Gimnasia Mendoza
- Gimnasia Mendoza are winless in 5 Liga Profesional - Apertura 2026 matches (D3, L2).
- Gimnasia Mendoza are a hard-to-beat team in Liga Profesional - Apertura 2026, but they haven’t been talented enough to win consistently this season, or even get an important run of wins in any part of the campaign.
- Since Ariel Broggi took over as head coach in July 2025, Gimnasia have played with a pragmatic and compact mindset, prioritising discipline and organisation over talent and flair.
- Broggi’s team set up in a 4-4-2 or 4-2-3-1 formation, always ensuring that they’re compact, even when they push forward, and tend to avoid taking risks in transition and from set-piece situations.
- On home turf, Gimnasia are winless in 2, with 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats from 4 home matches this season.
- They’ve scored an average of just 0.50 goals at home and conceded 0.75 goals.
- Agustin Modica is the team’s best performer, with 1 goal in 6 appearances, but Facundo Lencioni’s 2 assists from 9 league games is a bright spark.
Estudiantes de la Plata
- Estudiantes de la Plata are unbeaten in their last 2 away league matches (W1, D1).
- Estudiantes have conceded an average of just 0.25 goals per match away from home in Liga Profesional - Apertura 2026.
- Alexander Medina is in charge of Estudiantes, and in his early tenure his influence has been to make this team play a little higher, a little faster, a little more aggressively and with much more intensity.
- Fabricio Perez leads the team’s scoring charts with 2 goals from 8 league appearances, but Estudiantes are in need of someone to score with consistency and purpose in the final third.
- Medina’s team are in mediocre form themselves, with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in their last 5, and they come into this game after back-to-back home defeats.
Key Players
- Agustin Modica is the team’s best performer, with 1 goal in 6 appearances, but Facundo Lencioni’s 2 assists from 9 league games is a bright spark.
- Fabricio Perez leads the team’s scoring charts with 2 goals from 8 league appearances, but Estudiantes are in need of someone to score with consistency and purpose in the final third.
Betting Insights
- Estudiantes are the favorites to win this one, but their odds of 2.26 seem a bit generous when Gimnasia’s odds are set at 3.65 and the tie odds are 2.82.
- However, we feel confident that the visitors can edge this encounter and that the Under 2.5 goals market is attractive at 1.42.
- Medina has made them a more proactive side, but they’ll face a Gimnasia team which is compact, defensively organised and not averse to sitting back and forcing their opponents into turnovers.
Prediction
It’ll be a chess match, and we’re backing Estudiantes to outplay their hosts, but don’t expect a high-scoring game.
