Match Report
Estudiantes, 1st with 31 points, sat 16 points above Gimnasia La Plata (3rd, 15). Estudiantes's recent output lagged their position: 47th on form over five rounds while 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Estudiantes were scoring 1.19 and conceding 0.44, Gimnasia La Plata 1.5 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.05 goals per team per game.
Gimnasia La Plata entered with three wins in a row, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 4/15 points for Estudiantes against 12/15 for Gimnasia La Plata.
19 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Estudiantes 7, draws 11, Gimnasia La Plata 1, at 1.79 goals per meeting. Only 26% of these meetings ended in a home win. Historically tight: 21% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The match was played at Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi in La Plata, Provincia de Buenos Aires (capacity 32,530). With 100 matches recorded and 2.9 yellow cards per game, Y. Falcón Pérez was the man in the middle. On the scoreboard, Estudiantes led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 4-0.
Goal scorers
Estudiantes: Eros Mancuso (43'), Tiago Palacios (60'), Joaquín Tobio Burgos (70'), Alexis Castro (84')
Key stats
Possession: Estudiantes 77% · Gimnasia La Plata 23% · Total shots: 22-8 · On target: 8-3 · Corners: 7-2