**Estudiantes host a limping Platense side that's had their squad absolutely decimated.** This is a home banker waiting to happen 🏠

Estudiantes are 2W-1D-2L in their last five, solid form on familiar turf. Platense? They're 1W-2D-2L *and* missing five players to injury — including key defenders and midfielders. The head-to-head also favors the hosts (2 wins, 3 draws in the last five).

Key storylines:

- **Estudiantes' home record** stays the backbone here — they've at least drawn at the Estadio Ciudad de La Plata with Platense in recent memory
- **Platense's injury crisis** is brutal; five bodies out means defensive continuity is shot, especially with **Víctor Cuesta** having to carry extra load
- **S. Núñez and A. Gaich** will fancy their chances in attack against a backline stretched thin

Expected lineups:

- **Estudiantes de La Plata**: F. Muslera, J. Pereyra, V. Pierani, R. Funes Mori, T. Palacios, A. Castro, J. Tobio Burgos, G. Carrillo, E. Piovi, A. Gaich, S. Núñez
- **Club Atlético Platense**: J. Cozzani, I. Vazquez, Víctor Cuesta, T. A. Silva, J. I. Saborido, M. Barrios, N. Retamar, F. Minerva, G. Mainero, N. López, L. Heredia

Prediction:

**Estudiantes 2-0 Platense**. Home side with the edge, visitors too thin to mount a real threat.