Estudiantes take on the visitors Defensa y Justicia in the round 20 match of Argentinian Liga Profesional. The match will be played on Tuesday, September 20th at Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi (La Plata).
Estudiantes are in last year's championship managed to take 5th place, and in the spring the club won its division in the Copa Diego Maradona. Against this background, the results of the current season by Ricardo Zelinsky's wards are not impressive. Although, of course, the Copa Libertadores took a lot of energy, where the Argentines reached the 1/4 finals, taking off from Atlético Paranaense there. Now it turns out to add: 4 wins in 7 recent fights, with only 2 goals conceded. Against this background, 1-1 with Rosario Central looks almost like a misfire, the loss of 2 points, and not the gain of one. In any case, progress is noticeable and strong. But wasn't Estudiantes woke up too late? The backlog from the leaders is too big, even if many of those teams frankly do not shine with stability.
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Defensa and Justicia only in recent years began to be something serious. Under the leadership of Hernan Crespo, it was possible to win the Copa Sudamericana, and in 2021 - to become vice-champion once again. Even in the spring, there was still enough strength to reach the playoffs of the Copa Diego Maradona. However, at the same time, the Argentines could not get out of the Copa Sudamericana group, and recently ended the fight in the country's cup with a crushing 0-4 defeat from River Plate. Then they completely overwhelmed the Liga. There is only 1 win in 8 last rounds - 2-1 on the Banfield field. And only in the last match it turned out to be successful - 2-1 with Argentinos Juniors. But still the team dangles at the bottom of the standings.
In recent years, since 2016, Estudiantes has not really been able to do anything in head-to-head matches. Defensa and Justicia have won 5 times with only one draw. Bookmakers believe that the team that plays at home should win this match.
Prediction for the match: Estudiantes to win.
