Gimnasia La Plata vs Estudiantes Prediction: Who will win the derby?

In the upcoming fixture of Argentina Primera División, we will have a derby, where Gimnasia La Plata will face Estudiantes at Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo in La Plata. The home side head here after a heavy loss (4-0) away against San Lorenzo. The visitors come from a surprising win (2-1) at home against Huracan.

Tips and betting odds provided below.

Gimnasia La Plata is going through a difficult time. Gimnasia La Plata comes to this match after a new defeat, and this one heavy, against San Lorenzo, by 4-0. The game started very badly for the Gimnasia team with an expulsion after 16 minutes of play. From then on, the game was dominated by San Lorenzo, who would go ahead on the scoreboard still in the 1st half. Gimnasia La Plata would end up not having great game opportunities and San Lorenzo was totally demolishing, ending up expanding the result to 4-0.

Gimnasia La Plata needs to quickly start winning points if they want to leave the bottom of the table. They are the team that scores the least goals (only 3 goals) and the 2nd worst defense (with 10 goals conceded). Even so, the home factor has been extremely important for Gimnasia, as it was at home that they managed to score 4 of the 5 points they have so far. In a game as important as the derby, Gimnasia La Plata will try to add at least one point to the table.

Estudiantes comes to this game after an excellent victory over Huracan (2-1). It was a very divided game, however, Estudiantes was always a little more dominant, taking advantage of the home factor as motivation. Estudiantes started the match very well, with a goal in the 11th minute. The game was quite divided, with both teams having some goal opportunities, and Huracan would equalize the result in the 64th minute. However, in the 82nd minute, Huracan would be reduced to 10 players. And the game was far from over. In the last moment of the match, Estudiantes would end up scoring the goal that would give them the 2-1 victory, in a fantastic acrobatic kick by Ascacibar.

Estudiantes will certainly try to take advantage of this moment for the next match, in a game that in itself no longer needs motivation. Estudiantes will certainly look for their 3rd victory in the championship to climb further in the standings to the places they are used to.

The results in this derby have been quite divided. In the last 5 games between these 2 teams, there were 4 draws and 1 victory to Estudiantes. Also, goals were scored in 4 of these 5 matches.

Despite the recent history between these 2 teams, Estudiantes comes to this match with a slight advantage due to their recent win and the recent form of Gimnasia La Plata.