Tigre vs Estudiantes
Tigre new coach Lucas Pusineri experienced an excellent debut at the club. Thanks to a goal from Abel Luciatti in the first half, the team secured a massive 1-0 away success at Boca Juniors to stop their two-game losing streak in league action and claim their first three points in the Copa Liga Profesional. El Matador took a big breather, opening a seven-point gap over the relegation spot in the aggregate table. On a sorry note, Tigre suffered three defeats across their last four league games at home, winning only once in that spell.
Estudiantes are going through a difficult start in the Copa Liga Profesional. Last time out, they succumbed to a deserved 2-1 away defeat to Racing Club after a poor performance. As a result, El Pincha are bottom in group B without any points after losing all three games in this competition, which keeps them out of the Copa Libertadores spots in the 2023 aggregate rankings. Estudiantes claimed a single victory across their last eight away games in domestic action, drawing three and losing four in that time. On Saturday 9, Estudiantes beat Independiente on penalties following a 1-1 draw in the Copa Argentina round-of-16. Leonardo Godoy remains sidelined due to a knee problem. Luciano Lollo, Mauro Boselli and Guido Carrillo will miss out.
Tigre looked improved in their win at Boca, Estudiantes has been struggling lately and they will miss a few starters, so I’ll go with the hosts here to continue with what they started last week.