Estudiantes and Vélez Sarsfield get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Copa Libertadores Group Stage fixture.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Estudiantes form and stats
Estudiantes shared the glory with Godoy Cruz in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. The attacking player Zapiola was named "man of the match" for Estudiantes with a rating of 7.41/10. Zapiola scored one goal and hit the woodwork once.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Estudiantes have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost five.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Estudiantes, as the Superliga home game vs Central Cordoba SdE is only three days away.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Estudiantes, who have participated in three training matches. Estudiantes have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 2 games.
Vélez Sarsfield form and stats
They also participated in Copa Libertadores last season. This ended in the 8th finals, when Barcelona Guayaquil drew the shortest straw.Vélez Sarsfield go into this game after a win, the home game against Lanús that ended 3-1. Janson, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.94. Janson scored two goals and hit two key passes.
It was a Superliga defeat before that one as the away game against Argentinos Juniors wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sarsfield playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were four Vélez Sarsfield wins, two draws and two defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Boca Juniors in just two days.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Vélez Sarsfield have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the previous nine meetings between these two sides are: four wins for Estudiantes, two draws and three wins for Vélez Sarsfield. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Díaz 4 goals |  M. Boselli 4 goals |  L. Janson 4 goals |
Estudiantes missing players
Vélez Sarsfield missing players
| Estudiantes | Vélez Sarsfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 6 | ||
| 46 | 22 | Scored | S | 9 | 32 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Conceded | C | 13 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 46% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 76% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 40% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.5 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10.7 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 36% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 30% | ||
| 9.7 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 9.9 | ||
| 4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bragantino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Estudiantes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Vélez Sarsfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Nacional | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bragantino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Estudiantes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Vélez Sarsfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Nacional | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
