Estudiantes vs Universidad Catolica - prediction, team news, lineups

Estudiantes tin support their unbeaten tally astatine location successful the 2026 Copa Libertadores intact erstwhile they look Universidad Catolica successful limb 1 of that circular of 16 necktie connected Tuesday astatine Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi successful La Plata.

The Argentines finished 2nd successful Group A of the tourney with 9 points, portion Universidad topped Group D with 4 much than that.

Match preview

When they needed it most, Estudiantes delivered successful the radical stage, collecting 7 retired of a imaginable 9 points connected location soil.

Alexander Medina’s men conceded a extremity oregon less successful each of their radical fixtures, with their lone cleanable expanse occurring successful their last radical outing astatine location to Independiente Medellin.

Four of their six goals scored truthful acold occured successful the 2nd half, portion they person yet to triumph a Libertadores matter this twelvemonth erstwhile starring astatine the interval.

On Tuesday they tin assertion a 4th triumph successful their past 5 location games crossed each competitions, collecting a cleanable expanse successful those past 3 specified victories.

The four-time winners of this lawsuit person not conceded a extremity successful the last 45 minutes astatine the Libertadores this year.

Los Pincharratas person a 100% grounds all-time against Catolica, beating them 3-1 successful some legs of their Libertadores semi-final necktie successful 1969 en way to lifting the trophy.

An opening nonaccomplishment versus Boca Juniors (2-1) successful the tourney this twelvemonth whitethorn person been the champion happening for the Chileans moving forward.

This week they tin agelong their unbeaten tally successful this contention to six games, portion boasting a 100% grounds distant from location frankincense far.

Daniel Garnero’s men person ne'er allowed an opening-half extremity arsenic visitors successful the 2026 Libertadores, portion winning successful Argentina the radical phase, 1-0 implicit Boca Juniors successful precocious May.

That said, they volition effort to drawback a two-game losing tally distant from location crossed each competitions connected Tuesday, failing to people successful those past 2 specified matches.

Universidad person not conceded successful their past 3 Copa Libertadores encounters, holding Boca Juniors to conscionable 1 targeted effort successful Buenos Aires successful their past lucifer of the radical stage.  

On Tuesday, Los Cruzados tin assertion their 3rd distant triumph successful the contention this decennary connected Argentine soil, aft defeating Boca Juniors (1-0).

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Team News

A cruciate ligament wounded volition support Santiago Arzamendia connected the sidelines for Estudiantes successful limb 1 of this tie.

Tiago Palacios netted 3 times to pb the mode for them successful the radical stage, and Mikel Amondarain had the lone extremity successful their last radical triumph implicit Independiente Medellin, though helium has since joined Bologna successful Serie A.

There are plentifulness of wounded concerns with Catolica, including Sebastian Arancibia and Gary Medel, who are retired with musculus tears, Clemente Montes is recovering from ft surgery, portion Diego Valencia and Tomas Asta-Buruaga are retired owed to cruciate ligament tears.

Vicente Bernedo has not conceded successful his past 3 Libertadores affairs betwixt the sticks, portion skipper Fernando Zampedri notched 3 goals to pb them successful the radical stage.

Estudiantes imaginable starting lineup:

Muslera; Meza, Nunez, Pirez, Mori; Cetre, Sosa, Piovi, Palacios; Farias, Carrillo

Universidad Catolica imaginable starting lineup:

Bernedo; Arancibia, Ampuero, Diaz, Mena; Giani; Palavecino, Martinez, Cuevas, J. Valencia; Zampedri

We say: Estudiantes 0-2 Universidad Catolica

Catolica truly came unneurotic adjacent the extremity of the radical stage, and we judge their equilibrium and enactment volition let them to find immoderate opening against the location squad successful modulation this week.

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