In this 17th week match, on Sunday Sep 4th, Estudiantes and Platense will play a match in Vicente López in a clash of these two closely matched Superliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Platense sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Argentinos Juniors. Nicolás Morgantini scored the first goal for Platense in the 42nd minute, then Ayrton Enrique Costa added another in the 54th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Argentinos Juniors couldn’t manage to score, and Platense took the shutout win. Platense is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while estudiantes sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Patronato. Manuel Castro scored the first goal for Estudiantes in the 8th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Patronato was frustrated by Estudiantes’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Estudiantes ended the match with the shutout victory. Estudiantes is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Estudiantes won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Leonardo Heredia and Mauro Boselli are the top scorers for Estudiantes in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Platense’s most prolific scorer has been Nicolás Morgantini. He has netted two goals over the last five matches.