Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata vs Estudiantes de La Plata, Superliga Argentina 2025 SEMI FINALS

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Liga Profesional · 2025

Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata

0 – 1

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Estudiantes de La Plata

Mon 8 Dec 2025 · 20:00 UTC El Bosque HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 62' Tiago Palacios

Y 12' Lucas Piovi

Alejandro Piedrahita 21' Y

Nicolas Barros Schelotto 35' Y

Juan Pintado 37' Y

Y 42' Cristian Medina

Y 53' Santiago Nunez

Y 74' Franco Dominguez

Overview

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Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata vs Estudiantes de La Plata — Superliga Argentina at El Bosque.

Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Estudiantes de La Plata 27 games · 36 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Facundo Tello
Assistant 1 Juan Pablo Belatti
Assistant 1 Pablo Acevedo (Argentina)
Assistant 2 Diego Bonfa

19 games this season 🟨 1.8/game ⚽ 3.3 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	CA Velez Sarsfield	27	51
2	CA Talleres	27	48
3	Racing Club	27	46
4	CA Huracan	27	46
5	CA River Plate	27	43
6	CA Boca Juniors	27	42
7	CA Independiente	27	40
8	CA Tucuman	27	40
9	CA Union	27	40
10	CA Platense	27	39
11	CS Independiente Rivadavia	27	38
12	Estudiantes de La Plata	27	36
13	Instituto AC Cordoba	27	36
14	CA Lanus	27	36
15	CD Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba	27	35
16	CA Belgrano	27	35
17	CD Riestra	27	35
18	CA Tigre	27	34
19	Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata	27	32
20	CA Rosario Central	27	32
21	CSyD Defensa y Justicia	27	32
22	CA Central Cordoba	27	31
23	AA Argentinos Juniors	27	30
24	CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	27	29
25	CA Newell's Old Boys	27	28
26	CA Sarmiento de Junin	27	26
27	CA Banfield	27	24
28	CA Barracas Central	27	23

Head-to-Head

Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata 8 games · Avg 2.1 goals Estudiantes de La Plata

Last 5 meetings

2025-12-08 Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata 0–1 Estudiantes de La Plata 2025-10-19 Estudiantes de La Plata 2–0 Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata 2024-07-28 Estudiantes de La Plata 4–1 Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata 2023-03-19 Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata 2–1 Estudiantes de La Plata 2019-11-02 Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata 0–1 Estudiantes de La Plata

Recent Form

Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Dec	Estudiantes de La Plata	H	0–1	L
01 Dec	CA Barracas Central	A	2–0	W
25 Nov	CA Union	A	2–1	W
17 Nov	CA Platense	A	3–0	W
10 Nov	CA Velez Sarsfield	H	2–0	W
02 Nov	CA River Plate	A	1–0	W

Estudiantes de La Plata

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Dec	Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata	A	1–0	W
30 Nov	CA Central Cordoba	A	1–0	W
23 Nov	CA Rosario Central	A	1–0	W
16 Nov	AA Argentinos Juniors	H	1–2	L
10 Nov	CA Tigre	A	0–1	L
02 Nov	CA Boca Juniors	H	1–2	L

Season Stats

Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata		Estudiantes de La Plata
#19	Position	#12
32	Points	36
27	Played	27
8 / 8 / 11	W / D / L	8 / 12 / 7
21	Scored	36
23	Conceded	34
-2	GD	+2
1.19	PPG	1.33
30%	Win %	30%

Key Stats

25% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)

38% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

29% Clean Sheets
Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata this season

44% Clean Sheets
Estudiantes de La Plata this season

Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata are 19th (32 pts). Estudiantes de La Plata are 12th (36 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/3

31-45

6/3

46-60

4/3

61-75

4/5

76+

4/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Estudiantes de La Plata

0-15

–/3

16-30

1/2

31-45

1/3

46-60

3/1

61-75

2/1

76+

5/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata

Marcelo Torres	8 G	1 A
Agustin Auzmendi	7 G	3 A
Nicolas Barros Schelotto	3 G	3 A
Franco Torres	3 G

Estudiantes de La Plata

Tiago Palacios	4 G	3 A
Alexis Castro	4 G
Fabricio Perez Escudero	3 G

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at El Bosque. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata and Estudiantes de La Plata.
5' It looks like no one’s ball. Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
10' Estudiantes de La Plata are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
12' It’s a booking for Estudiantes de La Plata player. Lucas Piovi gets a card.
17' Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata are deployed in a 4-2-3-1 today, looking to exploit space against Estudiantes de La Plata's 4-3-3 shape.
21' Controversy at the stadium! Alejandro Piedrahita argues furiously but the card stands.
26' Estudiantes de La Plata fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
31' Both keepers have barely been tested. Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata and Estudiantes de La Plata are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
35' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Nicolas Barros Schelotto on 35 minutes.
37' Juan Pintado catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 37.
42' The referee shows Estudiantes de La Plata player a card on 42.
47' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
52' With 1 assists to his name this season, Bautista Merlini is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata.
53' Santiago Nunez is having his name booked by the referee on 53.
58' Estudiantes de La Plata looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Joaquin Tobio Burgos scoring 1 goals.
62' The Argentina Tiago Palacios breaks the deadlock on 62 minutes. 0-1!
66' Jan Hurtado gets the nod from Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata. He replaces Bautista Merlini and will look to change the dynamic.
67' Time for substitution for Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata. Alejandro Piedrahita is replaced by Jeremias Merlo.
69' Fresh legs for Estudiantes de La Plata! Mikel Amondarain comes on to replace Lucas Piovi.
70' Lucas Alario makes way for Franco Dominguez at the 70 minute mark. A tactical switch from Estudiantes de La Plata.
74' Franco Dominguez is having his name booked by the referee on 74.
76' Another change for Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata made on 76 minute. Augusto Max leaves to be changed by Lucas Castro.
81' Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
82' The whistle greets Nicolas Barros Schelotto as he departs to be replaced by Pablo Aguiar.
87' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
89' Estudiantes de La Plata manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Gaston Benedetti is hanging Santiago Arzamendia on the field on 89 minute.
Another three points for Estudiantes de La Plata.

Lineups

Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

8
Bautista Merlini ↓ Jan Hurtado 66'
23
Nelson Insfran
32
Marcelo Torres
15
Juan Pintado
21
Enzo Martinez
4
Renzo Giampaoli
7
Alejandro Piedrahita ↓ Jeremias Merlo 67'
16
Augusto Max ↓ Lucas Castro 76'
38
Manuel Panaro ↓ Norberto Briasco 67'
14
Pedro Silva Torrejon
17
Nicolas Barros Schelotto ↓ Pablo Aguiar 82'

Bench

Estudiantes de La Plata Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

27
Lucas Alario ↓ Franco Dominguez 70'
5
Santiago Ascacibar
28
Fernando Muslera
14
Leandro Gonzalez Pirez
15
Santiago Arzamendia ↓ Gaston Benedetti 89'
21
Lucas Piovi ↓ Mikel Amondarain 69'
25
Cristian Medina
6
Santiago Nunez
18
Edwuin Cetre ↓ Facundo Rodriguez 82'
10
Tiago Palacios ↓ Alexis Castro 70'
4
Roman Gomez

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Guido Carrillo	3
Tiago Palacios	2
Joaquin Tobio Burgos	1
David Zalazar	1
Santiago Ascacibar	1
Lucas Albertengo	1
Mateo Retegui	1
Jose Sosa	1

Head to Head

Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata Form

2025-12-08 Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata 0–1 Estudiantes de La Plata L 2025-12-01 CA Barracas Central 0–2 Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata W 2025-11-25 CA Union 1–2 Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata W 2025-11-17 CA Platense 0–3 Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata W 2025-11-10 Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata 2–0 CA Velez Sarsfield W 2025-11-02 CA River Plate 0–1 Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata W

Estudiantes de La Plata Form

2025-12-08 Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata 0–1 Estudiantes de La Plata W 2025-11-30 CA Central Cordoba 0–1 Estudiantes de La Plata W 2025-11-23 CA Rosario Central 0–1 Estudiantes de La Plata W 2025-11-16 Estudiantes de La Plata 1–2 AA Argentinos Juniors L 2025-11-10 CA Tigre 1–0 Estudiantes de La Plata L 2025-11-02 Estudiantes de La Plata 1–2 CA Boca Juniors L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

0.82 Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.13 Estudiantes de La Plata xG

I would bet for: Estudiantes de La Plata or Draw 71% + Under 2.5 goals 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata29% Draw33% Estudiantes de La Plata38%

Actual: Estudiantes de La Plata win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes39% 0% No61%

Avg goals/match: 1.95

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	83%	17%
± 1.5	58%	42%
± 2.5	31%	69%
± 3.5	14%	86%
± 4.5	5%	95%

Double Chance

Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata or Draw

61%

Draw or Estudiantes de La Plata

71%

Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata or Estudiantes de La Plata

67%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata17% Draw55% Estudiantes de La Plata28%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

16.7%

0 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

14.1%

1 – 0

10.3%

0 – 2

8.7%

1 – 2

7.3%

2 – 1

5.2%

2 – 0

4.5%

0 – 3

3.2%

2 – 2

3.1%

1 – 3

2.8%

3 – 1

1.4%

Asian Handicap — Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata

Handicap	Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata covers	Push	Estudiantes de La Plata covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	6%	92%
-1.5	8%	—	92%
-1	8%	16%	75%
-0.5	25%	—	75%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	24%	18%
+1.5	82%	—	18%
+2	82%	12%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata keeps clean sheet

33% ✓

Estudiantes de La Plata keeps clean sheet

45% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.