Unión vs Estudiantes de La Plata: the preview

Monday, October 26 · Estadio 15 de Abril Argentina - Torneo Clausura 2026

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Unión #11 · 14 pts

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Estudiantes de La Plata #10 · 14 pts
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Separated by a single point in the table, Unión and Estudiantes de La Plata meet while carrying contrasting pressures. While Unión attempts to recover ground after dropping its recent matches, Estudiantes de La Plata seeks a first away victory in the tournament to break away from the lower positions.

Updated on Monday, October 19, 2026 at

Key facts

  • Unión are winless in 5 games in the competition.

  • Estudiantes de La Plata are still without an away win in the competition: 6 games on the road.

  • 42% of Estudiantes de La Plata's goals come in the last fifteen minutes.

  • Unión took 1 of the last 9 points available.

Current form

Unión targets home form to reverse a four-match winless run, while Estudiantes de La Plata seeks a first away victory to capitalize on rival vulnerabilities.

What people are predicting

Average score: Unión 0.8–1.2 Estudiantes de La Plata
25%Unión win
28%Draw
48%Estudiantes de La Plata win
Most picked scores: 1–1 21% 0–1 17% 1–0 14%

Updated until kickoff. Play for free and make your pick

Where they stand

Group A
Team MP GD Pts
1 Instituto 13 +10 29
2 Boca Juniors 13 +7 24
3 Defensa y Justicia 13 +6 24
4 Vélez 13 +5 24
5 Lanús 13 +7 23
6 Newell`s 13 +3 20
7 Gimnasia de Mendoza 13 +2 20
8 Independiente 13 -1 19
9 San Lorenzo 13 -5 17
10 Estudiantes de La Plata 13 +1 14
11 Unión 13 -4 14
12 Deportivo Riestra 13 -3 12
13 Platense 13 -7 11
14 Central Cordoba (SE) 13 -7 10
15 Talleres 13 -8 9

The difference-makers

Unión. Unión depends heavily on Cristian Alberto Tarragona to solve its offensive issues, leaving very few alternatives when the forward fails to convert.

Playing style

Estudiantes de La PlataUnión
62.6% Possession 50.6%
5.9 Remates al arco 4.5
17.1 Remates totales 15
4.6 Corners 3.8
12.7 Fouls 12.5

Average of the most recent matches with stats available (9 and 10 respectively).

Estudiantes de La Plata combines high possession and frequent shots with a tendency to leave matches scoreless, while Unión struggles defensively in high-scoring encounters.

When they settle games

Unión 14 goals

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Estudiantes de La Plata 12 goals

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Unión concentrates its scoring production in the final half-hour while Estudiantes de La Plata delays a significant portion of its goals until the final quarter of the match.

Head to head

Head-to-head record · last 10 matches
5Estudiantes de La Plata won
2Draws
3Unión won
Goals in the head-to-head10 – 8
Matches10
Last win for Estudiantes de La Plata04/2026
Last win for Unión07/2025

Latest matchups

11/4/26Liga ProfessionalEstudiantes de La Plata2–1Unión
15/7/25Liga ProfessionalUnión1–0Estudiantes de La Plata
25/1/25Liga ProfessionalEstudiantes de La Plata3–1Unión
21/7/24Liga ProfessionalEstudiantes de La Plata0–0Unión
2/2/24Liga ProfessionalUnión0–1Estudiantes de La Plata
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26/8/23Liga ProfessionalEstudiantes de La Plata1–3Unión
3/3/23Liga ProfessionalUnión2–0Estudiantes de La Plata
22/8/22Liga ProfessionalEstudiantes de La Plata1–0Unión
15/9/21Liga ProfessionalUnión0–2Estudiantes de La Plata
6/4/19Liga ProfessionalUnión0–0Estudiantes de La Plata

The head-to-head record shows a narrow edge for Estudiantes de La Plata over recent meetings, though Unión claimed victory the last time they met at this stadium.

Who scored in these meetings

54 1 · in 10 meetings

While goalscoring responsibilities in past meetings fall largely to players no longer featuring regularly for Unión, Joaquín Mosqueira remains as the lone active scorer from those fixtures, matching Tiago Palacios on the opposing side.