Match Report
Estudiantes, 1st with 31 points, sat 16 points above Gimnasia La Plata (3rd, 15). Estudiantes's recent output lagged their position: 46th 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). 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