Estudiantes vs Independiente Medellin - prediction, team news, lineups

In the last circular of games of the Copa Libertadores radical stage, Estudiantes and Independiente Medellin volition bash conflict connected Wednesday with a round-of-16 spot connected the line.

The visitors presently beryllium successful 2nd spot but lone pb their hosts by 1 point, with 3rd spot granting introduction into the Copa Sudamericana.

Match preview

Estudiantes caput into enactment connected Wednesday aiming to leapfrog their visitors and instrumentality 2nd spot successful radical A of the Copa Libertadores to publication their spot successful the last 16.

They earned their spot successful South America's apical contention arsenic champions of the Argentine Liga Profesional Clausura signifier and began successful April with a 1-1 gully distant astatine Independiente Medellin, having led aboriginal against Wednesday's opponents earlier being pegged back.

A 2-1 triumph implicit Cusco and a brace of draws followed, including a creditable 1-1 gully astatine location to radical leaders Flamengo, earlier heading to Brazil for the reverse fixture past week connected the backmost of a home decision to Racing Club, ending their Liga Profesional Apertura bid.

Alexander Medina's broadside were incapable to travel distant from that crippled with anything, though, leaving empty-handed for the archetypal clip successful the radical signifier arsenic Pedro scored the lone extremity successful the 65th minute.

Now sitting 1 constituent down 2nd spot and guaranteed astatine slightest 3rd spot which would astatine slightest spot them driblet into the Copa Sudamericana, Estudiantes volition present bid to ace the top-two and publication their final-16 spot with a location win.

Their visitors meanwhile, marque the travel to Argentina needing a gully oregon triumph to support their presumption successful 2nd spot and punch their ain summons to the Copa Libertadores knockout stage.

Independiente Medellin earned a Copa Libertadores qualifying spot with a second-placed decorativeness successful the Colombian apical formation and precocious to the continental radical signifier for the archetypal clip since 2023 by getting past Liverpool and Juventud.

Their radical run past began with the gully against Estudiantes, earlier El Rojo Paisa mislaid to Flamengo, bushed Cusco and saw their reverse fixture astatine location to Flamengo abandoned owed to instrumentality protests with the 3 points awarded to the visitors.

Then connected the backmost of a Copa Colombia triumph implicit Fortaleza and a gully with Orsomarso, they visited Cusco past week and delivered a important 3-2 triumph having led though Francisco Fydriszewski and gone into wounded clip level, going backmost up done Baldomero Perlaza and being pegged backmost successful the 94th infinitesimal earlier Alexis Serna snatched the points 4 minutes later.

They volition present purpose to transportation that momentum into Wednesday's trip, knowing they indispensable debar decision nether caretaker manager to enactment 2nd and beforehand to the circular of 16.

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Team News

Estudiantes stay incapable to telephone connected Santiago Arzamedia owed to an ongoing injury, portion Tiago Palacios and Tomas Palacios volition service suspensions having each reached 3 group-stage yellowish cards.

Given those absences, Edwuin Cetre whitethorn travel into the attacking setup of their 4-2-3-1 setup, with Guido Carrillo hoping to proceed to pb the line.

Elsewhere, Gaston Benedetti whitethorn capable the spread connected the left-hand broadside of the backmost four, portion Santiago Nunez should again spouse mainstay Leandro Gonzalez Pirez successful the mediate of the defence.

Independiente Medellin are without the injured travel of Kevin Mantilla, Enzo Larrosa and Leider Berrio connected Wednesday.

Didier Moreno is simply a caller uncertainty having been forced disconnected past week, but helium whitethorn beryllium deemed acceptable to commencement successful midfield alongside Halam Loboa.

Yony Gonzalez and Daniel Catano should proceed connected the wings successful a beforehand 3 successful enactment of information antheral Francisco Fydriszewski, who has scored 4 Copa Libertadores goals this play and 4 successful his past 7 games successful each competitions.

Estudiantes imaginable starting lineup:

Muslera; Meza, Nunez, Gonzalez Pirez, Benedetti; Castro, Piovi; Cetre, Amondarain, Aguirre; Carrillo

Independiente Medellin imaginable starting lineup:

Chaux; Chaverra, Ortiz, Londono; Mena Perea, Loboa, Moreno, Fabra; Gonzalez, Fydriszewski, Catano

We say: Estudiantes 1-1 Independiente Medellin

Wednesday's crippled promises to beryllium an intriguing 1 with a round-of-16 spot going to the winner, and successful what should beryllium an evenly-matches affair, we spot the visitors having capable to enactment successful beforehand with different draw, fixed the hosts person lone managed 1 group-stage triumph this term.

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