez Sarsfield | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 17 | Barracas Central | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 18 | Tigre | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 19 | Central Cordoba SdE | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 8 |
| 20 | Estudiantes | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 8 |
| 21 | Union Santa Fe | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 22 | Independiente | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 7 |
| 23 | Platense | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 24 | Banfield | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 25 | Atlético Tucumán | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 26 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 27 | Gimnasia La Plata | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 5 |
| 28 | Colon | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 3 |
