The Estudiantes de La Plata team will face Universidad de Chile this Wednesday as part of the fourth matchday of Group A of the Copa Libertadores. The match will take place at the Julio Martínez Pradanos National Stadium in Santiago at 7 PM and will be officiated by Colombian referee Andrés Rojas, with Keiner Jiménez in VAR. The transmission will be provided by FOX Sports.
The team coached by Eduardo Domínguez comes off a 4-0 defeat against Argentinos Juniors in their last match of Group A of the Liga Profesional de Fútbol Apertura Tournament. Despite this result, Estudiantes is in second place in Group A with six points, one less than Universidad de Chile and three behind the third position held by a Brazilian team.
For the match against Universidad de Chile, Coach Domínguez will make two changes to the lineup: Eric Meza will take the place of Román Gómez at right-back and Santiago Ascacibar will replace Bautista Kociubinski in midfield.
On the other hand, Universidad de Chile arrives for this match after winning 1-0 against Universidad Católica in their local league and is currently in seventh place in the table. In their last Copa Libertadores match, they drew 1-1 with Carabobo from Venezuela.
The Chilean team, led by Argentine Gustavo Álvarez, will maintain the same lineup that achieved victory against Universidad Católica with Franco Calderón and Lucas Di Yorio as starters.
Despite the defeat against Argentinos Juniors, Estudiantes de La Plata managed to advance to the round of 16 of the tournament and will face the Group B leader, Rosario Central. In their last Copa Libertadores match, Estudiantes won 1-0 against Botafogo from Brazil.
Thus, both teams are preparing for a key matchup in the Copa Libertadores, where they will seek to earn points and move closer to the next phase of the tournament.
