On Sunday Aug 7th, in week 12, San Lorenzo will host Estudiantes at Estadio Pedro Bidegaín in a meeting of these two Superliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 10th placed San Lorenzo, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Argentinos Juniors. Andres Vombergar scored the first goal for San Lorenzo in the 90th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Argentinos Juniors was frustrated by San Lorenzo’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. San Lorenzo ended the match with the shutout victory. San Lorenzo is looking for direction having 3 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while 22nd placed Estudiantes is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Banfield. Neither Estudiantes nor Banfield could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 16 and 10 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Both Pablo Piatti and Leandro Díaz have been the hottest scorers for Estudiantes in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. San Lorenzo’s most prolific scorer has been Adam Bareiro. The attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches.